

He went on to join a rhythm and blues outfit, the Muskrats, then a band called the Tridents in which he played bass. He later stated that Hank Marvin was his guitar hero and he played the Shadows' song "Midnight" on the 1996 tribute album Twang. He first played bass guitar in a band called Bobby Dennis and the Dominoes, which performed pop chart covers and rock 'n' roll standards, including Shadows covers. He began playing professionally by the age of 15, while working for a number of East London shipping companies. His brother, Michael, taught him his first guitar chords and by the age of 11 Green was teaching himself. Peter Allen Greenbaum was born in Bethnal Green, London, on 29 October 1946, into a Jewish family, the youngest of Joe and Ann Greenbaum's four children.


Eric Clapton praised his guitar playing, and B.B. Green was a major figure in the "second great epoch" of the British blues movement. Green's songs, such as " Albatross", " Black Magic Woman", " Oh Well", " The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" and " Man of the World", appeared on singles charts, and several have been adapted by a variety of musicians. As the founder of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Peter Allen Greenbaum (29 October 1946 – 25 July 2020), known professionally as Peter Green, was an English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.
