US blues guitarist and singer Elmore James died of a heart attack aged 45. James wrote 'Shake Your Money Maker', which was covered byFleetwood Macin 1968. Known as "The King of the Slide Guitar", James influencedJimi Hendrix, B.B. King,Stevie Ray VaughanandKeith Richards....
Earlier, singer Stevie Nicks dedicated a poignant Landslide to original Sixties guitarist Peter Green, who was watching from the wings. As a generation-spanning audience demonstrated, our love for Fleetwood Mac shows little sign of abating, partly because their biggest hits are still so intertwined ...
John McVie, the Mac in Fleetwood Mac, started the band with Mick Fleetwood, Jeremy Spencer and Peter Green in ’67. Before that he was a four-year charter member of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. He has seen Fleetwood Mac through the complete musical spectrum – six guitarists, three label...
Buckingham, who graced the stage before a packed house, has still got it. The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter has won numerous accolades and awards over the course of his lengthy career. He's best known as guitarist and male lead singer for Fleetwood Mac and as a solo performer. And ...
(Manuel Jimenez) and singer Davilita (Pedro Ortiz Davila), who was just 18 when he recorded the song. The term “Borincano” derives from the indigenous name for Puerto Rico — Borinquen. The song tells of a proud mountain farmer who rides into the cities of Puerto Rico to sell his ...
Paul Simon’s trophy case is overflowing, as the beloved singer-songwriter has won 16 Grammys. He first struck Grammy gold in 1969, when Simon & Garfunkel took home Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their classic tune “Mrs. Robinson.” The ...
Fleetwood Mac have confirmed that Lindsey Buckingham left the iconic rock group after reigniting his feud with Stevie Nicks. The singer left the band in acrimonious circumstances last year and said he had been fired by Stevie Nicks, who reportedly became enraged after he was seen “smirking” wh...
Singer Tony Bennett (left), and cover art from the Fleetwood Mac album, "Rumours."AP/Warner Bros. Tony Bennett, Kenny Rogers, Fleetwood Mac, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, The Temptations, Groucho Marx and Run-DMC are just a few of the artists whose work h...
, though, fleetwood mac was approximately nowhere. in order to re-establish the group's flagging stateside reputation, in early 1974 fleetwood mac's drummer and band patriarch, mick fleetwood, keyboardist/singer christine mcvie, and her husband, bassist john mcvie, moved from england to los ...
A five-member band with two failed couples and decades of acrimony compares to Fleetwood Mac. Couples included singer Nicks and guitarist Buckingham, bassist John and keyboardistChristine McVie, and, for a short time, Nicks and drummer Mick Fleetwood. The Six’s drummer Warren Rojas (Se...