Primarily a British blues band, Fleetwood Mac scored a UK number one with "Albatross", and had other hits such as the singles "Oh Well" and "Man of the World". All three guitarists left in succession during the early 1970s, to be replaced by guitarists Bob Welch and Bob Weston and vocalist Dave Walker. By 1974, all three of them had either departed or been dismissed, leaving the band without a male lead vocalist or guitarist. In late 1974, while Fleetwood was scouting studios in Los Angeles, he was introduced to American folk-rock duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Fleetwood Mac soon asked Buckingham to be their new lead guitarist, and Buckingham agreed on condition that Nicks would also join the band.
The addition of Buckingham and Nicks gave the band a more pop rock sound, and their 1975 self-titled album, Fleetwood Mac, reached No. 1 in the United States. Rumours (1977), Fleetwood Mac's second album after the arrival of Buckingham and Nicks, produced four U.S. Top 10 singles and remained at number one on the American albums chart for 31 weeks. It also reached the top spot in various countries around the world and won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978. Rumours has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums in history. The band went through personal turmoil while recording the album, as both the romantic partnerships in the band (one being John and Christine McVie, and the other being Buckingham and Nicks) separated while continuing to make music together.
The band's personnel remained stable through three more studio albums, but by the late 1980s began to disintegrate. After Buckingham and Nicks each left the band, they were replaced by a number of other guitarists and vocalists. A 1993 one-off performance for the first inauguration of Bill Clinton featured the lineup of Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Nicks, and Buckingham back together for the first time in six years. A full reunion occurred four years later, and the group released their fourth U.S. No. 1 album, The Dance (1997), a live compilation of their hits, also marking the 20th anniversary of Rumours. Christine McVie left the band in 1998, but continued to work with the band in a session capacity. Meanwhile, the group remained together as a four-piece, releasing their most recent studio album, Say You Will, in 2003. Christine McVie rejoined the band full-time in 2014. In 2018, Buckingham was fired from the band and was replaced by Mike Campbell, formerly of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Neil Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House.
Fleetwood Mac has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands. In 1979, the group was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1998 the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
Danny Kirwan, guitarist, songwriter and early member of Fleetwood Mac (1968–1972) died in London, England, on 8 June 2018, aged 68. An obituary in The New York Times said he had died in his sleep after contracting pneumonia earlier in the year. The British music magazine Mojo quoted Christine McVie as saying: "Danny Kirwan was the white English blues guy. Nobody else could play like him. He was a one-off ... Danny and Peter [Green] gelled so well together. Danny had a very precise, piercing vibrato – a unique sound ... He was a perfectionist; a fantastic musician and a fantastic writer." One of Kirwan's songs, "Tell Me All the Things You Do" from the 1970 album Kiln House, was included in the set of the 2018–19 An Evening with Fleetwood Mac tour.
On 28 May 2020 Neil Finn, featuring Nicks and McVie, with Campbell on guitar, released the song “Find Your Way Back Home” for the Auckland, New Zealand homeless shelter Auckland City Mission.
Founding member Peter Green died on 25 July 2020 at the age of 73. In October 2020, Rumours again entered the Billboard top 10. The album received 30.6 million plays on streaming platforms the week of October 15, after a TikTok video of the song "Dreams" went viral.
On 30 November 2022, it was announced that band member Christine McVie died at the age of 79, after a short illness.
My Baby's Sweeter
Fleetwood Mac Lyrics
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My babe, my babe
My baby, my baby
She is so sweet to me
As sweet as honey
She make me feel like [Incomprehensible]
She walk like an angel
A million dollar kiss
And a billion dollar smile
My babe, my babe
My baby, my baby
She's so sweet to me, yeah
I don't need money, I don't need gold
I need her love to satisfy my soul
With my babe I don't need a thing
But a married life and a wedding ring
My babe, my babe
My baby, my baby
You're so sweet to me
The song My Baby's Sweeter by Fleetwood Mac is a classic blues love song that speaks of the singer's adoration for his partner. The repeated use of 'my babe' and 'my baby' emphasizes the closeness he feels towards her. The song describes how sweet she is to him, comparing her to honey, and noting how she makes him feel. She has the gait of an angel and the innocence of a child. The singer refers to her kiss as a million-dollar one and her smile as a billion-dollar one. These lines allude to how much the singer cherishes her.
