Dig! | Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac - Episode 40 | Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt - Podcast @DigMusic | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
This week we welcome a true musical great to the series. We are very excited about this one, joining Guy and Gary on Rockonteurs this week is co-founder and driving force of Fleetwood Mac, the wonderful Mick Fleetwood.
In a personal, open and honest interview Mick talks about his gratitude to founder Peter Green, the reality of recording the band’s biggest albums and the current status of their much documented interpersonal relationships. What does the future hold for Fleetwood Mac? Find out in this week’s episode of Rockonteurs.
While most bands undergo a number of changes over the course of their careers, few of them experienced more radical stylistic evolution than Fleetwood Mac. Initially conceived as a hard-edged British blues combo in the late '60s, the band gradually evolved into a polished pop/rock act over the course of a decade. Throughout all of their incarnations, the only consistent members of Fleetwood Mac were drummer and bassist -- the rhythm section that provided the band with their name. Ironically, they had the least influence over the musical direction of the band. Originally, guitarists and provided the group with their gutsy, neo-psychedelic blues-rock sound, but as both guitarists descended into mental illness, the band began moving toward pop/rock with the songwriting of pianist . By the mid-'70s, Fleetwood Mac had relocated to California, where they added the soft rock duo of and to their lineup. Obsessed with the meticulously arranged pop of and , helped the band become one of the most popular groups of the late '70s. Combining soft rock with the confessional introspection of singer/songwriters, Fleetwood Mac created a slick but emotional sound that helped 1977's Rumours become one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. The band retained their popularity through the early '80s, when , , and all began pursuing solo careers. The group reunited for 1987's Tango in the Night, but left the band and Fleetwood Mac entered a period where they slowly lost their frontmen, culminating in the group officially calling it a day after Time faded upon its 1995 release. The band quickly reunited, though, assembling for The Dance, a 1997 live album, then stabilizing without for their 2000s incarnation, a lineup that produced 2003's Say You Will. returned to the fold for a series of successful tours starting in 2014, but the group harmony was short-lived. was ousted prior to an anniversary tour in 2018, his departure proof that the one constant in Fleetwood Mac through the years was change.
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This week we welcome a true musical great to the series. We are very excited about this one, joining Guy and Gary on Rockonteurs this week is co-founder and driving force of Fleetwood Mac, the wonderful Mick Fleetwood.
In a personal, open and honest interview Mick talks about his gratitude to founder Peter Green, the reality of recording the band’s biggest albums and the current status of their much documented interpersonal relationships. What does the future hold for Fleetwood Mac? Find out in this week’s episode of Rockonteurs.
While most bands undergo a number of changes over the course of their careers, few of them experienced more radical stylistic evolution than Fleetwood Mac. Initially conceived as a hard-edged British blues combo in the late '60s, the band gradually evolved into a polished pop/rock act over the course of a decade. Throughout all of their incarnations, the only consistent members of Fleetwood Mac were drummer and bassist -- the rhythm section that provided the band with their name. Ironically, they had the least influence over the musical direction of the band. Originally, guitarists and provided the group with their gutsy, neo-psychedelic blues-rock sound, but as both guitarists descended into mental illness, the band began moving toward pop/rock with the songwriting of pianist . By the mid-'70s, Fleetwood Mac had relocated to California, where they added the soft rock duo of and to their lineup. Obsessed with the meticulously arranged pop of and , helped the band become one of the most popular groups of the late '70s. Combining soft rock with the confessional introspection of singer/songwriters, Fleetwood Mac created a slick but emotional sound that helped 1977's Rumours become one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. The band retained their popularity through the early '80s, when , , and all began pursuing solo careers. The group reunited for 1987's Tango in the Night, but left the band and Fleetwood Mac entered a period where they slowly lost their frontmen, culminating in the group officially calling it a day after Time faded upon its 1995 release. The band quickly reunited, though, assembling for The Dance, a 1997 live album, then stabilizing without for their 2000s incarnation, a lineup that produced 2003's Say You Will. returned to the fold for a series of successful tours starting in 2014, but the group harmony was short-lived. was ousted prior to an anniversary tour in 2018, his departure proof that the one constant in Fleetwood Mac through the years was change.
Follow Rockonteurs on socials:
twitter.com/rockonteurs
instagram.com/rockonteurs
facebook.com/Rockonteurs
Check out the other episodes: lnk.to/RockonteursYC
#MickFleetwood #FleetwoodMac #Rockonteurs #Podcast
