Fleetwood Mac's Ten Men On Guitar From Music Historian Scott G Shea

The rock group Fleetwood Mac is one of the most well-known and beloved in music history, but it certainly wasn’t that way when they started in 1967. Before finding international success with the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks in 1975, they had numerous personnel changes at the guitarist position. In fact, before Lindsey, they changed guitarists five times in seven years, as they ran the gamut from hardcore British blues to contemporary rock to breezy L.A. soft pop. In his latest article for the Strange Brew, Scott G. Shea tells the story of this magnificent band’s development through its guitarists. He describes how they arrived at the band, what they contributed, and why they eventually broke down. If you’re interested in discussing the story of Fleetwood Mac, I hope you’ll consider inviting Scott G. Shea, a leading music historian and the author of the best-selling book “All the Leaves Are Brown: How the Mamas & the Papas Came Together and Broke Apart,” to your program. Scott can discuss what went wrong with the five guitarists who preceded Lindsey Buckingham and why Buckingham was able to make it work, at least for a little while.