Once a week Kat shares a rockin’ and rare video of rock & roll icons doing what they do best! Send your suggestions to kat@i100rocks.com
THIS WEEK: Fleetwood Mac, “Why” & “Over My Head”, Live 1976. This aired on The Midnight Special back in 1976.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FLEETWOOD MAC’S CHRISTINE McVIE!!! – (07/12/2016)
Happy Birthday to Fleetwood Mac songwriter-keyboardist Christine McVie, who turns 73 today (July 12th)!!! In 2014 McVie thrilled the rock world when she returned to the band following a 16-year hiatus. McVie, along with former husband John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, steered the group through a diverse early-’70s period following the absence of the group’s co-founding guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. After the eventual departure of key members Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch — and the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks — McVie suddenly became one of the three hottest songwriters of the 1970’s. In the latter part of the ’70s, she was romantically involved with legendary Beach Boys’ drummer Dennis Wilson.
McVie’s songs played a crucial role in the band’s blockbusters Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, Tusk, Mirage, and Tango In The Night. Among the standards she wrote for the band were: “Over My Head,” “World Turning (co-written with Buckingham),” “Warm Ways,” “Sugar Daddy,” “Say You Love Me,” “Don’t Stop,” “Songbird,” “Oh Daddy,” “You Make Loving Fun,” “Think About Me,” “Over And Over,” “Hold Me,” “Love In Store,” “Little Lies,” and “Everywhere,” among others.
