Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters

by Sean Egan

Overview

This collection of interviews across the entirety of Fleetwood Mac's career features articles from many celebrated publications as well as interviews that have never previously appear in print. Edited by Sean Egan, Fleetwood Mac On Fleetwood Mac is a fascinating insight into an era-defining rock band.

Fleetwood Mac was a triumph From The Beginning - their first album was the UK's bestselling album of 1968, and their 1977 album 'Rumours' became one of history's immortals, a true classic that remained in the charts for years and public affection forever.

In the press, the ethereal Californian Stevie Nicks, the tormented rocker Lindsey Buckingham, the dignified English rose Christine McVie, the blunt-speaking John McVie, and the loquacious Mick Fleetwood have all regularly been astoundingly candid. In Fleetwood Mac On Fleetwood Mac, readers will learn the Fleetwood Mac story from the band members' own mouths, and experience it contemporaneously rather than through hindsight.

Editor Sean Egan is an author and journalist who has interviewed members of Fleetwood Mac, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and many others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783238606
Publisher:	Omnibus Press
Publication date:	07/30/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	847 KB

About the Author

Sean Egan is an author and journalist who has interviewed members of Fleetwood Mac, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Kinks, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols, the Velvet Underground, the Who, and many others. He is the author or editor of Bowie on Bowie, Keith Richards on Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix and the Making of Are You Experienced, and many others.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Peter Green-The Guitarist Who Won't Forsake the Blues Norman Jopung 1

Rock 'n' Blues Via Peter Green: The Big Beat Bug Bites Bluesman Peter Norman Jopung 4

Big Mac: Two All Gold Albums Special Songs Let-Ups Cheesecake Pickles Divorce on a Star-Crossed Success Run John Grissim 7

Rich Mac, Poor Mac Roy Carr 26

The Truth Will Tell Salley Rayl 32

Ouija Still Love Me Tomorrow? Salley Rayl 38

Nation Gripped in Massive Fleetwood Mac Attack! Salley Rayl 44

Fleetwood Mac: The Group as Group Encounter? Chris Salewicz 52

Fleetwood Mac's Undsey Buckingham Turns Another Corner Blair Jackson 74

Stevie: Fleetwood Mac's Siren Soars with her First Solo Album, Bella Donna Blair Jackson 92

Bella Stevie Sylvie Simmons 106

Where's Stevie? David Gans 117

Fleetwood Mac: Return Without Leaving J. Kordosh 126

Dirty Dancing: Fleetwood Mac Swap Partners for Tango Tour Dave Zimmer 135

The Supernatural Harry Shapiro 143

Shall I Tell You About My Life? A Rare Encounter With Peter Green Mark Ellen 150

Sound Your Funky Horn: Mick Fleetwood Johnny Black 160

Mick Fleetwood, 1997 Steven Rosen 165

John McVie, 1997 Steven Rosen 171

Mac in the Saddle Alan Di Perna 181

The Way We Were Dave Dimartino 196

Never Break the Chain Amy Hanson 205

Mick Fleetwood, 2001 Sean Egan 237

Nicks of Time Brian Smith 245

The Rumour Mill James Halbert 251

War and Peace and Fleetwood Mac Bill DeMain 262

Five Go Mad Nigel Williamson 281

Return of the Native Mark Ellen 308

24/7-A Week in the Life: Christine McVie James Halbert 314

Christine McVie, 2004 Robin Eggar 317

The Greatest Songs Ever: Fleetwood Mac-"Dreams" Johnny Slack 331

The Return of Jeremy Spencer Bill Wasserzieher 335

Original Skin Mac Randall 347

Vision Quest Chris Neal 356

California Dreaming Sylvie Simmons 367

Lindsey Buckingham: "I Was Kind of Poised to Put Out a Solo Record" Steven Rosen 377

Welcome Back: Lindsey Buckingham James McNair 387

Stevie Nicks, 2013 James McNair 390

You Make Fighting Fun… Adrian Deevoy 400

Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie Is Ready to Rock. Again Ann Friedman 406

About the Contributors 411

Credits 417

Index 421

Editorial Reviews

"A wonderful collection that serves as an in-depth and comprehensive study of the life and times of Fleetwood Mac. As I spent more than eight years living with the band as an intimate companion, reading these revelatory interviews was beyond bittersweet." —Carol Ann Harris, author of Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac


"Libraries with pop music titles need to make room for this one, which will appeal to serious and general Fleetwood Mac admirers alike. Fans of Stevie Nicks only will also be delighted." —Library Journal


"A must for Fleetwood Mac fans." —Booklist Online

From the Publisher

★ 06/15/2016
This hefty collection of "interviews and encounters" with members of the enduring musical group Fleetwood Mac tells their long and dramatic story in their own words. Although there are some pieces about/mentions of long-departed founding member Peter Green and other former bandmates, the majority of the stories cover the era that editor Egan calls "the Rumours Five": Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Stevie Nicks. Most of the entries were previously published in rock music magazines such as NME, Creem, Mojo, and Goldmine, but some are appearing here in print for the first time. The 40 pieces are arranged chronologically, and each has a brief preface by Egan that provides context and points out errors (reprints were made without corrections). Fanatics will likely read this book cover to cover and revisit the group's arc (the entries are from 1967 to 2014, but Fleetwood Mac is indeed still a thing), while casual fans may only seek out the sections about their favorite member or album. VERDICT Libraries with pop music titles need to make room for this one, which will appeal to serious and general Fleetwood Mac admirers alike. Fans of Stevie Nicks only will also be delighted.—Samantha Gust, Niagara Univ. Lib., NY

Library Journal