Nice work so far Moz. In the name of accuracy, a few suggestions:
Fleetwood and Green are fired from the Bluesbreakers
Mick was fired for drunkenness, but Green left the Bluesbreakers that summer simply to form his own group with Mick (and with hopes that John would follow). He was not fired tmk.
John McVie, fired from the Bluesbreakers
McVie had been fired by Mayall before for excessive imbibing (more than once in fact), but when he left the Bluesbreakers for good to join Fleetwood Mac, it was because he felt Mayall was moving things in a direction a bit too jazzy for his tastes by that point. He was not fired tmk.
Otis Spaan => Otis Spann
Jr. Walker => Junior Walker
March 1968 - A new blues boom hits
Britian > typo
July 1968 -
San Fransisco > typo
December 23 -
Fleerwood Mac > typo
Then Play On is released. It includes songs by Danny Kirwan and Peter Green, with backing vocals by Christine Perfect. While Jeremy Spencer is still in the band, he only appears on a few songs, doing some "piano things."
What backing vocals did Christine provide? Also to my knowledge Jeremy only provided piano backing on the track Oh Well.
August 8 - Christine McVie flies to the US to join Fleetwood Mac, after reannouncing she is qutting the music business for good, to become a housewife.
[Suggest]: August 8 - After earlier announcing she was quitting the music business for good to become a housewife, Christine McVie flies to the US to officially join Fleetwood Mac.
Christine McVie drew the cover art and appeared on a few songs, although she won't be a full member of the band until a few months after the release of Kiln House.
... until a few months after the
recording of Kiln House. Note: She was already an official member of FM by the time the album was released.
Jethro Tull's Glenn Cornick > might want to add Tull's
bassist Glenn Cornick
November 1 - Fleetwood Mac's manager Clifford Davis, furious at the group's decision to cut short the tour, tells Welch that he intends to form a new Fleetwood Mac to tour and asks Welch if he might be interested to take part in the new line-up. Welch calls the band at Benifolds and informs them of Davis's plan. Davis goes ahead and assembles a bogus band to fulfill the dates, which leads to a bitter year-long legal battle that almost killed the real Fleetwood Mac.
Far more than any Welch hook, the bigger question remains: What was
Mick's involvement with the bogus band, and did he commit to Davis to directly lend a hand? Inquiring minds would love to know Mick!
Benifolds Mansion
near Haslemere, Surrey, England
Might be more accurate to say in Headley, Hampshire, no?
All smart suggestions by sharksfan, JS, SteveMac and aleuzzi. I say book 'em Danno. Jb