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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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As told to Dave Simpson

Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie: ‘Cocaine and champagne made me perform better’

‘I was mother nature’ … Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac.
‘I was mother nature’ … Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. Photograph: Randee St Nicholas

The UK blues and rock scene of the late 1960s was a very male-focused, testosterone-heavy environment. Did you ever consider yourself a groundbreaker for moving into that world? GeoffWhit

In those days, there were very few women, especially playing the blues, but I never felt singled out. It just all came very naturally to me when I was with Chicken Shack and things started happening for them. Shortly after that I met Fleetwood Mac. It just all fell into place and was really fantastic. Not too many women have said, “Thanks for groundbreaking”, to be honest. I’m sure I was appreciated, but it wasn’t hero worship or anything like that. Can you tell them to start [laughs]?

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