1973 Interview with Mick

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

On Bare Trees, there are, again, many songs that would have benefitted from harmonies. The title track, "Child of Mine," "The Ghost," "Dust".

Yet Bob Welch took "Sentimental Lady" from "Bare Trees", and double tracked his voice a few years later for "French Kiss" in 1977. Yet the "Bare Trees" version has a great subdued Christine McVie vocal in the background for the chorus, and it's still my favorite version.

When Fleetwood Mac played live or @the BBC while Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer were in the band with Danny Kirwan; Green and Kirwan sang two-part harmonies for Spencer's "50's rock and roll songs", and they did it very well. Just listen to Spencer's version of Conway Twitty's "Heavenly" from the BBC sessions.

The best vocal example of FM with PG, DK, and JS, is Jeremy Spencer's "Teenage Darling" from Boston 2/70. Jeremy Spencer wrote this song as an "ode" to doo-wop, and yet be original at the same time with a nimble guitarist. It's absolutely brilliant!!!


The fact that Led Zeppelin, The Who, and Deep Purple, used "staples" from the 1950's to end their concerts in the early 70's goes back to Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Green).