Fans and fellow musicians have taken to social media to share their heartache over Green’s passing.
Mick Fleetwood told E! News in a statement, “For me, and every past and present member of Fleetwood Mac, losing Peter Green is monumental! Peter was the man who started the band Fleetwood Mac along with myself, John McVie, and Jeremy Spencer. No one has ever stepped into the ranks of Fleetwood Mac without a reverence for Peter Green and his talent, and to the fact that music should shine bright and always be delivered with uncompromising passion.”
“Peter, I will miss you, but rest easy your music lives on. I thank you for asking me to be your drummer all those years ago. We did good, and trail blazed one hell of a musical road for so many to enjoy,” his statement continued. “Godspeed to you, my dearest friend.”
“Sad to hear of Peter Green passing- one of the greats. RIP,” Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler wrote.
Peter Frampton expressed, “Most sadly have lost one of the most tasteful guitar players ever I have always been a huge admirer of the great Peter Green may he rest in peace.”
“R.I.P Peter Green. A unique artist and a beautiful guitar player,” Johnny Marr said on Twitter.
