Stretch (aka The Fake Fleetwood Mac)

[chriskisn]

I was listening to Stretch's "Why Did You Do It" today (supposedly about Mick Fleetwood's failure to join the fake Fleetwood Mac tour).

It got me wondering, do any bootlegs exist of the fake FM performing as Fleetwood Mac? I've never heard of any, but was wondering if anyone else had?

Just listening to the Stretch album Elastique, I have no idea how they could ever have been passed off as Fleetwood Mac...

[SteveMacD]

Just listening to the Stretch album Elastique, I have no idea how they could ever have been passed off as Fleetwood Mac...

Keep in mind that they were playing under the notion that Mick Fleetwood and Christine McVie would be rejoining the band. The bassist looked a bit like John McVie and Elmer Gantry looked a bit like Bob Welch. The visual, especially if Mick and Christine had returned, would've been there.

However, it wouldn't have been too hard to believe, considering in like six years they went from Shake Your Moneymaker to Hypnotized.

Check out the video (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xddo5_stretch-why-did-you-do-it-nl-tv-197_music)

[chriskisn]

A search on the net doesn't dig up many photos of the band, but I found these two

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/chriskisn/Stretch.jpg

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/chriskisn/Stretch2.jpg

I can see your point Steve about Elmer Gantry (Dave Terry) looking like Bob Welch...I guess it wouldn't have been hard to pass them off for appearances, but as soon as they opened their mouths it might not have worked - Bob Welch is pretty distinctive vocally.

[Almost Simon]

The drummer was, I believe, Jeff Rich who had a long career with Status Quo in the 80's/90's.

That song is a great tune, by the way.

[wetcamelfood]

The drummer was, I believe, Jeff Rich who had a long career with Status Quo in the 80's/90's.

That song is a great tune, by the way.

Yes but Craig Collinge was the drummer for the band when they were posing as "the new Fleetwood Mac".

John

[Almost Simon]

Yes but Craig Collinge was the drummer for the band when they were posing as "the new Fleetwood Mac".

John

Didn't know that.

[Almost Simon]

Who was that keyboard player who was interviewed as part of the Mac's BBC 'Rock Family Tree's' show??

[wetcamelfood]

Who was that keyboard player who was interviewed as part of the Mac's BBC 'Rock Family Tree's' show??

Dave Wilkinson, he was also in Chicken Shack for a short while too.

John

[monkeydevil]

Did the fake Mac perform Fleetwood Mac songs during their brief tour? Or their oown material? I guess they played mac songs since they supposedly were under the impression that some of the other mac members werre about to join them down the road.

Anyone here that eyewitnessed this tour?

[chiliD]

I had tickets for a Fleetwood Mac/Deep Purple show in Long Beach, but a local DJ somehow had gotten wind of the deception and kept announcing over the air that anyone who had tickets to demand a refund...so, I did. That was going to have been my first Fleetwood Mac concert...but, now I wish I would've gone anyway, just for the historical value.

Peter Green's pal, Nigel Watson played with Stretch for a while, too; but well after the Fake Mac debacle.

The bass player went on to play in the band ROSS that was signed to RSO records and opened for Eric Clapton on most of his 1974 "comeback" tour. They were pretty good.

[aleuzzi]

A search on the net doesn't dig up many photos of the band, but I found these two

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/chriskisn/Stretch.jpg

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp305/chriskisn/Stretch2.jpg

I can see your point Steve about Elmer Gantry (Dave Terry) looking like Bob Welch...I guess it wouldn't have been hard to pass them off for appearances, but as soon as they opened their mouths it might not have worked - Bob Welch is pretty distinctive vocally.

I had never seen these photos. Thank you!