Fleetwood mac

The band was created in London by prominent blues guitarist Peter Green , who had previously recorded a successful album with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers . The name of the team was given to the names of drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVee, who never had a significant impact on her musical direction. They remain the only members of the first line-up to this day to perform together with Fleetwood Mac, although by the end of the 1960s both were forced to leave the band for a short time due to chronic problems with alcohol.

At the end of the 1960s, Fleetwood Mac, in the style of playing, adhered to the traditional Chicago blues , and also recorded several things of other musical directions that perfectly illustrate the ballad “Black Magic Woman” (made famous by Carlos Santana ) and their first super hit, instrumental composition “Albatross” celebrated first in the UK in January 1969 and, as George Harrison recognized, inspired The Beatles to write “ Sun King ”.

By 1971, the Fleetwood Mac guitar and blues lineup ceased to exist: guitarists Green and Denny Kiruen (apparently influenced by drugs) found in their behavior the syndromes inherent in schizophrenia . Green’s last song, “ Green Manalishi, ” was subsequently a hit for Judas Priest . For some time, the group was considered to have ceased to exist, and the former manager of the team promoted an alternative composition, which had nothing to do with the original one. From 1971 to 1974, at the head of the "genuine" group were actually Christine McVee (John's wife) and guitarist Bob Welch .

After the departure of guitarist Bob Welch, Fleetwood and the wife of McVee recruited American guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and his extravagant girlfriend Stevie Knicks to decisively turn Fleetwood Mac's direction towards stylish pop music with guitar accompaniment and raucous female vocals. The American group chose The Beach Boys as a source of inspiration, after which they settled in California .

This reform was so successful that the 1975 album Fleetwood Mac with the single “ Rhiannon ” opened a team for American youth and climbed to first place on the national sales chart ( Billboard 200 ). The follow-up album Rumours was the highest grossing release of the year and won a Grammy for the best album. The hits from this disc are widely known - “Dreams” (1st place in the USA), “Don't Stop” (3rd place in the USA), “ Go Your Own Way ” (the best song of the group, according to Rolling Stone magazine )

After the resounding success of “Rumours,” the team spent two years recording an ambitious and groundbreaking album, “Tusk” (1979), which was highly praised by music critics (it is considered one of the predecessors of the “ new wave ”), but turned into a commercial failure (although it debuted on first place on both sides of the Atlantic).

The band's subsequent albums were nostalgic and often reached number one on the sales charts: Mirage (1982) and The Dance (1997) in the United States, and Tango in the Night (1987) and Behind the Mask (1990) ) - In Great Britain. A striking example of the late work of the group is McVie’s song “Little Lies” (1987).

In 1991, the blonde Fleetwood Mac's face, Stevie Knicks, left the team and its breakup was announced, but a few months later they were persuaded to reunite by Bill Clinton himself, who used Don't Stop as the theme music for his campaign. It was Fleetwood Mac who spoke at the ball about the inauguration of the 42nd US president.

Current squad

• Mick Fleetwood - drums (1967-1995, 1997 — today)
• John McVie - bass guitar (1967-1995, 1997 — today)
• Christine McVie - keyboards, vocals (1970-1995, 1997-1998, 2014 — today)
• Stevie Nicks (Stevie Nicks) - vocals (1974-1991, 1993, 1997 — today)
• Mike Campbell (Mike Campbell) - solo guitar (2018 — today)
• Neil Finn (Neil Finn) - vocals, rhythm guitar (2018 — today)

Former members

• Peter Green (Peter Green) - guitar, vocals (1967-1970, 1971)
• Jeremy Spencer (Jeremy Spencer) - guitar (1967-1971)
• Bob Brunning (Bob Brunning) - bass (1967; died in 2011)
• Danny Kirwan ^[1] - guitar (1968-1972; died in 2018)
• Bob Welch - guitar (1971-1974; died in 2012)
• Bob Weston (Bob Weston) - guitar (1972-1974; died in 2012)
• Dave Walker (Dave Walker) - vocals (1972-1973)
• Lindsey Buckingham (Lindsey Buckingham) - guitar, vocals (1974—1987, 1993, 1997—2018)
• Billy Burnette (Billy Burnette) - guitar (1987-1993, 1994-1995)
• Rick Vito (Rick Vito) - guitar (1987-1991)
• Bekka Bramlett (Bekka Bramlett) - vocals (1993-1995)
• Dave Mason (Dave Mason) - guitar (1993-1995)

Timeline

Studio albums

• Brunning Sunflower Blues Band

• Fleetwood Mac rollingstone.com. Date of treatment September 23, 2012. Archived October 17, 2012.