Peter Green: Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks lead tributes to Fleetwood Mac co-founder

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mick Fleetwood, who co-founded the band with Green in 1967, said: “For me, and every past and present member of Fleetwood Mac, losing Peter Green is monumental. But you wait… he’s going to be the best.” Green was the songwriter behind classic Fleetwood Mac hits including “Albatross”, “Black Magic Woman”, and “Oh Well”. open image in gallery Left to right; Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and John McVie, the original Fleetwood Mac lineup Mick Fleetwood said in 2017 that Green deserved the lion’s share of the credit for the band’s success. Clapton, Page, Beck and Green.” open image in gallery 
 Danny Kirwan, Mick Fleetwood, Jeremy Spencer, John McVie and Peter Green 
 Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler also described Green as “one of the greats”.