“Oh Well” by Fleetwood Mac

Peter Green wrote "Oh Well" in two halves that barely sound like the same band, and Fleetwood Mac put it out as a single in 1969. Part 1 is a fast, stinging electric blues with a vocal, wrapped up in a little over two minutes; Part 2 is a different animal altogether, a classically tinged instrumental that runs past five. The original seven-inch let the first minute of Part 2 fade out the A-side, then started it over on the flip, and in America it turned up on that year's Then Play On.

Green plays guitar, bass and harmonica and shares the vocals with Danny Kirwan, who adds guitar, while Mick Fleetwood handles drums and percussion. The band produced it, with Martin Birch recording. On stage they played only the first part, and the song outlived Green's time in the band, sung later by the likes of Bob Welch, Lindsey Buckingham and Mike Campbell.

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