The pair wanted McVie on bass guitar and even named the band 'Fleetwood Mac' as a way to entice him.
Soon after, Green contacted Fleetwood to form a new band. The fifth song was an instrumental which Green named after the rhythm section, "Fleetwood Mac".
Mayall gave Green free recording time as a gift, in which Fleetwood, McVie and Green recorded five songs. The Bluesbreakers now consisted of Green, Fleetwood, John McVie and Mayall. John Mayall agreed and Fleetwood became a member of the band. Green had been in two bands with Fleetwood-Peter B's Looners and the subsequent Shotgun Express (which featured a young Rod Stewart as vocalist). Green had replaced guitarist Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers, and received critical acclaim for his work on their album A Hard Road. After he had been in the Bluesbreakers for some time, Green asked if drummer Mick Fleetwood could replace Aynsley Dunbar. The band was introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.įleetwood Mac was formed in 1967 in London when Peter Green left the British blues band John Mayall 8 the Bluesbreakers.
Their first album, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, was released in 1968. The current line-up consists of Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and John McVie, with Christine McVie rumoured to be rejoining after departing in 1998. By 1974, Green and Spencer had departed with Fleetwood Mac and 26-year-old Stevie Nicks and 25-year-old Lindsey Buckingham had joined, along with John McVie's wife, Christine, on keyboards. In the genesis of the band, the personell consisted of Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, Jeremy Spencer, John McVie and Bob Brunning. Due to the band's several line-up changes, the only remaining original band member is drummer Mick Fleetwood. Christine McVie, Bill Burnett, Bekka Bramlett, Dave Manson, Rick Vitoįleetwood Mac is a British-American rock band formed in 1967 London.