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| Peter Green - simple living guitar hero. |
Not everyone wants fame and fortune. Some people know the dangerous pitfalls such a life entails, and choose the simple life instead.
Usually society figures that folks who voluntarily turn away from mass public recognition and truck loads of money are mentally unstable. But those of us that know the simple life understand how such individuals are only protecting themselves.
Take for example musician Peter Green, founder of the original version of the band Fleetwood Mac. He decided early on that outrageous fame and fortune was not for him. He wanted to live the simple life vs. the big star life and all the danger such a life entails.
In 1970, two years after he founded the band, Peter Green began to obsess about money, and told bandmate Mick Fleetwood that he wanted to give it all away. It is said that Green even approached his accountant with a gun and threatened him if he continued to send him cheques for playing music.
Eventually the star guitarist was treated for mental illness, and he left the band. Fleetwood Mac went on to become one of the most successful bands in rock history.
Peter Green went on to do his own thing his way. He continues to play guitar to the delight of audiences around the world.
What a role model - Peter Green is a simple living guitar hero.
I'll stick with the unobtrusive life too. Seems to me that fame would be worse than truckloads of money (not that I hanker for that), you could always have pleasure giving the money away!
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