Slash went for a cover of the Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac classic “Oh Well,” and called on country rocker Chris Stapleton!
The song, written by Green for the band's third album, "Then Play On," is a staple of Green's time in the band. Stapleton gave it his signature gruff for Slash’s upcoming "Orgy of the Damned," which drop on May 17th.
The song may be the most covered, of Fleetwood Mac's early years, including renditions from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Haim, Aerosmith, Jason Isbell, Joe Jackson and the Eels.
“So, this is the original Fleetwood Mac, which was founded by Peter Green, one of the greatest singer-songwriter-guitar players, he’s less known in the public, but very well known to us guitar players re the 60s British blues and he’s up there with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Nick Taylor,” Slash said. “I remember hearing the song on the radio when I was probably 13, they used to play both the older version of Fleetwood Mac and the new version of the band with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham a lot. I always loved this song, and it’s a great guitar riff. I jammed it with the Blues Ball back in the ‘90s, and I’ve played it live here and there. I knew from the beginning I wanted to do the song on this record. It was also one of the songs that I was trying to figure out who would be the right vocalist for it, and one of the ideas I had was Chris Stapleton, who is one of the most brilliant singer songwriters today. He’s also got such a gritty and distinctive voice, so I called him up and he did an amazing job. I mean, his voice is so cool.”
This is the second single from Slash’s album, following “Killing Floor,” which features AC/DC's Brian Johnson and Steven Tyler on harmonica. "Orgy," will feature Gary Clark Jr., ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Dorothy, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Demi Lovato, Chris Robinson and Beth Hart.