By the time Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie had been a member of the band for years. Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham brought a new dynamic to the group and helped them rise to unprecedented success. McVie was happy to welcome them into the group. According to Nicks, though, she wouldn’t have been happy if she was in the same position. She said she wouldn’t have been as happy to welcome another woman into the band.
Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie | Fin Costello/Redferns Stevie Nicks said she wouldn’t have wanted someone like herself to join Fleetwood Mac if she was Christine McVie
Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer founded Fleetwood Mac in 1967, years before Nicks and Buckingham became members. The band underwent multiple lineup changes, and by 1974, McVie, her husband John McVie, and Fleetwood were on the hunt for a new guitarist.
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Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie | Fin Costello/Redferns Stevie Nicks said she wouldn’t have wanted someone like herself to join Fleetwood Mac if she was Christine McVie
Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer founded Fleetwood Mac in 1967, years before Nicks and Buckingham became members. The band underwent multiple lineup changes, and by 1974, McVie, her husband John McVie, and Fleetwood were on the hunt for a new guitarist.
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- 5/13/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The music of Fleetwood Mac hasn’t only had a profound impact on the band members and their fans. Like all art, it also reflects the inner lives of those who created it. And in the case of one song written by the late Christine McVie, she sought to pay tribute to her personal relationship with another musician who died in the early 1980s due to a tragic accident.
Christine McVie wasn’t part of Fleetwood Mac’s original line-up
Although not part of the original Fleetwood Mac line-up, McVie soon became an integral part of the band. She initially sat in as a session musician for the band’s second album, 1968’s Mr. Wonderful. But after marrying the band’s bass guitarist John McVie that same year, she left her previous band, Chicken Shack, in 1969 and became a full member of Fleetwood Mac in 1970.
Christine McVie stayed with the band until the mid-to-late 1990s.
Christine McVie wasn’t part of Fleetwood Mac’s original line-up
Although not part of the original Fleetwood Mac line-up, McVie soon became an integral part of the band. She initially sat in as a session musician for the band’s second album, 1968’s Mr. Wonderful. But after marrying the band’s bass guitarist John McVie that same year, she left her previous band, Chicken Shack, in 1969 and became a full member of Fleetwood Mac in 1970.
Christine McVie stayed with the band until the mid-to-late 1990s.
- 3/30/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
At this point, Fleetwood Mac seems unstoppable. The band has weathered countless storms over the years but remains active more than 50 years after its formation. Even so, the 2022 death of Christine McVie is a particularly hard blow to the band and its legions of fans. McVie, of course, was instrumental in many of Fleetwood Mac’s hits, including its most popular song ever.
How Christine McVie became a member of Fleetwood Mac
Way back in 1967, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarists/vocalists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer founded Fleetwood Mac. And the band released its first self-titled album the very next year. Soon before its release, bass guitarist John McVie joined the band, making him an instrumental part of the band’s first album. But it didn’t take long for the band to grow bigger.
Christine Perfect – previously a member of the band Chicken Shack – first worked with Fleetwood Mac...
How Christine McVie became a member of Fleetwood Mac
Way back in 1967, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarists/vocalists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer founded Fleetwood Mac. And the band released its first self-titled album the very next year. Soon before its release, bass guitarist John McVie joined the band, making him an instrumental part of the band’s first album. But it didn’t take long for the band to grow bigger.
Christine Perfect – previously a member of the band Chicken Shack – first worked with Fleetwood Mac...
- 3/29/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fleetwood Mac has released more than 15 albums over the years. But few have left the indelible mark that the band’s 1977 album, Rumours, has. But while even casual fans of Fleetwood Mac will know the album’s songs, they might not realize how instrumental the late Christine McVie was in creating the iconic track that would ultimately save the band itself.
Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac after its second album
McVie wasn’t part of the original line-up of Fleetwood Mac, preceded by founders Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer. Those three — drummer and two guitarists/vocalists, respectively — ultimately brought John McVie on board just in time for their 1967 debut album. But the band was far from done adding new members just yet.
Christine Perfect was a keyboardist and vocalist who joined the band as a session musician for the second Fleetwood Mac album, 1968’s Mr. Wonderful. That same year,...
Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac after its second album
McVie wasn’t part of the original line-up of Fleetwood Mac, preceded by founders Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer. Those three — drummer and two guitarists/vocalists, respectively — ultimately brought John McVie on board just in time for their 1967 debut album. But the band was far from done adding new members just yet.
Christine Perfect was a keyboardist and vocalist who joined the band as a session musician for the second Fleetwood Mac album, 1968’s Mr. Wonderful. That same year,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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