The original Fleetwood Mac torrents

[aleuzzi]

[QUOTE=macfan 57;575495]

Originally Posted by robm

Chris had a lot of vocal problems live back in the early, early days. She has admitted it. She got ALOT better with practice. If you compare her voice in 1970-1972 with her voice in 1974, it's almost like 2 different singers.

I'll say. The transformation is remarkable. Consider that live version of "Spare me a Little" from 1970 that you posted on yousendit a month or so back with the live version from the Sausalito radio show in 74.

Something breakthrough happened for Chris between the Bare Trees and Penguin/Mystery tours. Even on the 1973 Midnight Special version of "Believe Me" her voice sounds great--infinitely better than her voice on the 1972 Seattle bootleg.

I think part of the breakthrough was allowing herself to sound more feminine. Before this, most of her live shows (with Chicken Shack and with Mac) featured her doing tough-girl, one-of-the-boys sort of blues.