Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79
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Via: jbb • 2 years ago • 11 commentsBy: Daniel Arkin (NBC News)
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Christine McVie, the English musician whose smoky vocals and romantic lyrics helped catapult the rock group Fleetwood Mac to international success, has died, the band announced on Twitter.
She was 79.
"There are no words to describe our sadness at the passing of Christine McVie," the group said in a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon. "She was truly one-of-a-kind, special and talented beyond measure."
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Bummer! I saw FM live in 1976. It's been a while...
I'm stunned. Big fan
Saw them several times. It was always about McVie.
Fleetwood Mac was originally about Peter Green.
No, it was always about Stevie honestly
I saw Stevie decades ago at Merriweather Post Pavilion and Fleetwood Mac for their The Dance tour whichever decade that was
Bummer. RIP sweet canary.................
Morning..
Another great musical voice stilled forever.
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Indeed, may she rest in peace...
Before she joined Fleetwood Mac, then Christine Perfect (later McVie) she was a member of Chicken Shack, an earlier British blues band, founded by Stan Webb. Prior to that, Stan Webb had a band called Sounds of Blue and she would sing with a very young Spenser Davis.
Chicken Shack toured with the early Fleetwood Mac and eventually she and John Mcvie married and she joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970 and recorded on their Future Games album.
Here is one of her best songs with Chicken Shack:
Ty!