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Need Your Love So Bad by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (Patreon)

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2026-09-12 10:19:41

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2026-09

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Hi all,

The new video is up, and it's a big one: Need Your Love So Bad by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. This is one of the videos that I had to remake, but I actually think, second time around, it's a bit better and more comprehensive. I've gone through the whole tune, the intro solo note for note, the chord progression, some rhythm guitar ideas, and how you might approach soloing over the changes.

As always, I've tabbed everything out, and there's a backing track too (this is just the main 8-bar progression, no bridge.)

As a complement to this video, you might like to check out my BB Box lesson that I did a while back, which contains a much more detailed exploration of this essential blues guitar concept. Check it out here - https://www.patreon.com/anyonecanplayguitar/posts/blues-soloing-bb-33224726

Speak soon,

—Adrian

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Need Your Love So Bad - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac | Solo, Rhythm and Improvising Ideas

Need Your Love So Bad is one of the great slow blues ballads, and Peter Green's playing on the Fleetwood Mac version is a big part of why. In this lesson I cover the whole tune: the introductory solo note for note, the chord progression and how to think about it in numbers, some rhythm guitar approaches, and some ideas for soloing and improvising over these changes. The tune was originally written and recorded by Little Willie John, but the Fleetwood Mac version is the one guitar players know, largely down to Green's playing. We start with the opening solo, working out of the BB box around the 10th position, then break down the chord progression and how it works, before moving into rhythm guitar ideas (bar chords, arpeggios, connecting lines, fills) and finally some thoughts on improvising over the changes, including minor and major pentatonic options, and how to target chord tones. Full tabs for the intro solo, my rhythm part, and my solo, plus an original backing track, are up on Patreon: patreon.com/anyonecanplayguitar Guitar today is an Ivison Dakota, on loan from Tim Forster Guitars, through a Marshall Studio Vintage. No pedals. My in-depth course library: https://courses.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk My latest album: https://zodiactoys.bandcamp.com/releases SUBSCRIBE for more: https://bit.ly/3Efy0W3 Check out my website: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Social blah: Instagram (occasionally I post here): https://www.instagram.com/acpgtr/ Timestamps - Hi 00:00 Performance 00:47 About the song 02:48 Chord progression 04:24 Number analysis of the chords 06:07 The BB Box explained 08:54 Peter’s intro solo 10:32 Basic rhythm approaches 17:07 Adding chord connections 19:12 Adding fills 21:20 Soloing & improvisation approaches 22:33 Gear used in this video 26:28 Bye 29:09