Slash teams with Chris Stapleton on Fleetwood Mac cover

Slash and Chris Stapleton have teamed up to release a new take on Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well.” The song was originally released in 1969 and written by Peter Green. The track appears on Slash’s upcoming blues album, Orgy of the Damned, which features an all-star lineup and will be released on May 17.

“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, the 60s British blues and he’s up there with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Mick Taylor,” said Slash. “He sort of had a misadventure with drugs and disappeared early in his career, but he had some great fucking songs and ‘Oh Well’ is one of my favorites. 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.”

Slash recently announced the S.E.R.P.E.N.T Festival to support the album where he will be joined on tour by contemporary blues artists.

ORGY OF THE DAMNED TRACK LISTING

1.   “The Pusher” feat. Chris Robinson (vocal and harmonica)
Written by Wayne Hoyt Axton

2.   “Crossroads” feat. Gary Clark Jr. (vocal, rhythm guitar, and solo)
Written by Robert Leroy Johnson

3.   “Hoochie Coochie Man” feat. Billy F. Gibbons (vocal, rhythm guitar, and solo)
Written by Willie Dixon

4.   “Oh Well” feat. Chris Stapleton (vocal)
Written by Peter Alan Green

5.   “Key to the Highway” feat. Dorothy (vocal)
Written by Charles Segar, William Broonzy

6.   “Awful Dream” feat. Iggy Pop (vocal)
Written by Sam (Lightnin’) Hopkins, Clarence Lewis, C. Morgan Robinson

7.   “Born Under a Bad Sign” feat. Paul Rodgers (vocal)
Written by William Bell and Booker T. Jones

8.   “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” feat. Demi Lovato (vocal)
Written by Barrett Strong and Jesse Norman Whitfield

9.   “Killing Floor” feat. Brian Johnson (vocal)
Written by Chester Burnett (Howlin’ Wolf)

*Special guest Steven Tyler on harmonica.

10. “Living for the City” feat. Tash Neal (vocal)
Written by Stevie Wonder

*Special guest background vocals: Jenna Bell and Jessie Payo.