LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 26, 2019..HAPPY SEVENTY FOURTH BIRTHDAY TO JOHN MCVIE. MCVIE IS BEST KNOWN AS THE BASS PLAYER FOR FLEETWOOD MAC AND JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS. MCVIE IS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF FLEETWOOD MAC, AND IT’S HIS SURNAME COMBINED WITH MICK FLEETWOOD’S NAME THAT WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE GROUP’S NAME. MCVIE AND FLEETWOOD ARE THE ONLY TWO MEMBERS OF THE BAND TO APPEAR ON EVERY FLEETWOOD MAC RELEASE, AND FOR OVER 40 YEARS HAVE BEEN THE GROUP’S ONLY REMAINING ORIGINAL MEMBERS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME AS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP IN 1998. HERE’S MCVIE WITH FLEETWOOD MAC FROM AN APPEARANCE CIRCA 1973
