Influence

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by macfan 57

I totally agree. When she was in Chicken Shack & then in Fleetwood Mac, she was the only female musician in a band. She was even slightly defensive about it in that 1976 People Magazine article.

I'm sure she mentioned in the "My Top 12" interview that she thought she might have been the only female who played an instrument in a band in the 60's.

It's funny but I never think of her as a trail blazer. Probably because she makes so little fuss herself.

I think that FM might have been one of the first bands to include two women who actually wrote songs.

Gail