LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 12, 2019…HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY TO FLEETWOOD MAC’S CHRISTINE MCVIE . HERE’S SOME CHRISTINE MCVIE TRIVIA:
-HER MAIDEN NAME IS CHRISTINE PERFECT.
-HER FATHER WAS A CONCERT VIOLINIST AND MUSIC LECTURER
-SHE STARTED PLAYING PIANO AT THE AGE OF FOUR AND WAS CLASSICLY TRAINED UNTIL THE AGE OF FIFTEEN
-CHRISTINE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE WITH A TEACHING DEGREE
-UPON GRADUATION SHE WORKED BRIEFLY AS A DEPARTMENT STORE WINDOW DRESSER
-SHE DID SESSION WORK FOR FLEETWOOD MAC BEFORE JOINING THE GROUP.
-SHE MARRIED BASSIST JOHN MCVIE IN 1970 AND JOINED THE GROUP IN 1970
-IN 1976 SHE BEGAN AN ON-ROAD AFFAIR WITH FLEETWOOD MAC’S LIGHTING DIRECTOR WHICH INSPIRED HER TO WRITE ‘YOU MAKE LOVING FUN’ A HUGE HIT ON THE ALBUM ‘RUMOURS’
– HER BIGGEST HIT WAS ‘DON’T STOP’ ALSO FROM THE ‘RUMOURS’ ALBUM
-BY THE END OF THE RUMOURS TOUR IN 1976, THE MCVIES WERE DIVORCED
-IN 1998 SHE DECIDED NOT TO CONTINUE WITH FLEETWOOD MAC DUE TO A FLYING PHOBIA
-SHE TREATED HER FEAR OF FLYING WITH PSYCHOTHERAPY ENABLING HER TO TOUR AGAIN
-FROM 1979-1982 SHE WAS ENGAGED TO DENNIS WILSON OF THE BEACH BOYS
-SHE MARRIED KEYBOARDIST EDDIE QUINTELA IN 1986. THEY WERE DIVORCED IN 2003
HERE’S CHRISTIE WITH FLEETWOOD MAC CIRCA 1977
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