[SteveMacD]

Most people I know quickly name Geddy, Squire, Entwistle, Jacko, and Flea as the best. I tell them McVie is the best. The others are more technically gifted, and work well for their situation. But McVie was able to make otherwise horse**** songs like Hold Me seem somewhat interesting. John McVie was Fleetwood Mac's secret weapon, and was more responsible for the Fleetwood Mac sound than he'll ever get credit for.

I've heard the live Buckingham Nicks version of Rhiannon, and it was unremarkable compared to what John McVie did to the song. It sounded like a typical song by any other club band. McVie's bass line give the song an almost creepy feel to it, which totally works with the whole Welsh witch thing.

Honestly, I don't know what the bug up Lindsey's ass was in the beginning. If I had a bassist who played like THAT, I'd just close my eyes and smile at how "alive" my music suddenly became.

I always found it odd that with all of the long breaks that he didn't do more outside of the band. I would have loved to have seen him hook up with the Rolling Stones after Bill Wyman quit. He has the right pedigree and has the look (and, IMO, is twice the bassist Wyman could ever be).