Monday, June 03, 2002 6:47:51 AM
Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...Fleetwood Mac
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Early British blues band evolved into one of the biggest popular rock bands of all time.
While there are those that would argue that one of the greatest bands in rock & roll has never been away . . . while there are those who would insist the group is alive and well, as long as somewhere in the world, someone is playing a copy of Rumours . . . while no one could contest that Mac music sounds as fresh and full of surprises today as it did the moment it was minted . . . all this, and more, considered The Mac is still back.
"Mac," in this case, of course, refers to the once-in-a-lifetime line-up of talent that single-handedly defined the term "supergroup" now and forever. Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are, and always will be, The Fleetwood Mac of recordscores of millions of records as a matter of fact, spanning one of the most wildly successful, and endlessly inventive, creative conspiracies in modern musical history.
It's a saga that continues with the Reprise Records release of The Dance, the new Fleetwood Mac album that gives fresh meaning to the term "long-awaited." Recorded live for an MTV special, The Dance highlights new renditions of 13 Mac classics, from "Dreams" to "Rhiannon," "Don't Stop" to "Tusk" as well as the such key tracks as "The Chain" and "Silver Springs."
Proving the Mac magic is as potent as ever, The Dance, produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Elliot Schiener, also features four new songs, including the Christine McVie composition "Temporary One," "Sweet Girl" by Stevie Nicks and two new Buckingham tracks, "Bleed To Love Her" and "My Little Demon." Catapulting straight from the studio to the stage, Fleetwood Mac embark on an extensive U.S. tour this fall, bringing the Mac magic to audiences coast to coast.
After a moment to catch our collective breath, it's fitting to note that the reunion of Fleetwood Mac is occurring on the twenty year anniversary of Rumours, the most influential and innovative album of their career, and an enduring landmark of the rock era.
But Fleetwood Mac redux is about more than simply a fond look back. It's about artists and writers, musical spark plugs and men and women of amazing ability, picking up precisely where they left off, minus a mound of emotional luggage and with, as Mick Fleetwood puts it, "an incredible amount of creative gas in the tank."
Not that Mac's individual components have been experiencing anything like a fuel shortage since they last recorded together, ten years ago. While the rock solid rhythm section of Fleetwood & McVie continued to lift high the venerable Fleetwood Mac banner with various incarnations of the group, Lindsey, Stevie and Christine have all nurtured brilliant solo careers, as well as working in various combinations on one-off projects, such as the Stevie/Lindsey collaboration on the hit 1995 Twister soundtrack. And, while it might have taken a special request by the President of the United States to reconvene the band for an appearance at the 1992 Inaugural Ball, performing Clinton's campaign song, "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)," the notion of a full-blown reunion has been in the air almost from the moment they disbanded.
"We've been asked many times over the years to reform," explains Mick, "but the time was never right. I think we were all still in the process of growing up and discovering that the things that had once pulled us apart didn't seem nearly as important anymore. The level of success we had together was, quite simply, overwhelming. We've had the opportunity to step back and get some perspective, to realize that what was important all along was the music."
The impetus for that discovery came from several directions. "The 20th anniversary of Rumours gave us a vantage point to look backand forward," asserts John. "We realized that we had created this tremendous body of work and that we wanted to celebrate that accomplishment. 1997 also marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the original Fleetwood Mac, so the occasion seemed especially auspicious for that reason as well."
What was needed was a suitable creative catalyst, provided in timely fashion by Lindsey's latest solo project. "I'd been working on new material since late 1995," Lindsey recounts, "when I happened to run into Mick one day, it seemed like he'd been through some changes and I know I'd done some moving on myself since we'd last met. We'd lived through such a musical soap opera and just the fact that we'd survived gave us something in common."
More in common, as it turned out, than just shared history, with Lindsey providing the vital musical link that reconnected the group. "We started working together on some of his songs," continues Mick, "and immediately sparked off each other. It's like learning to ride a bike; once you've got it you never forget. While the chemistry between the group is hard to pin down, it's unmistakable once you're a part of it."
"We worked together, just the two of us, through the summer of last year," recounts Lindsey, "and when it came time to do some bass parts, I asked Mick who he thought we should use. I should have known what his answer would be."
With John joining them in the studio, the potential, unspoken but palpable, began to build, gathering momentum when Lindsey asked Christine to come in and sing harmonies. "The magic, the energy, the pure joy of working together was stronger than ever," recounts Lindsey. "There we were," adds Mick, with a laugh, "all four of us in the control room, really enjoying each other's company."
