British rock and blues guitarist Peter Green, a founding member of Fleetwood Mac, warms up backstage before performing with his own band, Peter Green's Splinter Group, at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, in New York on April 7, 2001. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
LONDON—Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac has died at the age of 73.
A law firm representing his family, Swan Turton, announced the death in a statement Saturday. It said he died “peacefully in his sleep″ this weekend. A further statement will be issued in the coming days.
