The band wanted me to expand my role and have a little more freedom, so he played some organ behind me, but he didn't play the same way I did. In March Billy Burnette, a good friend and co-songwriter with Delaney Bramlettreturned to the band with Fleetwood's blessing. On 10 OctoberFleetwood Mac were honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their contributions to the music industry at Hollywood Boulevard.
Music downloads accounted for 91 percent of the Rumours sales.
Danny Kirwan had developed an alcohol dependency and was becoming alienated from Welch and the McVies. Up until that point they had been on the Blue Horizon label, but with Kirwan in the band the musical possibilities had become too diverse for a blues-only label.
During that show the band went past their allotted time and the power was shut off, although Mick Fleetwood kept drumming.
In late Graves was preparing to become a permanent member of the band by the end of their US tour. The pressure on Fleetwood Mac to release a successful follow-up album, combined with their new-found wealth, led to creative and personal tensions which were allegedly fuelled by high consumption of drugs and alcohol.
This trek in particular proved that no matter what tensions or heartbreak existed in the past—there's something undeniably magical when Nicks, Buckingham, Fleetwood and the two McVies come together as Fleetwood Mac.
I helped engineer their album 'Heroes Are Hard to Find' and got to know each member well.