"It was an odd feeling, being back together, but it was obvious we were having fun," is how Christine remembers the slow approach toward the inevitable. "I'd been doing some writing and demos for a new solo album, but had really stepped back from music for the time being, returning to England and restoring a huge, sixteenth century house my husband and I had bought in the country. I was very content with my life, but at the same time, I must admit, I felt the pull."
The pull also exerted its influence on the fifth Mac member. "None of us really had to do this," Stevie remarks. "We had our separate lives and careers. But the chance to work together again, without all the conflicts that had once made things so difficult, was hard to resist. I guess it's always been a dream, somewhere in the back of my mind, that we would one day get together again. The Rumours anniversary was a perfect excuse, but what's more important is how we've each grown. I'd always loved being a part of this band, feeling that extraordinary energy that we could create, and now there's nothing to interfere with the flow of that energy."
The quintet began playing together, with the notion of reuniting put, for the time being, on a back burner. "It was just great to play again," asserts John. "This configuration was always my favorite Fleetwood Mac line-up and I think the whole was always greater then the sum of its parts. It was great to be part of that whole again."
"We were playing better than I ever remembered," adds Mick. "After we had a chance to musically say hello to each other, we found it astoundingly easy to pick up where we left off."
"My only condition for coming back together was that we could have some fun," says Christine. "The rehearsals proved that we could, and that we were tighter and better than we'd ever been. It was tremendously gratifying."
"I think a lot of the creativity we were feeling had come from the healing we'd all experienced," opines Stevie. "We were friends who had been away for a long time and this reunion was not just musical, it was personal."
Questions of repertoire were resolved almost before they came up. "Naturally we did the material we were familiar with," explains John. "It was like our fingers were just flying to the notes. We worked up some new arrangements, but we also wanted to try out some fresh stuff. Luckily, we had no shortage of new material to try."
Christine: "Each one of us brought in a new song and hearing them played by this particular combination of musicians is like no other experience I know. We understand each otherwhere to go and how to get there, even before it's spoken."
What was also left almost unspoken was the fact that, from various paths both personal and professional, Fleetwood Mac had at last found themselves together again. "Of course there's a business aspect to all this," says Mick, "but anyone who's been around this process can tell you that it really is the music that's brought us back."
"I care about these people," is how Lindsey puts it. "And I enjoy being around them, now more than ever. Fleetwood Mac is a complicated scheme, a careful balancing act and when we get it right, there's nothing quite like it."
"Even after we decided to formalize what we'd been doing as 'a reunion,'" adds John, "there was still an attitude of taking things one day at a time. Today is wonderful. Tomorrow will take care of itself."
What tomorrow may bring for Fleetwood Mac is anyone's guess. But, with the release of The Dance, the accompanying MTV special and their upcoming tour, the prospects are positively brilliant for the immediate future.
"This is all very exciting, but at the same time very familiar," muses Stevie. "When we get together something amazing happens. It takes on a life of its own."
The Mac Is Back. Even better than before.
Fleetwood Mac I (1967 - 1968)
Peter Green - guitar/vocals - b. Peter Greenbaum, October 29, 1946, London, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Shotgun Express.
Mick Fleetwood - drums - b. June 24, 1947, Redruth, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Shotgun Express.
John McVie - bass - b. November 26, 1945, London, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Jeremy Spencer - guitar/vocals - b. July 4, 1948, West Hartlepool, England.
Album:
"Fleetwood Mac" (1968) - Singles: "Black Magic Woman", "Albatross"
"The Original Fleetwood Mac" (1971)
"The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions" (6-CD box set) (1999)
Fleetwood Mac II (1968 - 1970)
Peter Green - guitar/vocals
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Jeremy Spencer - guitar/vocals
Danny Kirwan - guitar/vocals - b. May 13, 1950, London, England.
Albums:
"English Rose" (1969)
"Then Play On" (1969) - Single: "Oh Well, Pt. 1"
"London Live '68" (1991)
"Live in Boston, Vol. 1" (1998)
"Live in Boston, Vol. 2" (1998)
"The Boston Box" (3-CDs) (1999)
"A Night at the Marquee: Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac" (1999)
"Live at the BBC" (2-CDs) (1999)
"Live At The Boston Tea Party, Part Three" (2000)
Peter Green leaves; later records as solo performer.
