Christine McVie Dead at 79
- “She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life,” Fleetwood Mac says
Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie has died “following a short illness,” her family said in a statement.
McVie died Nov. 30 in a hospital with her family nearby. She was 79.
“We would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being, and revered musician who was loved universally,” McVie’s family said.
“Gutted to learn about the passing of Christine McVie,” Garbage said in a statement. “Just gutted. Songbird forever.”
“This is so unbelievably sad,” Foghat wrote on Facebook. “RIP, Christine McVie. Such a beautiful soul.”
Born Christine Perfect, the singer/songwriter/keyboardist played first with Chicken Shack. She joined Fleetwood Mac after contributing to 1970’s Kiln House and was the band’s third-longest-serving member after Mick Fleetwood and her ex-husband John McVie.
“We cherished Christine deeply, the band said in a statement.
“She was truly one-of-a-kind, special and talented beyond measure,” Fleetwood Mac said. “She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life.”
McVie played alongside every member of Fleetwood Mac save for Peter Green and appeared on all but four of the band’s 18 studio albums.
Living Colour’s Vernon Reid eulogized McVie as his second-favorite Mac member after Green and quoted her lyrics to “You Make Loving Fun” as some of her best.
“No other voice … captured that feeling of the narcotic stage of love better than Christine McVie,” Reid said.
“What a tremendous loss to the music community,” Bret Michaels said on Twitter. “My deepest condolences to the family, friends and fans of Christine McVie.”
She recorded three solo albums between 1970 and 2004 and released a 2017 duo album with Lindsey Buckingham that was followed by a tour.
Her death is “terribly heartbreaking” and an “enormous loss,” Ron Sexsmith wrote on Twitter.
“She wrote my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs and I also loved her solo work,” he said.
11/30/22
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What everyone else sees:
What I see:
Oh nevermind, I just photoshopped a couple of people out of the picture because I‘m completely obsessed with John and Christine McVie…
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My Fictionkins!
Annalee Call (Alien: Ressurection)
Benson Dunwoody (Regular Show)
Finn Mertens (Adventure Time)
K-2SO (Rogue One)
Fox Mulder (The X-Files)
Jean Jacket (Nope)
The Hell Priest/Pinhead (Hellraiser (1987))
Egon Spengler (Ghostbusters)
Zenyatta (Overwatch)
India Stoker (Stoker)
Merricat Blackwood (We Have Always Lived in the Castle (novel))
Corey Cunningham (Halloween Ends)
Christine (Christine (1983 movie))
Ben (Blue Velvet)
Mr Mistoffelees (Cats)
Good Guy Doll (Child’s Play franchise)
Peter Pan (Peter Pan (2003 movie))
Dani Dennison (Hocus Pocus)
Elgyem (Pokémon)
Ghoulia Yelps (Monster High)
Bedtime Bear (Care Bears)
Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)
I don’t mind doubles at all- if we match, sweet!
- casey 🤖
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Neil Finn on Fleetwood Mac: “It Doesn’t Currently Exist”
Fleetwood Mac “doesn’t currently exist.”
So says Neil Finn, the Crowded House frontman who was “gobsmacked” when Mick Fleetwood asked him to join a retooled version of the Mac for its 2018-’19 tour, which also featured former Heartbreaker Mike Campbell but no Lindsey Buckingham.
“The naysayers said, ‘No Lindsey Buckingham, no Fleetwood Mac,’ but I brought personality and the ability to sing with Stevie (Nicks) and Christine (McVie),” Finn told MOJO magazine.
“I could never be capable of sounding like Lindsey, but I put a similar intensity into his songs.”
Though the group “doesn’t currently exist,” Finn said when it did, it was led by Fleetwood, who “carried the flag,” and Nicks, who “wants it the way Stevie wants it and that’s the way it’ll be.
“She couldn’t bear to be in a band with Lindsey any more, but she still wanted to do it exactly the way he would have,” Finn said.
“It was more difficult for Mike Campbell: she … put a lot of pressure on Mike to be more like Lindsey. Sometimes Mike’s solos would go on and Stevie would get exhausted playing tambourine. She’d be, ‘Fucking hell, Lindsey only did 12 bars.’”
Christine McVie died in 2022.
4/20/24
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Oh, I just thought y‘all needed a good cry. No? Sorry, my bad!
Couple of fellow rock stars I found out had postet tributes to Chris on IG after her death in 2022.
(Other than the OG members of FMac obvsly)
Did you come across any other? Lemme know!
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