Within two years, Fleetwood Mac were one of the biggest groups in the world, their new sound (far removed from the blues rock of old) defined by 1977’s blockbuster Rumours, the archetypal Californian soft-rock album.
Having relocated to Los Angeles, Fleetwood, McVie and his wife Christine (née Perfect, a singer and keyboard player who’d joined the band in 1970) brought in a new Californian guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, plus his girlfriend, singer Stevie Nicks. In the early 70s, Fleetwood Mac were in disarray. Thank you for watching my video, don't forget like, share and Subcribe my channel Wish you have a nice and lucky day SUBSCRIBE. Due to numerous line-up changes, the only original member present in the band is its namesake, drummer Mick Fleetwood. The Justified singer treated the bar-goers to a cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic Dreams, from the group’s 1977 album Rumours.
It was the first Fleetwood Mac album to feature Christine McVie as a full member. A fourth, Bob Weston, was also fired after he had an affair with Fleetwood’s wife. Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in 1967 in London. Fleetwood Mac’s fifth album ‘Future Games’ is 50 years old this week. And a third guitarist, Danny Kirwan, was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being fired in 1972.
He later resurfaced as a member of American religious cult The Children Of God.
A second guitarist, Jeremy Spencer, also afflicted by drug-related trauma, vanished 10 months later in the middle of a US tour, after saying he was popping out to get a magazine. Green quit the band in May 1970, his mental health damaged by drug use. Green was so good that he’d been picked to replace Eric Clapton in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (where he was later joined, albeit briefly, by Fleetwood and McVie), and his innovative style would inspire future generations of rock guitarists, from Tony Iommi and Gary Moore to Noel Gallagher. 2x45rpm and the pressing allows for extra room for the groves to breath.as there are only 2-3 songs per side.
The band was named after drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie – partly as a ploy to persuade the latter to join – but the real star of the original band was guitarist/vocalist Peter Green. referencing Fleetwood Mac ( 2 × 12', 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Gatefold) 530138-1. Fleetwood Mac formed in London in 1967 at the height of the British blues-rock explosion.