Fleetwood Mac III (1970)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Jeremy Spencer - guitar/vocals
Danny Kirwan - guitar/vocals - b. May 13, 1950, London, England.
Albums:
"Kiln House" (1970)
Fleetwood Mac IV (1970 - 1971)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Danny Kirwan - guitar/vocals
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals - b. Christine Perfect on July 12, 1943, in Birmingham, England - formerly with Chicken Shack.
Album:
"Fleetwood Mac in Chicago" (1971)
Fleetwood Mac V (1971 - 1972)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Danny Kirwan - guitar/vocals
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bob Welch - guitar/vocals - b. July 31, 1946, Los Angeles, California.
Albums:
"Future Games" (1971)
"Bare Trees" (1972)
Fleetwood Mac VI (1972 - 1973)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bob Welch - guitar/vocals
Bob Weston - guitar
Dave Walker - guitar/vocals
Album:
"Penguin" (1973)
Fleetwood Mac VII (1973)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bob Welch - guitar/vocals
Bob Weston - guitar
Albums:
"Mystery to Me" (1973)
Bob Weston and Dave Walker became part of the "bogus Fleetwood Mac" that toured America in 1974; they were stopped by a court injuction, but litigation kept the real Fleetwood Mac from touring during 1974. Bob Weston and Dave Walker joined Stretch.
Fleetwood Mac VIII (1973 - 1974)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bob Welch - guitar/vocals
Albums:
"Heroes Are Hard to Find" (1974)
Bob Welch forms Paris (with Glenn Cornick, ex-Jethro Tull and Wild Turkey, and Thom Mooney, ex-Nazz).
Fleetwood Mac IX (1974 - 1987)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Lindsey Buckingham - guitar/vocals - b. October 3, 1947, Palo Alto, California - formerly in Fritz and Buckingham-Nicks (both with vocalist Stevie Nicks).
Stevie Nicks - vocals - b. Stephanie Nicks on May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona - formerly in Fritz and Buckingham-Nicks (both with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham).
Albums:
"Fleetwood Mac" (1975)
"Rumours" (1977)
"Tusk" (1979)
"Live" (1980)
"Mirage" (1982)
"Tango in the Night" (1987)
Lindsey Buckingham leaves to pursue solo career.
Fleetwood Mac X (1987 - 1991)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Stevie Nicks - vocals
Billy Burnette - guitar/vocals - b. May 8, 1953, Memphis, Tennessee; son of Dorsey Burnette - formerly toured with the Brenda Lee show, Roger Miller, and Dorsey Burnette's band; also had solo career.
Rick Vito - guitar/vocals - b. October 13, 1949, Darby, Pennsylvania - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Album:
"Behind the Mask" (1990)
Fleetwood Mac XI (1991 - 1993)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Stevie Nicks - vocals
Billy Burnette - guitar/vocals
Fleetwood Mac XII (1993 - 1994)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bekka Bramlett - vocals - b. April 19, 1968, Westwood, California; daughter of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett - formerly with Mick Fleetwood's Zoo.
Dave Mason - guitar/vocals - b. May 10, 1946, Worcester, England - formerly with Traffic, and toured with Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett; also had solo career.
Album:
"Time" (1995)
Fleetwood Mac XIII (1994)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Billy Burnette - guitar/vocals
Bekka Bramlett - vocals
Dave Mason - guitar/vocals
Fleetwood Mac XIV (1997) (Reunion)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Lindsey Buckingham - guitar/vocals
Stevie Nicks - vocals
Albums:
"The Dance" (1997)
Compilations:
"Greatest Hits" (1988)
"25 Years...The Chain" (box set) (1992)
"Best of the Original" (1999)
Mick Fleetwood solo:
"The Visitor" (1981)
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo:
"Shakin' the Cage" (1992)
Christine McVie solo:
"The Legendary Christine Perfect Album" (1976)
"Christine McVie" (1984)
Stevie Nicks solo:
"Bella Donna" (1981)
"The Wild Heart" (1983)
"Rock a Little" (1985)
"The Other Side of the Mirror" (1989)
"Timespace - The Best of Stevie Nicks" (1991)
"Street Angel" (1993)
"Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" (1994)
"Enchanted: The Works of Stevie Nicks" (box set) (1998)
Lindsey Buckingham solo:
"Law and Order" (1981)
"Go Insane" (1984)
"Out of the Cradle" (1992)
Bob Welch solo:
"French Kiss" (1977)
"Three Hearts" (1979)
"The Other One" (1979) - re-released in 1998
"Man Overboard" (1980) - re-released in 1998
"Best of Bob Welch" (1991)
"Greatest Hits" (1994)
"The Other One / Man Overboard" (1998)
Peter Green solo:
"In the End of the Game" (1970)
"Little Dreamer" (1980)
"Green & Guitar: The Best of Peter Green" (1996)
"Blues for Dhyana" (1998) - contains material from his '80s solo albums.
