Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac is a British rock band formed in 1967 when guitarist and songwriter Peter Green and bassist John McVie left John Mayall's Bluesbreakers to form their own group. The lineup was completed with vocalist and guitarist Jeremy Spencer and drummer Mick Fleetwood.
Based in California since the 1970s, 'Mac' has had several lineups, the most famous of which came after Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined in 1974, but the musicians Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass have remained the same since its creation more than forty years ago.
They first appeared at the British National Jazz & Blues Festival in August of that year under the name Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, subsequently signing with blues manager/producer Mike Vernon of the Blue Horizon label. Peter Green was already known as a blues singer and guitarist, and Fleetwood Mac, as they soon came to be called, became pioneers in the blues movement in England, achieving immediate success.
In late 1968, Peter Green introduced his protégé, the young guitarist Danny Kirwan, to the group. Fleetwood Mac thus became the only band with three guitarists, each capable of creating and playing their own repertoire. They were among the biggest successes in Great Britain, although they had not yet managed to break into the American market.
In 1969, Peter Green's style began to reveal a departure from pure blues, and in May 1970, in a fit of mysticism, he decided to leave the group and musical life. With its structure deeply shaken, Fleetwood Mac took a break for a few months, returning at the end of the year with the album "Kiln House," which would be the springboard for their future success in the US.
The following year, it was Jeremy Spencer's turn: during a US tour, he disappeared in Los Angeles, only to be found days later in a Children of God cult temple, determined to stay there and abandon his musical career. His decision was made after being approached on the street by a member of the cult, and was even more surprising given that he was a true stage comedian, known for his memorable parodies of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, and normally indifferent to religion.
After another hiatus due to this latest setback, the group reunited. But also due to the many changes that occurred in the lineup and the failure of the LPs released at that time, it dissolved once more.
It was around this time, in 1972, that businessman Clifford Davis created another Fleetwood Mac, without any of the original members, to replace them. But John McVie filed a lawsuit against the fake group and won.
From then on, new winds blew over the original group: the couple Nicks and Buckingham joined the group and, with a new lineup (Christine McVie on vocals and keyboards, Mick Fleetwood on drums, John McVie on bass, Stevie Nicks on vocals and Lindsey Buckingham on guitar), the group returned to its place on the charts and earned gold and platinum records.
Since 1998, the band has undergone other changes. Christine McVie left the group that year, making Fleetwood Mac a quartet. Under this configuration, the projects Say You Will (2003) and Extended Play (2013) were released. With McVie's return in 2014, the keyboardist joined Buckingham for a future album by the band. With Stevie Nicks' refusal to participate, Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie was released in 2017 as a solo work by the musicians. In 2018, Lindsey Buckingham was expelled from the group and replaced by Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.
That same year, they released a greatest hits compilation titled 50 Years: Don't Stop. The album debuted at number 12 on the UK charts and number 65 on the Billboard Top 200.
Stevie Nicks has a solo career, with several albums released. Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham also released individual LPs in 1982: "The Visitor" and "Law and Order," respectively.
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