In late 1974, while Fleetwood was scouting studios in Los Angeles, he heard American folk-rock duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, and asked Buckingham to be their new lead guitarist, and Buckingham agreed on condition that Nicks could also join the band. By 1974, Welch, Weston and Walker had all either departed or been dismissed, leaving the band without a male lead vocalist or guitarist. All three guitarists left in succession during the early 1970s, to be replaced by guitarists Bob Welch and Bob Weston and vocalist Dave Walker.
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Primarily a British blues band at first, Fleetwood Mac scored a UK number one with " Albatross", and had other hits such as the singles " Oh Well" and " Man of the World". Keyboardist and vocalist Christine Perfect, who contributed as a session musician from the second album, married McVie and joined in 1970.
Danny Kirwan joined as a third guitarist in 1968. Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the line-up for their self-titled debut album. He sings that while he does not trust his lover and cannot live with her, he cannot live without her either.Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. The song was inspired by the redemption Buckingham had in other women after their failed relationship. Track-by-track: What did the songs mean?Ībout: The romantic breakup of Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.and of course John and me were not exactly the best of friends." We ended up staying in these weird hospital rooms. The sessions were like a cocktail party every night-people everywhere. Stevie Nicks has since said that Fleetwood Mac made the best music when they were in the worst moods, while Buckingham said that the tension helped the recording process, leading to "the whole being more than the sum of the parts".Ĭhristine McVie said: "Trauma, Trau- ma. Record Plant co-owner Chris Stone later said: "The band would come in at 7 at night, have a big feast, party till 1 or 2 in the morning, and then when they were so whacked-out they couldn't do anything, they'd start recording". L-R Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood.
Regular sleepless nights and extensive use of cocaine would get in the way of much of the album's production. With drugs being readily available in the area they were recording, and with an open budget, the band and the engineers began acting rather self-indulgent to say the least. The group did not meet or socialise working at the Record Plant studios. The press also wrote claimed there would be a return of original Fleetwood Mac members Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, and Jeremy Spencer for a 10th anniversary tour.ĭespite all this, the band carried on, and didn't have time to deal with their separations before working on the next album.Īs the band continued recording the album in the studio, their new romantic relationships that formed after various separations started to have a negative effect. Christine McVie was reported to have been in the hospital with a serious illness, while Buckingham and Nicks were named as parents of Fleetwood's daughter Lucy, after being photographed with her. This also led to the press publishing inaccurate stories about their private lives. Mick Fleetwood also faced domestic problems of his own, after discovering that his wife Jenny, the mother of his two children, had had an affair with his best friend. The couple would only stop fighting when they worked on songs together. The couple had stopped talking to each other, and only discussed musical matters at band meetings.īuckingham and Nicks were also having an on/off relationship, leading to various fights and arguments.
This had been the first album with vocal duo - and couple - Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, who had joined original members Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, and his wife Christine McVie, who had joined a few years previously.Īfter six months of constant touring, the McVies divorced, ending their eight years of marriage. Here is the story behind a tumultuous but utterly brilliant album.īefore Rumours, Fleetwood Mac had released their 10th, self-titled, album. 'Dreams' by Fleetwood Macīut at the time, no-one making the band would have thought they could have even have completed the album, let alone create what would turn out to be masterpiece. The 20 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs, ranked.
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