"The Robert Johnson Songbook" (1998)
"Blue Guitar" (1999)
"In the Skies" (1999)
"Whatcha Gonna Do" (1999)
"White Sky" (1999)
"Soho Sessions" (1999)
Jeremy Spencer solo:
"Jeremy Spencer and the Children of God" (1973)
"Flee" (1979)
Billy Burnette solo:
"Billy Burnette" (1971)
"Billy Burnette" (1979)
"Between Friends" (1979)
"Billy Burnette" (1980)
"Gimme You" (1981)
"Coming Home" (1993)
DVDs and Videos:
"Fleetwood Mac: The Early Years" (1994) - VHS
"Fleetwood Mac: The Early Years" (1994) - DVD
"Tango In The Night" (1988) - VHS
"Rumours" (1997) - VHS
"Rumours" (1997) - DVD
"The Dance" (1997) - VHS
"The Dance" (1997) - DVD
Fleetwood Mac Selected Discography
Reprise Records & Warner Bros. Records
1969 Then Play On
1970 Kiln House
1971 Future Games
1972 Bare Trees
1973 Penguin
1973 Mystery To Me
1974 Heroes Are Hard To Find
1975 Fleetwood Mac
1977 Rumours
1977 Fleetwood Mac/The Vintage Years (Sire)
1979 Tusk
1980 Fleetwood Mac Live
1982 Mirage
1987 Tango In The Night
1988 Greatest Hits
1990 Behind The Mask
1992 Fleetwood Mac / 25 Years / The Chain
1994 In Chicago (reissue Sire)
1995 Time
1997 The Dance
]
Breaking Clay Makes My Day!
http://www.repriserec.com/fleetwoodmac/
Early British blues band evolved into one of the biggest popular rock bands of all time.
While there are those that would argue that one of the greatest bands in rock & roll has never been away . . . while there are those who would insist the group is alive and well, as long as somewhere in the world, someone is playing a copy of Rumours . . . while no one could contest that Mac music sounds as fresh and full of surprises today as it did the moment it was minted . . . all this, and more, considered The Mac is still back.
"Mac," in this case, of course, refers to the once-in-a-lifetime line-up of talent that single-handedly defined the term "supergroup" now and forever. Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are, and always will be, The Fleetwood Mac of recordscores of millions of records as a matter of fact, spanning one of the most wildly successful, and endlessly inventive, creative conspiracies in modern musical history.
It's a saga that continues with the Reprise Records release of The Dance, the new Fleetwood Mac album that gives fresh meaning to the term "long-awaited." Recorded live for an MTV special, The Dance highlights new renditions of 13 Mac classics, from "Dreams" to "Rhiannon," "Don't Stop" to "Tusk" as well as the such key tracks as "The Chain" and "Silver Springs."
Proving the Mac magic is as potent as ever, The Dance, produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Elliot Schiener, also features four new songs, including the Christine McVie composition "Temporary One," "Sweet Girl" by Stevie Nicks and two new Buckingham tracks, "Bleed To Love Her" and "My Little Demon." Catapulting straight from the studio to the stage, Fleetwood Mac embark on an extensive U.S. tour this fall, bringing the Mac magic to audiences coast to coast.
After a moment to catch our collective breath, it's fitting to note that the reunion of Fleetwood Mac is occurring on the twenty year anniversary of Rumours, the most influential and innovative album of their career, and an enduring landmark of the rock era.
But Fleetwood Mac redux is about more than simply a fond look back. It's about artists and writers, musical spark plugs and men and women of amazing ability, picking up precisely where they left off, minus a mound of emotional luggage and with, as Mick Fleetwood puts it, "an incredible amount of creative gas in the tank."
