Original Bass Player

[robert arnopp]

Originally Posted by nicepace

If this guy that no one's ever heard of was FM's first bass player, they would have been called Fleetwood Amb.

I never understand why people assume that because they personally have "never heard of" a musician, they claim "that no one's ever heard of" that musician.
Dave Ambrose appears on "The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac: 1968 to 1970" on first 3 tracks under group name "Peter B's".
He was a member of at the time well known, Brian Auger & The Trinity/Julie Driscoll who had a big hit with Dylan's This Wheel's On Fire in 1968 and played on most of their early albums. At the time of rehearsing with Mick & Peter, joining the Brian Auger Trinity might have been a good choice given BAT/JD had established their reputation at the time. He also was a well regarded session man and had played bass for Steampacket. Check out discogs or All Music or read the book. PR tends to stretch credibility somewhat but to claim no one has heard of him is totally wrong.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by robert arnopp

I never understand why people assume that because they personally have "never heard of" a musician, they claim "that no one's ever heard of" that musician.
Dave Ambrose appears on "The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac: 1968 to 1970" on first 3 tracks under group name "Peter B's".
He was a member of at the time well known, Brian Auger & The Trinity/Julie Driscoll who had a big hit with Dylan's This Wheel's On Fire in 1968 and played on most of their early albums. At the time of rehearsing with Mick & Peter, joining the Brian Auger Trinity might have been a good choice given BAT/JD had established their reputation at the time. He also was a well regarded session man and had played bass for Steampacket. Check out discogs or All Music or read the book. PR tends to stretch credibility somewhat but to claim no one has heard of him is totally wrong.

Well, 'No one's ever heard of...' is a figure of speech. Fame is a relative concept. Everybody is somebody that somebody has heard of.
Perhaps it should read '...very, very, very few people have heard of'.

[robert arnopp]

I understand the concept of a figure of speech, why use a figure of speech when a simple "i have never heard of" would be true and more appropriate.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by robert arnopp

I understand the concept of a figure of speech, why use a figure of speech when a simple "i have never heard of" would be true and more appropriate.

I'll bet you're the life of the party...

[robert arnopp]

Depends whose party.
Doesn't change the fact that the guy was not unknown in the UK and Western Europe, although not "famous", as the music scene was evolving in the 60's. Maybe unknown in the USA at the time but there's a whole world outside of that.
Happy Christmas to all Peter Green and "early years" ledgies.