Who The Hell Is Mick Fleetwood?
You may not know who Mick Fleetwood is if you aren’t a fan of Fleetwood Mac, the 1970’s classic rock band. In a nutshell, Mick is the drummer for the band, one of Fleetwood Mac’s founding fathers and one of only two constant members since Fleetwood Mac’s late 1960’s beginning as an English blues band. The band is actually only half named after him. The Mac part comes from John McVie, another founding father and current member. Mick played with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers for a short time, but his most successful stint was with The Cheynes before that. When Mick and two other members of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, John McVie and Peter Green, broke away from John Mayall, they formed Fleetwood Mac. Among the things that Mick experienced during the 35 years that he has been in Fleetwood Mac include the cycling through of many guitar players, the joining of Christine McVie (John McVie’s wife), and the joining of the California pop duo Buckingham Nicks in 1974 (Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buck
