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Mick Fleetwood follows a path of art and music
Posted: Dec 09, 2014 8:40 PM PST Updated: Dec 10, 2014 8:29 AM PST
By John Hook, FOX 10 News
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - It's been 16 years since every original member of the legendary group Fleetwood Mac performed and toured together.
They are one of the greatest Rock and Roll bands of all time, selling over 100 million albums.
On Wednesday night, the band will be rocking U.S. Airways Arena, but FOX 10 caught up with drummer and founder of the band, Mick Fleetwood at a gallery in Scottsdale.
Fleetwood's other passion besides music is his photography.
For such an imposing figure, Fleetwood is 64, and he's an incredibly gentle, thoughtful, soft spoken man.
"I still have periods where I take a lot of pictures and think about it a lot, this is the sum of what I've taken," he said.
He's still following the path, in music and photography.
"And then I joined a rock and roll band many years later, and was the boring member of the band who took pictures all day long," he said. Then at night, he would take his place behind a great band and was hardly boring. "We have affected people, and people love our music that still exists."
He says the band is still relevant today for one reason; they all love making music.
"They would truly be doing music with or without the money; it was nothing about being successful," said Fleetwood.
People always ask him whether he'll release something like "Life on the Road with Fleetwood Mac." He says he doesn't think so.
In less than 24 hours from the airing of this story, he will play in front of a sold out crowd. So how does Fleetwood keep his mind on photography?
"I don't get overly thinking about it until I get to the show and get in the complete routine... you would have brought up that I suffer from stage fright, so you've actually triggered me already, I'll be drinking heavily tonight!" he said.
For the first time in 16 years, Christine McVie is back touring with the band so the lineup that produced "Rumours," one of the best selling albums of all time, is back together.
You can watch the full interview with Fleetwood Mac in the player above this story or by going to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gihBSafVAhE