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UTBWell effectively they were two (or more correctly, three) different bands using the same name.
Peter Green was an awesome blues guitarist, but drugs fuddled his head up and the rest of the story, until recent years, was very sad.
Bob Welch took over singing and guitar duties, but the albums failed to sell in the UK (did decent enough sales in the USA), but they hit the big time when they shook things up by bringing in Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
Rumours sold about 50 million copies and is the 5th best selling album in US history.
There was nothing wrong with Kevin Blackwell in Brazil, it started to go wrong when he came back.
Yes, and while it's well written and produced pop music it's also MOR blandness. Green's material leaves it on the dust.
There was another completely separate Fleetwood Mac wasn't there? I think the record company had the rights to the name or something.
Yes, the manager or agent of the band at that time claimed he owned the rights to the name, and set up a tour with a completely different band. I think it just fizzled out in a court case.
I think that was the same band after they played under the Fleetwood Mac name, will have to go and look it up cos it's bugging me now!
OK here we go, I think we were all pretty close to what happened (it was a long time ago!), also, I am wondering if the "Clifford Davis", mentioned below was that obnoxious old twat who used to be a panel judge on "New Faces" in the 70's?, I am sure he was a talent agent or something like that?
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1974: Name dispute[edit]
In 1974, the band's manager, Clifford Davis, claimed that he owned the name Fleetwood Mac. He recruited members of the band Legs, which had recently issued one single under Davis's management,[33] to tour as Fleetwood Mac. The band consisted of Elmer Gantry (vocals, guitar), Kirby Gregory (guitar), Paul Martinez (bass), John Wilkinson (keyboards) and Australian-born drummer Craig Collinge (formerly of the Librettos, Procession and Third World War). The members of this group were told that Mick Fleetwood would join them on later dates, and claimed that Fleetwood had been involved in the planning stages before dropping out.[34]
As the tour got under way, Fleetwood Mac's road manager John Courage realised that the line-up was not authentic.[clarification needed] Courage hid the first Fleetwood Mac's equipment, helping to shorten the tour, and the new band dissolved. The lawsuit that followed regarding who owned the rights to the name put the original Fleetwood Mac on hiatus for almost a year. Although the band was named after Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, they had apparently signed contracts in which they had forfeited the rights to the name.[citation needed]
Nobody from the alternative lineup was ever made a part of the real Fleetwood Mac, although some later played in Danny Kirwan's studio band. Gantry and Gregory went on to become members of Stretch, whose 1975 UK hit single "Why Did You Do It" was written about the touring debacle.[34] Gantry later collaborated with the Alan Parsons Project. Martinez went on to play with the Deep Purple offshoot Paice Ashton Lord, as well as Robert Plant's backing band.[citation needed]...."
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1974: Name dispute[edit]
In 1974, the band's manager, Clifford Davis, claimed that he owned the name Fleetwood Mac. He recruited members of the band Legs, which had recently issued one single under Davis's management,[33] to tour as Fleetwood Mac. The band consisted of Elmer Gantry (vocals, guitar), Kirby Gregory (guitar), Paul Martinez (bass), John Wilkinson (keyboards) and Australian-born drummer Craig Collinge (formerly of the Librettos, Procession and Third World War). The members of this group were told that Mick Fleetwood would join them on later dates, and claimed that Fleetwood had been involved in the planning stages before dropping out.[34]
As the tour got under way, Fleetwood Mac's road manager John Courage realised that the line-up was not authentic.[clarification needed] Courage hid the first Fleetwood Mac's equipment, helping to shorten the tour, and the new band dissolved. The lawsuit that followed regarding who owned the rights to the name put the original Fleetwood Mac on hiatus for almost a year. Although the band was named after Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, they had apparently signed contracts in which they had forfeited the rights to the name.[citation needed]
Nobody from the alternative lineup was ever made a part of the real Fleetwood Mac, although some later played in Danny Kirwan's studio band. Gantry and Gregory went on to become members of Stretch, whose 1975 UK hit single "Why Did You Do It" was written about the touring debacle.[34] Gantry later collaborated with the Alan Parsons Project. Martinez went on to play with the Deep Purple offshoot Paice Ashton Lord, as well as Robert Plant's backing band.[citation needed]...."
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Their song " Why did you do it" was about them being doppelgangers . Interview on Jonny Walkers excellent sounds of the 70's a while back.I think that was the same band after they played under the Fleetwood Mac name, will have to go and look it up cos it's bugging me now!
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That was the song!, bloody hell, not heard that in years!
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Was never the same after he had that Brazilian
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