Kiln House

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When Peter Green left Fleetwood Mac in early 1970, it wasn’t clear how the band would move forward. Not only was Green one of Mac’s lead singers and primary songwriter, he was an avatar for their creative spirit: A ripping blues guitarist who was also a sensitive mystic—a musician who honored tradition without rejecting progre. As Mick Fleetwood later put it, losing him was like taking the rudder off a sailboat: You won’t sink, but good luck getting anywhere. Named for the country commune where the band regrouped, 1970’s <i>Kiln House</i> isn’t as intense as the Green-era album, but it has a sense of delicacy and play that hint at where they’d go as the decade wore on. This version of Fleetwood Mac could be bluesy, but without the volcanic testosterone of hard rock (“Tell Me All the Things You Do”). And the band could be folksy, but more for the sake of gentleness than anachronism or historical credibility (“Mission Bell”). .

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