"He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats." -B.B. King (on guitarist Peter Green)

Fleetwood Mac founding member Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum) celebrates his 63rd birthday today.

Green --who had previously been Eric Clapton's replacement in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers-- was ranked 38th in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."