If Chris really had retired in 1970 ...

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After Christine Perfect made her solo album, left Chicken Shack, and married John McVie, she briefly retired from music before being pulled into Fleetwood Mac. If she really HAD retired, how would she be remembered today?

I think that people would be very interested in her because of her pioneering role in the history of women in popular music. She was one of the very few women in a popular music group in the '60s who not only sang but also wrote songs and played an instrument. I think she might actually get MORE credit for her contributions to the history of women in rock if she had retired at that time than she actually does get. Critics would be more likely to view her career as a significant step forward in the evolution of women's role in popular music, if that part of her career wasn't totally overshadowed by her megastardom in one of the most successful groups of the '70s.

By the way, how brief was that retirement before she joined FM?