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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie
I think she liked Lindsey being in charge. She always preferred being a side~man~.
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I wonder if she ever even wanted to sing when she was in Chicken Shack? Chicken Shack was Stan’s band and she was just the keyboardist. She even made an effort to look kind of butch to not draw attention to herself in the early days. I have a weird suspicion that Mike Vernon pushed it, given the novelty of a woman in a blues band. Three of Chicken Shack’s first four singles featured Christine on lead vocals, which is weird, considering Stan was the primary frontman by far.
Even in the early days with Fleetwood Mac, she played more of a supporting role, with singing and songwriting being more of a formality. Danny dominated FG and BT and Bob became the dominant creative force with MTM and HAHTF. Penguin was the exception, where Christine being more of an equal force in the band, but then she reverted back to being more of a supporting character in the band.
All of which makes her being the one with the breakthrough hit single and the most singles all the more crazy. It wasn’t Bob, Stevie, or Lindsey, it was Christine.