John McVie

John Graham McVie is a bass guitarist, best known as a member of the rock bands John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1964 to 1967 and Fleetwood Mac.

He played on the following John Mayall Recordings:

John Mayall Plays John Mayall (1965), Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966), A Hard Road (1967) and Crusade (1967).

He is a founder member along with Mick Fleetwood of the hugely successful global rock band Fleetwood Mac, who have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fleetwood, was the inspiration for the band's name.

I’m just there to play bass, I’m not there to strut my stuff, as it were, which is very hard to do when you’re doing a bass line.

He joined Fleetwood Mac shortly after its formation by guitarist Peter Green in 1967, replacing temporary bass guitarist Bob Brunning. McVie and Fleetwood are the only two members of the group to appear on every Fleetwood Mac release, and for over forty years have been the group's only remaining original members.

The Group's albums include:

Fleetwood Mac (1968), Mr. Wonderful (1968), Then Play On (1969), Kiln House (1970), Future Games (1971), Bare Trees (1972), Penguin (1973), Mystery to Me (1973), Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974), Fleetwood Mac (1975), Rumours (1977), Tusk (1979), Live (1980), Mirage (1982), Tango in the Night (1987), Greatest Hits (1988), Behind the Mask (1990), Time (1995), The Dance (1997) and Say You Will (2003).

In 1968, McVie married blues pianist and singer Christine Perfect, who became a member of Fleetwood Mac two years later. John and Christine McVie divorced in 1977. Around this time the band recorded the album Rumours, a major artistic and commercial success that borrowed its title from the turmoils in McVie's and other band members' marriages and relationships. 

Every night is different, every song, even though it’s the same song it’s different every night and you get that feedback and there’s that link between the band members and the audience and it’s that (snaps fingers) instant spark that’s the whole deal. That’s the real deal. We’re the most together we’ve ever been I think, it’s just…let’s get it on.

In addition to Fleetwood Mac, he also released a solo album of material in 1992 with Lola Thomas entitled John McVie's "Gotta Band".

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 as a member of Fleetwood Mac.

In 2017 he worked with Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie on the album Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie.

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