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NEWS AND VIEWS THAT IMPACT LIMITED CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
power to endanger the public liberty." - - - - John Adams

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Sunday Concert - Fleetwood Mac




For a change of pace this summer we will be doing a Sunday Concert series.  In this case I am profiling one of my all-time favorite bands.

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in 1967 in London.

The early line-up included drummer Mick Fleetwood, bassist John McVie and keyboardist Christine McVie.

While Mick Fleetwood was scouting Van Nuys, California, the house engineer for California's Sound City Studios, Keith Olsen, played him a track titled "Frozen Love" from Buckingham Nicks, which he had mixed there for an American band, Buckingham Nicks. Fleetwood liked it, and was introduced to the guitarist from the band, Lindsey Buckingham. Fleetwood soon asked him to join. Buckingham agreed, on the condition that his musical partner and girlfriend, Stephanie "Stevie" Nicks, also become part of the band; Fleetwood agreed.

In 1975, the new line-up released the eponymous Fleetwood Mac. The album proved to be a breakthrough for the band and became a huge hit, reaching No.1 in the US and selling over 5 million copies. Among the hit singles from this album were Christine McVie's "Over My Head" and "Say You Love Me", and Stevie Nicks' "Rhiannon" and "Landslide" (actually a hit twenty years later on The Dance album).

The album the band members released in 1977 was Rumours, in which they laid bare the emotional turmoil experienced at that time. Critically acclaimed, it was the recipient of the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for 1977. Hit singles included Buckingham's "Go Your Own Way", Nicks's U.S. No.1 "Dreams", and Christine McVie's "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun". Buckingham's "Second Hand News", Nicks' "Gold Dust Woman" and "The Chain" (the only song written by all five bandmates) also received significant radio airplay.

By 2003, Rumours had sold over 19 million copies in the U.S. alone, and a total of 40 million copies worldwide, maintaining its status as one of the biggest-selling albums of all time.

In the US Fleetwood Mac record sales have earned 14 gold records and 9 platinum or multi-platinum records.

Rhiannon (live)




Dreams





Go Your Own Way




Hold Me (HD)












Big Love



Little Lies




Behind the Mask



As Long As You Follow













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