The singer portrays how little he needs when he is with her. He says he does not need money or gold, but only her love to satisfy his soul. He highlights the importance of their love in his life, stating that he only needs a married life and a wedding ring with his babe. The song reiterates the idea of how meaningful it is to have someone love and cherish and be loved in return. Overall, this song reflects a feeling of deep love and joy in being with someone special.
Line by Line Meaning
My babe, my babe
The singer is addressing his sweet partner
My babe, my babe
Reiterating his addressal
My baby, my baby
Alternating his addressal, referring his partner as baby
She is so sweet to me
The singer is expressing his love for his partner and how sweet she is to him
As sweet as honey
She is as sweet as honey, it means, her love is sweet and appealing
She make me feel like [Incomprehensible]
Expressing feelings of being loved and cared for, which cannot be described in words
She walk like an angel
The singer is mesmerized by the way his partner walks, describing her to be like an angel
She got a ways like a child
His partner has an innocent and pure nature like a child
A million dollar kiss
The singer values the kisses he receives from his partner to be worth millions
And a billion dollar smile
He holds his partner's smile of utmost value and is worth billions in his eyes
I don't need money, I don't need gold
Money and gold do not matter as much as his partner's love does to him
I need her love to satisfy my soul
Love from his partner brings him ultimate happiness and peace to his soul
With my babe I don't need a thing
Being with his partner makes him forget everything else
But a married life and a wedding ring
The singer desires to marry his partner and spend his life with her, giving a commitment to their love
You're so sweet to me
The singer is addressing and complimenting his partner on how sweet she is to him
Contributed by Sophie A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
D Man
The band has always been Fleetwood Mac. On their first album the record company for some reason called them "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac". Green was angry about it and straightened them out. Any future references to Peter Green in the band name have been added by others to differentiate this version of the band from later versions.
From Fleetwood hinself: " "We had been in a band called John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, John McVie, Peter Green and myself."
The name Fleetwood Mac came about incidentally, in the middle of a recording session.
They'd laid down an instrumental, their first unofficial track together, and the engineer asked, "What are we gonna put on the box?"
"Peter goes, 'Call it Fleetwood Mac. John and Mick are playing on it,'" Fleetwood said.
Green, a guitar god who'd replaced Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers, would write the band's first British hit, "Black Magic Woman."
"He had no interest in being a solo creature," Fleetwood said of Green. "He called the band Fleetwood Mac for a reason."
The first album was called "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac" which, Fleetwood said, made Green furious. "He was asked, they said, 'Why would you call the band Fleetwood Mac? Why did you?' He said, 'Well I pretty much felt that one day I would leave and I wanted Mick and John to have a band,'" Fleetwood said. "
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fleetwood-mac-mick-fleetwood-on-bands-origin-new-book/
Larry Klawiter
Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan, never got enough credit for the early Mac sound. Both made a huge impact.
Campeador
Really love Peter Green, but my favourites will always be Jeremy and Danny.
dunemetal67
You are 100% correct. Spencer really had the blues slide guitar down.
john hughes
Sadly true brother
FloridaMugwump
Danny was an underrated genius.
Jeremy could mimic old Elmore James tunes note for note. That was great when they were an traditional blues band, but when they started getting all hippie creative, he got relegated to the maracas. When Pete quit and Jeremy lead the bad into the recording studio, what came out? Kiln House. So Jeremy had graduated from 30's blues to 50's Biddy Holly style rock. Then he disappeared, turned up in a cult with his head shaved.
mariandel51
Einfach nur Geil
Mic
This song captures perfectly the Elmore James inspired slide style of Jeremy Spencer and is an altogether lovely piece of fine blues music. Spencer's addition to The Mac was just another example of the pure musical genius of Peter Green. What a band this was at one time. Wow.
david hollyfield
+Mic Tod™ YES!!!
Mike Young
You got that right! This, brothers and sisters, is the REAL Fleetwood Mac!
Mike Figures
Mic I dig Chicago slide guitar. There should be more of it.