Fleetwood Mac

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Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac is an influential and commercially successful Anglo-American band that has had a high turn-over of personnel, and varied levels of success. They rose to fame when they released their album, Mr. Wonderful.

1 About
2 News
- 2.1 Tours & Concerts
- 2.2 Announcements
3 Discography
4 Other artists
5 Trivia
6 Reviews
7 External Links

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About

The roots of Fleetwood Mac lie in John Mayall's legendary British Blues Band, The Bluesbreakers. One of its members was Bassist John McVie who joined the group in 1963.

In 1966, Eric Clapton, one of the members of The Bluesbrakers left the group. He was replaced by Peter Breur. A year later, Mick Fleetwood joins the band to became their drummer.

In 1967, Peter, John and Mick left The Bluiebrakers. They formed a new band. Bob Brunning became their bass because John McVie has still an existing contract with The Bluebrakers. They had recruite Slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer. They called their group Fleetwood Mac.

In 1968, Fleetwood Mac signed a recording contract under Blue Horizon Records. They added Danny Kirwan to be their guitarist.

In 1969, they left Blue Horizon due to the failure of their first album. They signed a deal with Warner Bros. Warner Bros. began releasing the bands British Records. They released their albums, English Nose and Then Play On.

In 1970, Peter Green left the group. They replaced him with Christine Perfect. In 1971, Jeremy disappeared only to find out that he join the religious cult The Children of God. He was replaced by Bob Welch.

In 1972, after the released of their album, Bare Trees, Danny was fired and was replaced by two guitarist, Bob Weston and Dave Walker. Fleetwood Mac are still performing up to this time.

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Members

Current Members

John McVie	Stevie Nicks
Mick Fleetwood	Lindsey Buckingham

Former Members

Christine McVie	Peter Green
Jeremy Spencer	Bob Brunning
Danny Kirwan	Bob Welch]]
Bob Weston	Dave Walker
Billy Burnette	Rick Vito
Dave Mason]]	Bekka Bramlett

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Awards & Certifications

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Chart Toppers

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News

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Tours & Concerts

There are no current tour and concert schedules for Fleetwood Mac.

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Announcements

There are no announcements as of this time

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Discography

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Albums

Fleetwood Mac February 24, 1968 Blue Horizon	Mr. Wonderful August 1968 Blue Horizon	English Rose 1969-01 Epic	Then Play On 1969-09-09 Reprise
Kiln House 1970-09-18<nr>Reprise	Future Games 1971-09-03 Epic	Bare Trees 1972-03 Reprise	Mystery to Me 1973-01-11 Reprise
Penguin 1973-03 Reprise	Heroes Are Hard To Find 1974-09-13 Reprise	Rumours 1977-02-04 Warner Bros.	Tusk 1979-10-12 Reprise
Mirage 1982-06-28 Warner Bros.	Tango in the Night 1987 Warner Bros.<	Behind the Mask 1990 Reprise	Time 1995-10-10 Warner Bros.
Say You Will 2003-04-15 Reprise

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Singles

Date	Title	Album
1968	Black Magic Woman	English Rose
1975	Landslide	Fleetwood Mac

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Compilations

The Pious Bird of Good Omen 1969 Blue Horizon	Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago vols 1 & 2 1969 Blue Horizon	Black Magic Woman 1971 Epic	Greatest Hits 1971 CBS
Live December 8, 1980 Warner Bros.	Greatest Hits November 15, 1988 Warner Bros.	Live at The BBC 1995 Castle Communications	The Dance August 19, 1997 Reprise
Live in Boston 1998 Snapper Music	The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac 2002 Reprise