Although the early iterations of the group received critical acclaim for their efforts their greatest success came after Mick and John and Christine invited two American songwriters Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to join.īuckingham and Nicks had received some commercial success with their country-flavored duet album Buckingham Nicks that featured some songs that would be reworked and included on the first Fleetwood Mac to include them as members. Interestingly enough John McVie did not play on the band’s first single or perform with the group on their first tour, opting instead to continue playing with play for John Mayall.Ĭhristine McVie (keyboards), John’s wife at the time, joined the band in 1970 and American Bob Welch replaced Peter Green turning the band more in a melodic direction leading to some commercial success with the song Sentimental Lady. All three were members of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. The all-British iteration of the band included guitarist Peter Green who named the band by combining the names of Mick Fleetwood (percussion) and John McVie (bass). The band had been around for sometime as a blues-rock band formed in 1967. Usually if a band self-titles an album it is the debut production, but there was nothing ordinary about Fleetwood Mac or their multi-platinum selling effort.
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