Not that Mac's individual components have been experiencing anything like a fuel shortage since they last recorded together, ten years ago. While the rock solid rhythm section of Fleetwood & McVie continued to lift high the venerable Fleetwood Mac banner with various incarnations of the group, Lindsey, Stevie and Christine have all nurtured brilliant solo careers, as well as working in various combinations on one-off projects, such as the Stevie/Lindsey collaboration on the hit 1995 Twister soundtrack. And, while it might have taken a special request by the President of the United States to reconvene the band for an appearance at the 1992 Inaugural Ball, performing Clinton's campaign song, "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)," the notion of a full-blown reunion has been in the air almost from the moment they disbanded.
"We've been asked many times over the years to reform," explains Mick, "but the time was never right. I think we were all still in the process of growing up and discovering that the things that had once pulled us apart didn't seem nearly as important anymore. The level of success we had together was, quite simply, overwhelming. We've had the opportunity to step back and get some perspective, to realize that what was important all along was the music."
The impetus for that discovery came from several directions. "The 20th anniversary of Rumours gave us a vantage point to look backand forward," asserts John. "We realized that we had created this tremendous body of work and that we wanted to celebrate that accomplishment. 1997 also marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the original Fleetwood Mac, so the occasion seemed especially auspicious for that reason as well."
What was needed was a suitable creative catalyst, provided in timely fashion by Lindsey's latest solo project. "I'd been working on new material since late 1995," Lindsey recounts, "when I happened to run into Mick one day, it seemed like he'd been through some changes and I know I'd done some moving on myself since we'd last met. We'd lived through such a musical soap opera and just the fact that we'd survived gave us something in common."
More in common, as it turned out, than just shared history, with Lindsey providing the vital musical link that reconnected the group. "We started working together on some of his songs," continues Mick, "and immediately sparked off each other. It's like learning to ride a bike; once you've got it you never forget. While the chemistry between the group is hard to pin down, it's unmistakable once you're a part of it."
"We worked together, just the two of us, through the summer of last year," recounts Lindsey, "and when it came time to do some bass parts, I asked Mick who he thought we should use. I should have known what his answer would be."
With John joining them in the studio, the potential, unspoken but palpable, began to build, gathering momentum when Lindsey asked Christine to come in and sing harmonies. "The magic, the energy, the pure joy of working together was stronger than ever," recounts Lindsey. "There we were," adds Mick, with a laugh, "all four of us in the control room, really enjoying each other's company."
"It was an odd feeling, being back together, but it was obvious we were having fun," is how Christine remembers the slow approach toward the inevitable. "I'd been doing some writing and demos for a new solo album, but had really stepped back from music for the time being, returning to England and restoring a huge, sixteenth century house my husband and I had bought in the country. I was very content with my life, but at the same time, I must admit, I felt the pull."
The pull also exerted its influence on the fifth Mac member. "None of us really had to do this," Stevie remarks. "We had our separate lives and careers. But the chance to work together again, without all the conflicts that had once made things so difficult, was hard to resist. I guess it's always been a dream, somewhere in the back of my mind, that we would one day get together again. The Rumours anniversary was a perfect excuse, but what's more important is how we've each grown. I'd always loved being a part of this band, feeling that extraordinary energy that we could create, and now there's nothing to interfere with the flow of that energy."
The quintet began playing together, with the notion of reuniting put, for the time being, on a back burner. "It was just great to play again," asserts John. "This configuration was always my favorite Fleetwood Mac line-up and I think the whole was always greater then the sum of its parts. It was great to be part of that whole again."
"We were playing better than I ever remembered," adds Mick. "After we had a chance to musically say hello to each other, we found it astoundingly easy to pick up where we left off."
"My only condition for coming back together was that we could have some fun," says Christine. "The rehearsals proved that we could, and that we were tighter and better than we'd ever been. It was tremendously gratifying."
"I think a lot of the creativity we were feeling had come from the healing we'd all experienced," opines Stevie. "We were friends who had been away for a long time and this reunion was not just musical, it was personal."
Questions of repertoire were resolved almost before they came up. "Naturally we did the material we were familiar with," explains John. "It was like our fingers were just flying to the notes. We worked up some new arrangements, but we also wanted to try out some fresh stuff. Luckily, we had no shortage of new material to try."
Christine: "Each one of us brought in a new song and hearing them played by this particular combination of musicians is like no other experience I know. We understand each otherwhere to go and how to get there, even before it's spoken."
What was also left almost unspoken was the fact that, from various paths both personal and professional, Fleetwood Mac had at last found themselves together again. "Of course there's a business aspect to all this," says Mick, "but anyone who's been around this process can tell you that it really is the music that's brought us back."
