Thursday, February 07, 2008

The Green Manalishi and the veggie sub

I listened to some PETER GREEN-era FLEETWOOD MAC while munching on a sub sandwich at lunch today. I loved both.
Green co-founded Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood. He played with the band in its formative, blues-centered years before his career was derailed by drug abuse and mental illness. Oh boy, could he play guitar.
He also created at least three utterly enduring songs -- "Albatross," "Black Magic Woman" and "The Green Manalishi." The latter is apparently about the evil of money, represented by a devil-dog. I think. It was at that point in his career that Green attempted to persuade Fleetwood to donate the band's gig and recording proceeds to charity.
Um... No thank you, Fleetwood probably said, I think I'll create one of the richest commercial bands on the planet instead, thank you very much.
The veggie sub was terrific, too. Full of peppers and onions and lettuce and tomatoes and all sorts of other great things, too. Mmm...