In 1967, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and legendary guitarist player Peter Green formed the first Fleetwood Mac. It was numerous years before they had the awareness that Christine Perfect, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham even existed. The original band had a successful string of number one singles in Europe. Including a Peter Green classic made famous in the US by Carlos Santana, Black Magic Woman. But through the years, the band had a series of guitarist front men and back up singers that didn’t quite worked out. In fact, Fleetwood Mac had a terrible time keeping a band together. In 1970, founding member of Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green left Fleetwood mac following a drug related breakdown. But Soon things would changes dramatically for Fleetwood Mac. Perhaps it was chance or perhaps it was destiny. In either case, what was about to happen would alter the world’s landscape forever. In 1970, Christine Perfect was a blues singer with the British band called Chicken Shake. She had been a fan
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By the time Fleetwood Mac would go into the studio to record, Tusk, their friendships and relationships had sunk to an all time low. The band says they couldn’t agree on what song to put onto the album. One of the results of this strong willed conflict was that suddenly there were so many tracks from various band members that Tusk became a double album. Although, tusk ended up selling over four million copies that an astonishing number wasn’t huge enough to impress the critics. According to the press it was a huge disappointment. That harsh of criticism was especially painful for Lindsey, who was the creative force behind the music. Bad press didn’t stop Fleetwood Mac from taking Tusk on the road but then the Tusk tour in 1980 might have been too much too
By the time Fleetwood Mac would go into the studio to record, Tusk, their friendships and relationships had sunk to an all time low. The band says they couldn’t agree on what song to put onto the album. One of the results of this strong willed conflict was that suddenly there were so many tracks from various band members that Tusk became a double album. Although, tusk ended up selling over four million copies that an astonishing number wasn’t huge enough to impress the critics. According to the press it was a huge disappointment. That harsh of criticism was especially painful for Lindsey, who was the creative force behind the music. Bad press didn’t stop Fleetwood Mac from taking Tusk on the road but then the Tusk tour in 1980 might have been too much too