Fleetwood Mac is a great band without a doubt, but the last grouping or the Buckingham Nicks years seem to be the one that gets the most attention, but this band has been around since 1968, and has at least four complete incarnations, and there has always been the foundation of Mick Fleetwood on Drums, and John McVie on Bass the whole time.
Besides those two, the earliest version of the band consisted of Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, and Peter Green all singing and playing guitars.
Originally they were an electric blues band, and by the time their third studio album, "Then Play On" came out in 1969, Jeremy's participation was already getting thin, and he only added a few piano parts, and the blues was mutating into rock.
The dynamic song I'm presenting here was not on the original album, but was added later when it was re-released in 1970.
This is such a great song, and I far prefer Fleetwood Mac's original over Led Zep's version. But I didn't realize how how many cover versions there are of it. Dozens and dozens. Hell, even Joe Jackson covered it(!!).
ReplyDeleteAmazing! I've never heard a single cover of this song as far as I can remember.
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