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Black Magic Woman
"Black Magic Woman" is a song written by British musician Peter Green, which first appeared as a single for his band Fleetwood Mac in 1968. Subsequently, the song appeared on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose (US) and The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK), as well as the later Greatest Hits and Vintage Years compilations.
In 1970, the song was released as the first single from Santana's album Abraxas. The song, as sung by Gregg Rolie, reached number four on the US and Canadian charts, and its chart success made Santana's recording the better-known version of the song.
The song was also covered by former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch on his 2006 album His Fleetwood Mac Years and Beyond, Vol. 2. Although Welch was not a member of the group at the time of the original recording, he had performed a number of Peter Green's songs during his time with the band, including "Black Magic Woman".
"Black Magic Woman" was written by Peter Green in 1968, with lyrics inspired by his former girlfriend, Sandra Elsdon, whom Green had nicknamed "Magic Mamma". Green has acknowledged that "Black Magic Woman" was musically influenced by "All Your Love", an Otis Rush song that had been recorded two years earlier by Green's former band, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, with Eric Clapton, Green's predecessor, on lead guitar. Green said in Peter Green: The Biography: "One of things [Mayall] said was that if you really like something, you should take the first lines and make up another song from them. So that's what I did with 'Black Magic Woman'."
"Black Magic Woman" is a minor blues with a Latin rhythm first explored in Green's "I Loved Another Woman" in Fleetwood Mac's 1968 self-titled debut album. Mike Vernon, who produced the recording session for "Black Magic Woman", said that the song "represents a high spot in the band's early recording career."
"Black Magic Woman" has the same chord structure, guitar breaks, and even a similar melody to "I Loved Another Woman". Set in the key of D minor, the verse follows a twelve bar chord progression alternating between D minor7, A minor7, and G minor7, and the instrumentation consists of vocals, two guitars, bass guitar, and drums. It is homophonic, the voice and lead guitar taking the lead roles. The song is set in common time (4/4), with the rhythm "pushing" on the upbeat, then breaking into a shuffle beat jam after the final verse.
Fleetwood Mac recorded the song at CBS Studios on 14 February 1968 with Mike Vernon serving as producer and Mike Ross serving as the audio engineer for the session. Take 7 was selected as the master from that session; additional work was also conducted on 22 February 1968 at the same recording facility. The song begins with guitar harmonics that create a simmering effect. A slightly distorted solo is played in the middle of the song and an additional solo follows during the coda.
Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" was released as a single in 1968, and reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. After Jeremy Spencer left the band in 1971, Green temporarily returned to fulfill the remaining scheduled dates. These performances would include an extended instrumental jam of "Black Magic Woman" that often exceeded the original run-time of the studio recording. In his biography of Peter Green, Martin Celmins wrote that the band's performance of "Black Magic Woman" at the Filmore East lasted four hours. By the time of 1987's Shake the Cage Tour, performance of "Black Magic Woman" was blocked by John McVie, who felt the song too closely linked to Santana. As such, "I Loved Another Woman", another Green composition, was played during that tour instead. Stevie Nicks performed "Black Magic Woman" with slight changes in lyrics in the 2018-2019 tour An Evening with Fleetwood Mac.
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Black Magic Woman
"Black Magic Woman" is a song written by British musician Peter Green, which first appeared as a single for his band Fleetwood Mac in 1968. Subsequently, the song appeared on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose (US) and The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK), as well as the later Greatest Hits and Vintage Years compilations.
In 1970, the song was released as the first single from Santana's album Abraxas. The song, as sung by Gregg Rolie, reached number four on the US and Canadian charts, and its chart success made Santana's recording the better-known version of the song.
The song was also covered by former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch on his 2006 album His Fleetwood Mac Years and Beyond, Vol. 2. Although Welch was not a member of the group at the time of the original recording, he had performed a number of Peter Green's songs during his time with the band, including "Black Magic Woman".
"Black Magic Woman" was written by Peter Green in 1968, with lyrics inspired by his former girlfriend, Sandra Elsdon, whom Green had nicknamed "Magic Mamma". Green has acknowledged that "Black Magic Woman" was musically influenced by "All Your Love", an Otis Rush song that had been recorded two years earlier by Green's former band, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, with Eric Clapton, Green's predecessor, on lead guitar. Green said in Peter Green: The Biography: "One of things [Mayall] said was that if you really like something, you should take the first lines and make up another song from them. So that's what I did with 'Black Magic Woman'."
"Black Magic Woman" is a minor blues with a Latin rhythm first explored in Green's "I Loved Another Woman" in Fleetwood Mac's 1968 self-titled debut album. Mike Vernon, who produced the recording session for "Black Magic Woman", said that the song "represents a high spot in the band's early recording career."
"Black Magic Woman" has the same chord structure, guitar breaks, and even a similar melody to "I Loved Another Woman". Set in the key of D minor, the verse follows a twelve bar chord progression alternating between D minor7, A minor7, and G minor7, and the instrumentation consists of vocals, two guitars, bass guitar, and drums. It is homophonic, the voice and lead guitar taking the lead roles. The song is set in common time (4/4), with the rhythm "pushing" on the upbeat, then breaking into a shuffle beat jam after the final verse.
Fleetwood Mac recorded the song at CBS Studios on 14 February 1968 with Mike Vernon serving as producer and Mike Ross serving as the audio engineer for the session. Take 7 was selected as the master from that session; additional work was also conducted on 22 February 1968 at the same recording facility. The song begins with guitar harmonics that create a simmering effect. A slightly distorted solo is played in the middle of the song and an additional solo follows during the coda.
Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" was released as a single in 1968, and reached number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. After Jeremy Spencer left the band in 1971, Green temporarily returned to fulfill the remaining scheduled dates. These performances would include an extended instrumental jam of "Black Magic Woman" that often exceeded the original run-time of the studio recording. In his biography of Peter Green, Martin Celmins wrote that the band's performance of "Black Magic Woman" at the Filmore East lasted four hours. By the time of 1987's Shake the Cage Tour, performance of "Black Magic Woman" was blocked by John McVie, who felt the song too closely linked to Santana. As such, "I Loved Another Woman", another Green composition, was played during that tour instead. Stevie Nicks performed "Black Magic Woman" with slight changes in lyrics in the 2018-2019 tour An Evening with Fleetwood Mac.