Peter Green (real name: Peter Allen Greenbaum) hit London like a quiet storm: no flashy circus tricks, just taste, sting, and that haunted-soul phrasing that makes other guitarists suddenly remember they have feelings. Seen up close in the mid-60s grind, he came up through local outfits like Peter B’s Looners (early 1960s) and Shotgun Express (1966), then leveled up fast with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1966–1967, briefly again 1967–1968). The real headline, though, was co-founding Fleetwood Mac and steering its original blues era (1967–1970) with songs and playing that felt both elegant and slightly dangerous. Later decades got complicated and human (because, shocker, musicians are people), but he still resurfaced with moments of fire—most notably in the Splinter Group years (late 1990s–early 2000s).

"Greeny" is the 1959 Les Paul from Peter, defined by a factory error—a flipped magnet creating a haunting, out-of-phase "quack." Peter Green used it to build the early Fleetwood Mac sound before selling it to Gary Moore for a pittance. After years in private vaults, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett bought it in 2014. Purists winced, but Hammett keeps it on stage, proving even a Holy Grail belongs in a stadium. Peter Green Wiki