 The original members of Fleetwood Mac played together in John
Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and took their name from an unrecorded track by this
outfit. The idea for the band came from Peter Green, who played guitar and Mick
Fleetwood, who played the drums. Together they recruited Jeremy Spencer and John
McVie, who had also been in the Bluesbreakers.
In 1968 they recorded their blues material in two albums: 'Peter Green's
Fleetwood Mac' and 'Mr. Wonderful'. The singles 'Black Magic Woman' and 'Need
Your Love So Bad' were both early hits.
With the addition of a third guitarist, Danny Kirwan, Fleetwood Mac recorded the
number one hit records 'Albatross' and 'Man Of The World', which got to number
two. Albums made at this time were 'Then Play On' and 'Kiln House'.
In the early seventies Peter Green left the band, to pursue a solo career, and
he was replaced by Christine Perfect.
John McVie, Christine Perfect and Mick Fleetwood subsequently moved to America
and met the duo Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The band had a new lease of
life with these new members, losing their blues emphasis, and they found success
quickly with the 1975 album 'Fleetwood Mac'.
Their second album in this incarnation, 'Rumours' in 1976, gave the band two hit
singles in Britain and four in the US.
In the early eighties various members of Fleetwood Mac released their own solo
material and, as a band, they released 'Mirage' in 1982. 'Tango In The Night'
was released in 1987, which was highly regarded, and included the hit single
'Big Love'.
After that album, various members of the band left, but they all regrouped to
play live on their twentieth anniversary.
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for your next corporate or private event.
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