Christine McVie has died

[TheGreek]

https://f7td5.app.goo.gl/k9KkmU

Edited November 30, 2022 by TheGreek

[NikNik]

Aww, no!!

[Ricky 4000]

Oh Jeeze.

[Raymondo]

Oh bugger.😥

[KingPrawn]

RIP

[tauzero]

Hadn't realised she was 79. Not a bad innings, and quite a legacy.

[asingardenof]

RIP

[lowdown]

R.I.P. 

[diskwave]

Just played along with Everywhere, feeling a tad emotional. All my teen heroes gradually leaving us...man this has been bit of a shock...such an important part of the Mac and such an ordinary unassuming person but super talented.

Edited December 1, 2022 by greavesbass

[machinehead]

Such sad news.  As I get older myself, I tend to forget how old some of my musical heroes are. 

Frank.

[Oldman]

Remember Chicken Shack? RIP Christine

[Chezz55]

I remember Chicken Shack.

 

RIP Songbird, fly high.

[Beedster]

Very sad news, in many respect the glue that held FM together. Loved the BBC documentary about her life, what a life and what a talent. RIP

[steantval]

3 hours ago, Oldman said:

Remember Chicken Shack? RIP Christine

Yes, with Stan Webb.

[Bluewine]

One of the best. RIP

[Velarian]

23 hours ago, Beedster said:

Very sad news, in many respect the glue that held FM together. Loved the BBC documentary about her life, what a life and what a talent. RIP

I watched this on iPlayer last night. It’s available for the next 29 days. Well worth watching. 
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0008k8q

[Balcro]

Very sad.

Stevie Nicks said she didn't know Christine was ill!

I share tauzero's shock that she was 79!
Only saw her once, back in '69 or thereabouts, with Stan Webb's Chicken Shack; that quiet but essential presence. RIP.

[grenadillabama]

A perfect chick to have in a band. She played good, looked good, sang good, and wrote hit songs. In the early days at least she moved her own gear!

[TheGreek]

I'd have liked to see her move the grand piano she used on Songbird.

 

Seriously though, IMO her contributions to FM are vastly under-rated. 

[Mickeyboro]

From sixties contemporary Bob Hall… talking of pianos.

 

Memory of Christine McVie (née Perfect). Back in the day club pianos were often out of tune and missing notes. Club owners had their pianos painted more often than they were tuned and pianists had to develop all sorts of ways around it, transposing where possible and working around the missing notes. Savoy Brown and Chicken Shack were with the same agency and I found a real improvement if we played a gig after Chicken Shack. Christine was a rather limited pianist in those days and apparently lived up to her name, insisting that the piano was tuned to concert pitch and in good shape before she would perform. Thanks Christine, you made life much easier for those who followed.

[Maude]

On 01/12/2022 at 05:48, Oldman said:

Remember Chicken Shack? RIP Christine

I remember their version of "I'd Rather Go Blind" on an old Peel sessions tape I had years ago. I had no idea it was Christine. 

[Beedster]

One of my all time favourite songs, so much about it that is so perfect, 50 years old but sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday ❤️