Christine McVie said she was getting “too old” to tour with Fleetwood Mac and doubted that Stevie Nicks or John McVie would take part either in February 2021.
Mick Fleetwood: My Cocaine Abuse Was Worse Than Stevie Nicks’
Mick Fleetwood said he had been a worse drug addict than bandmate Stevie Nicks, noting that he’d lost two years of his life as a result of his cocaine abuse.
Fleetwood Mac’s substance issues became nearly as well known as the band in the late ‘70s and ‘80s. In her 2015 memoir
Visions, Dreams & Rumors, Nicks discussed the cocaine use that eventually burned a hole inside her nose. “There was no way to get off the white horse, she said. And I didn t want to.
In a recent interview with
Underrated Fleetwood Mac: The Most Overlooked Song From Each LP
Rumours, has been certified 20 times platinum in the U.S. alone.
However, go beyond the band s hits ( and viral TikTok videos), and the California-via-England band has a wealth of songs to discover beginning with their early, blues-rock days and winding through their more familiar pop-rock days.
Here are the the most overlooked song from each Fleetwood Mac album. Looking for Somebody
The band s debut album,
Peter Green s Fleetwood Mac, is of a piece with the popular (and influential) late- 60s British blues-rock movement. In addition to covers of songs by Robert Johnson and Elmore James, the LP features original songs from founding member Peter Green including the superlative Looking for Somebody, a harmonica-heavy, three-minute jam that captures the bittersweet agony of trying to find love.