Mick Fleetwood (b. 1947)

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Biography

Michael John Kells Fleetwood is an English musician, songwriter and actor. He is the drummer, co-founder, and leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. His surname was merged with that of the group's bassist John "Mac" McVie to form the name of the band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Fleetwood Mac in 1998.

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The story of Mick Fleetwood, told in moments.

1967 Event

Co-founds Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green and John McVie. British blues. Green is the genius. Fleetwood holds the beat. Then Green takes too much LSD and quits. The band nearly dies. Fleetwood keeps it alive through sheer stubbornness and lineup changes.

Was Peter Green leaving after too much LSD the first crisis? Did keeping Fleetwood Mac alive through lineup changes feel stubborn or necessary? Was co-founding the band the easy part?

1977 Event

Rumours is released. Every couple in the band has broken up with every other couple. The recording sessions run on cocaine, champagne, and resentment. The album sells over 40 million copies. Fleetwood holds the rhythm while everyone else falls apart.

How do you hold the rhythm while everyone else falls apart? Did the cocaine and champagne recording sessions produce better music? Was Rumours born from pain or professionalism?

1984 Life

Files for bankruptcy despite Rumours royalties. Bad investments, a failed restaurant, a lavish lifestyle. He's worth nothing on paper. The band reunites. They tour. He rebuilds. The pattern repeats across decades.

Was filing for bankruptcy despite Rumours royalties embarrassing? Did the pattern of rebuilding across decades feel familiar? Is stubbornness your greatest talent?

Artifacts (15)

Fleetwood

Mick Fleetwood, a master musician of the 1960s, describes his experiences with the popular rock band into the 1990s.

1991

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My Twenty Five Years in Fleetwood Mac

Recounts the long and tumultuous history of the group, describes the backgrounds of the various members, and discusses each album and tour

1993

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Play on: Fleetwood Mac und ich. Die Autobiografie

Exzess, Ekstase, bedingungslose Hingabe – Die Geschichte der wildesten Band der Rock- und Pop-Ära Fleetwood Mac ‒ das ist Rock ‘n‘ Roll! Mick Fleetwood, Drummer und Mitbegründer der erfolgreichsten...

2014

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Play On: Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac

The candid, all-access autobiography of a music legend.

2014

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Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac

"Fleetwood documents his wild life, including how the creation of Rumours, one of the bestselling albums of all time, almost drove the band insane." —Larry Getlen, New York Post "This is the story of...

2015

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Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography

"After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll -- and how the band that...

2015

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Love that Burns: A Chronicle of Fleetwood Mac

In 1967 Fleetwood Mac debuted at the Windsor Blues and Jazz Festival. Fifty years later, Mick Fleetwood documents the rocky beginnings of a band that emerged from what is now referred to as the...

2017

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Cartas para Meat Loaf e Mick Fleetwood mais jovens

ESTE É UM EPISÓDIO DA OBRA "CARTA PARA O MEU JOVEM EU", DE JANE GRAHAM, QUE APRESENTAM CARTAS PARA MEAT LOAF E MICK FLEETWOOD MAIS JOVENS. SE QUISER LER TODAS AS CARTAS LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA. Se a...

2023

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[Soros's] contribution was pushing him to take a gigantic position

illion. Stanley Druckenmiller, who traded under Soros, originally saw the weakness in the pound and stated: "[Soros's] contribution was pushing him to take a gigantic position". On October 26, 1992,...

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You deliver the slips of paper and tell the people that if they report they will...

ece of paper to my father. He instantly recognized it. This was a list of Hungarian Jewish lawyers. He said, "You deliver the slips of paper and tell the people that if they report they will be...

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conspiracy theories about him have gone mainstream, to nearly every corner of th...

a Holocaust survivor, have often been called antisemitic conspiracy theories. In 2018, The New York Times reported that "conspiracy theories about him have gone mainstream, to nearly every corner of...

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Well, I had a variety of jobs and I ended up selling fancy goods on the seaside,...

ne go from an immigrant to a financier? ... When did you realize that you knew how to make money?". Soros replied, "Well, I had a variety of jobs and I ended up selling fancy goods on the seaside,...

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How does one go from an immigrant to a financier? ... When did you realize that ...

geles World Affairs Council in 2006, Alvin Shuster, former foreign editor of the Los Angeles Times, asked Soros, "How does one go from an immigrant to a financier? ... When did you realize that you...

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Our total position by Black Wednesday had to be worth almost $10 billion. We pla...

g him to take a gigantic position". On October 26, 1992, The New York Times quoted Soros as saying: "Our total position by Black Wednesday had to be worth almost $10 billion. We planned to sell more...

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