There was nothing to break “The Chain” in between christine mcvee And stevie nicks In Fleetwood Mac.
In fact, the two Fleetwood Mac songwriters formed an instant bond when Nicks and lindsey buckingham McVie joined the group with her then-husband John McVie and mick fleetwood In 1974.
But first, Nicks had to pass a chemistry test with McVie at a New Year’s dinner at the Mexican restaurant El Carmen in Los Angeles, California, which Fleetwood had arranged.
According to Leslie-Ann Jones’s new biography “Songbird: An Intimate Biography of Christine McVie,” the “Black Magic Woman” immediately clicked with her future bandmates over tacos and tequila.
“It was important that I stayed with [Stevie],” McVey says in “Songbird.” “Because I had never played with another girl. But I liked her immediately. She was funny and nice, but she also had no competition.”
Their relationship deepened when they reconvened at Fleetwood’s home, with Nicks and Buckingham fitting into the musical mix.
McVie recalled in the book, “I started playing them ‘Say You Love Me’ on the piano, and we got to the chorus and they both started singing in perfect three-part harmony.”
“I just remember thinking, ‘This is it!’ Then Lindsay picked up his guitar, Mick picked up his drumsticks, John picked up his bass and it happened…”
But after the addition of Nicks and Buckingham in the 1975s, “Fleetwood MacOn the album, Nicks became the group’s de facto frontwoman with 1977’s blockbuster “Rumors” LP. And McVeigh admitted to feeling some jealousy.
“Of course, I was jealous,” she says in “Songbird.” “It didn’t last long. You soon realize where your role is… I couldn’t spin in chiffon before Stevie played the piano.’
But Nix says McVay may have kept those feelings to himself. “She would have known that would have made me nervous,” she says. “She would always tell me, ‘I don’t want to be exposed. I like being one of the men here and playing my piano.”
McVey and Knicks remained close until Christine dies in November 2022 At 79.
“A few hours ago I was told that my best friend in the entire world since the first day of 1975 has passed away,” Nicks, 76, wrote in an Instagram post. “I didn’t even know he was sick until late Saturday night… see you on the other side, my love.”