"I care about these people," is how Lindsey puts it. "And I enjoy being around them, now more than ever. Fleetwood Mac is a complicated scheme, a careful balancing act and when we get it right, there's nothing quite like it."
"Even after we decided to formalize what we'd been doing as 'a reunion,'" adds John, "there was still an attitude of taking things one day at a time. Today is wonderful. Tomorrow will take care of itself."
What tomorrow may bring for Fleetwood Mac is anyone's guess. But, with the release of The Dance, the accompanying MTV special and their upcoming tour, the prospects are positively brilliant for the immediate future.
"This is all very exciting, but at the same time very familiar," muses Stevie. "When we get together something amazing happens. It takes on a life of its own."
The Mac Is Back. Even better than before.
Fleetwood Mac I (1967 - 1968)
Peter Green - guitar/vocals - b. Peter Greenbaum, October 29, 1946, London, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Shotgun Express.
Mick Fleetwood - drums - b. June 24, 1947, Redruth, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and Shotgun Express.
John McVie - bass - b. November 26, 1945, London, England - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Jeremy Spencer - guitar/vocals - b. July 4, 1948, West Hartlepool, England.
Album:
"Fleetwood Mac" (1968) - Singles: "Black Magic Woman", "Albatross"
"The Original Fleetwood Mac" (1971)
"The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions" (6-CD box set) (1999)
Fleetwood Mac II (1968 - 1970)
Peter Green - guitar/vocals
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Jeremy Spencer - guitar/vocals
Danny Kirwan - guitar/vocals - b. May 13, 1950, London, England.
Albums:
"English Rose" (1969)
"Then Play On" (1969) - Single: "Oh Well, Pt. 1"
"London Live '68" (1991)
"Live in Boston, Vol. 1" (1998)
"Live in Boston, Vol. 2" (1998)
"The Boston Box" (3-CDs) (1999)
"A Night at the Marquee: Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac" (1999)
"Live at the BBC" (2-CDs) (1999)
"Live At The Boston Tea Party, Part Three" (2000)
Peter Green leaves; later records as solo performer.
Fleetwood Mac III (1970)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Jeremy Spencer - guitar/vocals
Danny Kirwan - guitar/vocals - b. May 13, 1950, London, England.
Albums:
"Kiln House" (1970)
Fleetwood Mac IV (1970 - 1971)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Danny Kirwan - guitar/vocals
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals - b. Christine Perfect on July 12, 1943, in Birmingham, England - formerly with Chicken Shack.
Album:
"Fleetwood Mac in Chicago" (1971)
Fleetwood Mac V (1971 - 1972)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Danny Kirwan - guitar/vocals
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bob Welch - guitar/vocals - b. July 31, 1946, Los Angeles, California.
Albums:
"Future Games" (1971)
"Bare Trees" (1972)
Fleetwood Mac VI (1972 - 1973)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bob Welch - guitar/vocals
Bob Weston - guitar
Dave Walker - guitar/vocals
Album:
"Penguin" (1973)
Fleetwood Mac VII (1973)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bob Welch - guitar/vocals
Bob Weston - guitar
Albums:
"Mystery to Me" (1973)
Bob Weston and Dave Walker became part of the "bogus Fleetwood Mac" that toured America in 1974; they were stopped by a court injuction, but litigation kept the real Fleetwood Mac from touring during 1974. Bob Weston and Dave Walker joined Stretch.
Fleetwood Mac VIII (1973 - 1974)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bob Welch - guitar/vocals
Albums:
"Heroes Are Hard to Find" (1974)
Bob Welch forms Paris (with Glenn Cornick, ex-Jethro Tull and Wild Turkey, and Thom Mooney, ex-Nazz).
Fleetwood Mac IX (1974 - 1987)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Lindsey Buckingham - guitar/vocals - b. October 3, 1947, Palo Alto, California - formerly in Fritz and Buckingham-Nicks (both with vocalist Stevie Nicks).
Stevie Nicks - vocals - b. Stephanie Nicks on May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona - formerly in Fritz and Buckingham-Nicks (both with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham).
Albums:
"Fleetwood Mac" (1975)
"Rumours" (1977)
"Tusk" (1979)
"Live" (1980)
"Mirage" (1982)
"Tango in the Night" (1987)
Lindsey Buckingham leaves to pursue solo career.
