Fleetwood's in Maui Posted by Bree McKenna on Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:04 PM
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Bree McKenna
Last week, I was in Maui walking around and stopped short in front of a sign for a restaurant called Fleetwoods, featuring the pony-tailed little figure of Mick Fleetwood from the cover of Rumours. Upon further investigation, I realized that Mick Fleetwood had opened a restaurant on Maui that is basically like an Olive Garden (family friendly, servers with earpieces) except it has his Fleetwood Mac **** everywhere; photos and golden records all over the walls, a 14-piece drum kit propped up in the center of the restaurant.
Suckered in by my love of Fleetwood Mac, I ordered a $14 craft cocktail and chatted with my server about how Mick opened it last year and frequents the spot when he's on tour. I asked if he was around, and she explained that they were on tour, "I guess they are still pretty good live," she explained. Everyone was wearing little vests, ponytails and collared shirts in the style of him on the Rumours cover.
As the night went on, I got in a fight with my drinking companion about Fleetwood Mac, realizing once again that, like many others, she refuses to acknowledge the beauty of FM before Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks joined the band... and that's when I realized that when people say they like Fleetwood Mac, they actually only like Rumours. Not even Tusk! Not even Bare Trees!! And Christine McVie is often totally overlooked! We finished up drinking up the novelty of looking at rock memorabilia and I went home to revisit the amazingness of early- and mid-period Mac, in particular this Bob Welch (RIP) penned classic from Bare Trees.