Christine McVie RIP

[SteveStrummerUK]

Just spotted this: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/30/fleetwood-macs-christine-mcvie-dies-dead/

 

 

[InstrEd]

RIP

[Guest]

Loved Fleetwood Mac back in the day - still do - Rumours is such an iconic album.

RIP indeed ?

[bats brew]

she had a great, long run!

 

rip cm.

[Bapu]

Sad day for the other members of FM as well as music listeners worldwide.

[JoeGBradford]

Very sad news indeed 

[RBH]

I thought she was always the strongest writer for that band. Had no clue she was 79 years old.

[bitflipper]

First time I saw Christine she was on a live BBC TV show with Chicken Shack, doing a cover of Etta James' I'd Rather Go Blind. Coincidentally, I was just listening to Chicken Shack the other night and reflecting on how good they were, and how un-British - they would have fit right in at the Fillmore or the Troubadour.

 

[craigb]

4 hours ago, RBH said:

Had no clue she was 79 years old.

Exactly!

[Jesse Screed]

Buy me a ticket, homeward bound.

Thanks Christie, I hope you find peace at home.

Edited December 1, 2022 by Jesse Screed

[Notes_Norton]

Her songs were always the bright spot on their albums for me. I liked her writing, singing, and keyboard playing.

RIP Christine, and thanks for the music.

[Old Joad]

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[abacab]

One of my all-time favorite bands. I saw them play a stadium concert on July 4th, 1976. Awesome!!! ?

RIP Christine!

[telecode 101]

I was very sad to hear of her passing. Really loved her voice.

[hockeyjx]

As Long as You Follow on the Greatest Hits is my favorite song of hers, and it never got the attention most of her other songs did.

[InstrEd]

15 minutes ago, hockeyjx said:

As Long as You Follow

I agree. Great song

[bitflipper]

Little Lies - getting that fat layered vocal harmony has been my holy grail for years. That production is 90% Christine.

The secret: start with having three great singers and nine tracks set aside for overdubs. And four more for keyboard/synth layers. 

 

[bitflipper]

4 hours ago, pwalpwal said:

i though lyndsey was the driver of the winnabago?

Normally, yes. Just not for this one, as it's all keyboard-driven. Although I suspect engineer Ken Caillat deserves a lot of credit for the sound of the record. IIRC the whole band was credited for co-producing Rumours, so no doubt Lindsey had a hand in it.

Wait a minute...that song wasn't on Rumours, was it?

[abacab]

 

[Grem]

My wife is a huge Steve Nicks fan. And I always told her that Christine sounded better. 

We saw FleetwoodMac in NOLA and had third row seats off to the left of the band. Right in front of Christine!!

On a side not Mike Campbell replaced Lindsey by this time and man  did he do an excellent job. I could understand why Stevie wanted to be in The Heartbreakers.

 

RIP girl. 

Edited December 7, 2022 by Grem