1974 Mick Fleetwood phones Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham, inviting them to join Fleetwood Mac. 'He called us up sight unseen. We could've been the two heaviest jerks he'd ever seen', says Nicks
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Look Back: Hit-Making Lineup Of Fleetwood Mac Formed 36 Years Ago
12/31/2010
(RTTNews) - The most famous lineup of the band Fleetwood Mac was formed on December 31, 1974, when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were asked to join the group.
Band co-founder Mick Fleetwood had been impressed by a little-heard offering from the duo, "Buckingham Nicks," and had asked Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac. The guitarist said he would only consider the offer if Nicks, his girlfriend and partner, was asked to join as well.
There was some worry about how Christine McVie, a keyboardist and vocalist for the band and the wife of co-founder John McVie, would feel about another woman in the group. But the merger was decided at a New Year's Eve party, where the future band mates got to know each other.
The new lineup would put out a self-titled effort in 1975. The LP, the tenth released by Fleetwood Mac, which had been putting out albums since 1968, would feature six songs credited to either Buckingham or Nicks, including the hit "Rhiannon." The band would go on to put out "Rumours" in 1977, one of the biggest albums of the 1970s. It would feature hits like "Don't Stop," "Go Your Own Way" and "Gold Dust Woman."
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