Fleetwood Mac X (1987 - 1991)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Stevie Nicks - vocals
Billy Burnette - guitar/vocals - b. May 8, 1953, Memphis, Tennessee; son of Dorsey Burnette - formerly toured with the Brenda Lee show, Roger Miller, and Dorsey Burnette's band; also had solo career.
Rick Vito - guitar/vocals - b. October 13, 1949, Darby, Pennsylvania - formerly with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.
Album:
"Behind the Mask" (1990)
Fleetwood Mac XI (1991 - 1993)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Stevie Nicks - vocals
Billy Burnette - guitar/vocals
Fleetwood Mac XII (1993 - 1994)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Bekka Bramlett - vocals - b. April 19, 1968, Westwood, California; daughter of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett - formerly with Mick Fleetwood's Zoo.
Dave Mason - guitar/vocals - b. May 10, 1946, Worcester, England - formerly with Traffic, and toured with Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett; also had solo career.
Album:
"Time" (1995)
Fleetwood Mac XIII (1994)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Billy Burnette - guitar/vocals
Bekka Bramlett - vocals
Dave Mason - guitar/vocals
Fleetwood Mac XIV (1997) (Reunion)
Mick Fleetwood - drums
John McVie - bass
Christine McVie - keyboards/vocals
Lindsey Buckingham - guitar/vocals
Stevie Nicks - vocals
Albums:
"The Dance" (1997)
Compilations:
"Greatest Hits" (1988)
"25 Years...The Chain" (box set) (1992)
"Best of the Original" (1999)
Mick Fleetwood solo:
"The Visitor" (1981)
Mick Fleetwood's Zoo:
"Shakin' the Cage" (1992)
Christine McVie solo:
"The Legendary Christine Perfect Album" (1976)
"Christine McVie" (1984)
Stevie Nicks solo:
"Bella Donna" (1981)
"The Wild Heart" (1983)
"Rock a Little" (1985)
"The Other Side of the Mirror" (1989)
"Timespace - The Best of Stevie Nicks" (1991)
"Street Angel" (1993)
"Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" (1994)
"Enchanted: The Works of Stevie Nicks" (box set) (1998)
Lindsey Buckingham solo:
"Law and Order" (1981)
"Go Insane" (1984)
"Out of the Cradle" (1992)
Bob Welch solo:
"French Kiss" (1977)
"Three Hearts" (1979)
"The Other One" (1979) - re-released in 1998
"Man Overboard" (1980) - re-released in 1998
"Best of Bob Welch" (1991)
"Greatest Hits" (1994)
"The Other One / Man Overboard" (1998)
Peter Green solo:
"In the End of the Game" (1970)
"Little Dreamer" (1980)
"Green & Guitar: The Best of Peter Green" (1996)
"Blues for Dhyana" (1998) - contains material from his '80s solo albums.
"The Robert Johnson Songbook" (1998)
"Blue Guitar" (1999)
"In the Skies" (1999)
"Whatcha Gonna Do" (1999)
"White Sky" (1999)
"Soho Sessions" (1999)
Jeremy Spencer solo:
"Jeremy Spencer and the Children of God" (1973)
"Flee" (1979)
Billy Burnette solo:
"Billy Burnette" (1971)
"Billy Burnette" (1979)
"Between Friends" (1979)
"Billy Burnette" (1980)
"Gimme You" (1981)
"Coming Home" (1993)
DVDs and Videos:
"Fleetwood Mac: The Early Years" (1994) - VHS
"Fleetwood Mac: The Early Years" (1994) - DVD
"Tango In The Night" (1988) - VHS
"Rumours" (1997) - VHS
"Rumours" (1997) - DVD
"The Dance" (1997) - VHS
"The Dance" (1997) - DVD
Fleetwood Mac Selected Discography
Reprise Records & Warner Bros. Records
1969 Then Play On
1970 Kiln House
1971 Future Games
1972 Bare Trees
1973 Penguin
1973 Mystery To Me
1974 Heroes Are Hard To Find
1975 Fleetwood Mac
1977 Rumours
1977 Fleetwood Mac/The Vintage Years (Sire)
1979 Tusk
1980 Fleetwood Mac Live
1982 Mirage
1987 Tango In The Night
1988 Greatest Hits
1990 Behind The Mask
1992 Fleetwood Mac / 25 Years / The Chain
1994 In Chicago (reissue Sire)
1995 Time
1997 The Dance
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