Stretch (aka The Fake Fleetwood Mac)

[michelej1]

[Rolling Stone looks back 40 years to its February 28, 1974 issue]

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2. Fake Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac's manager put a version of the band on the road without any actual members of Fleetwood Mac (who were then Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Bob Welch, and Bob Weston; Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined at the end of the year). "Basically what it boils down to is the manager flipped his lid," Welch said. "He can put four dogs barking on a leash and call it Fleetwood Mac."

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[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by michelej1

[Rolling Stone looks back 40 years to its February 28, 1974 issue]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...-cher-20140301

2. Fake Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac's manager put a version of the band on the road without any actual members of Fleetwood Mac (who were then Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Bob Welch, and Bob Weston; Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined at the end of the year). "Basically what it boils down to is the manager flipped his lid," Welch said. "He can put four dogs barking on a leash and call it Fleetwood Mac."

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Bob Weston? That's not right. He was gone several years before Lindsey and Stevie joined. He was a great guitar player; we'll never know howt Heroes Are Hard to Find would have turned out with him on board.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

Bob Weston? That's not right. He was gone several years before Lindsey and Stevie joined. He was a great guitar player; we'll never know howt Heroes Are Hard to Find would have turned out with him on board.

Actually, no. Weston hadn't even been gone a year by the time Buckingham & Nicks joined. Weston was sacked after their show in Lincoln, NE, in early '74. Then there was the whole bogus band debacle...a period of court ordered inactivity, then they did HAHTF, a short tour, Welch said bye-bye, and in came Lindsey & Stevie.

All of that within a short time frame of about 8-10 months.

[forever]

Right -- Fleetwood sacked Weston while the band was touring to support "Mystery to Me". The band then cut the tour short, and that's when Clifford started the bogus band thing.