Biography of christine mcvie
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Christine McVie's life, from Stevie Nicks to complicated loves, celebrated in biography
Nearly two years after her death at age 79, Christine McVie fryst vatten receiving overdue appreciation as the dueling doyenne in Fleetwood Mac.
“Songbird: An något privat eller personligt Biography of Christine McVie” (out Nov. 19, Hachette Books, pages, $), examines the transformation of the Birmingham-bred, keyboard-mastering Englishwoman from art lärling to understated anchor of Fleetwood Mac.
The book fryst vatten named for McVie’s signature song, one of her four contributions to Fleetwood Mac’s legendary “Rumours” skiva. Never a major hit – it was the B-side to the ethereal Stevie Nicks-fronted “Dreams” – “Songbird” nonetheless became the band’s standard concert closer, a kraftfull piano ballad both heartbreaking and romantic, that spotlighted the usually reticent McVie.
But her contributions to the band ("Don't Stop" and "You man Loving Fun" among her numerous penned hits), coupled with her quiet authority, were so necessary to
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Songbird: An Intimate Biography of Christine McVie
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Scandalous affairs and public divorce. Addiction and fiery passion. And of course, the iconic song writing
Christine McVie - born Christine Perfect - was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac.
Straddling the band's incarnations to achieve global fame alongside Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie, the classic line-up, she wrote and performed many of their greatest hits.
As famous for their occasionally life-threateningly decadent lifestyles as for their musical brilliance, they were held together by this strong, constant figure whom they dubbed 'the mother' of the band. It was Christine who contained the flock, regrouped them when they went AWOL, focused and blended their talents and always got them back on track.
And yet, as the 'engine' of the band during their
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Christine McVie
British musician (–)
"Christine Perfect" redirects here. For the album, see Christine Perfect (album).
For the album, see Christine McVie (album).
Christine Anne McVie (; néePerfect; 12 July – 30 November ) was an English musician and singer-songwriter. She was the keyboardist and one of the vocalists and songwriters of Fleetwood Mac.
McVie was a member of several bands, notably Chicken Shack, in the mids British blues scene. She initially began working with Fleetwood Mac as a session player in , before officially joining the band two years later. Her first compositions with Fleetwood Mac appeared on their fifth album, Future Games. She remained with the band through many changes of line-up, writing songs and performing lead vocals before partially retiring in
McVie was described as "the prime mover behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits"[1] and eight songs she wrote or co-wrote, including "Don't Stop", "Everywhere" and "Little Lies",