Christine perfect biography
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Perfect: An något privat eller personligt Biography of Christine McVie
Christine McVie - born Christine Perfect - was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac. And yet, as the 'engine' of the band during their Rumours era - an skiva which charted the complete romantic disintegration within the band - Christine's anställda life was every bit as tempestuous as those of her bandmates, weathering affairs, divorce, addiction and fiery passion, all of which bled into her now iconic songwriting. 'Perfect' offers a true insider's view, and deep psychological insight into Christine as a both a woman and a musician.
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Author(s): Lesley-Ann Jones
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The only authoritative biography of the Fleetwood Mac legend, by a close friend and bestselling author
Christine McVie - born Christine Perfect - was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac. Straddling the band's incarnations to achieve global fame alongside Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie, the classic line-up, she wrote and performed many of their greatest hits.
As famous for their occasionally life-threateningly decadent lifestyles as for their musical brilliance, they were held together by this strong, constant figure whom they dubbed 'the mother' of the band. It was Christine who contained the flock, regrouped them when they went AWOL, focused and blended their talents and always got them back on track.
And yet, as the 'engine' of the band during their Rumours era - an album which charted the complete romantic disintegration within the band
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Christine McVie is Subject of New Biography, ‘Songbird’
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by Best Classic Bands StaffChristine McVie is the subject of a new biography, Songbird: An Intimate Biography of Christine McVie, from author Lesley-Ann Jones. The 352-page book arrived November 14, 2024, via publisher John Blake in the U.K.; and in the U.S. on Nov. 19 from Hachette Books. [It was originally titled Perfect after McVie’s original surname.] It can be ordered in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.
From the publisher’s announcement: Christine McVie – born Christine Perfect on July 12, 1943, in Lancashire, U.K. – was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac.
Straddling the band’s incarnations to achieve global fame alongside Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie, the band’s most successful line-up, she wrote and sang many of their greatest hits including &