“Where the hell is he?” York College, York, Pennsylvania, USA, 22 January 1974, and Fleetwood Mac are waiting for an important member of their band to arrive: Mick Fleetwood. The drummer is the only original member in this latest version of the group that has been re-modelled by manager Clifford Davis and the rest of the band are getting increasingly uneasy. Singer Elmer Gantry (a veteran of the London scene) and up-coming guitar hero Kirby Gregory (who had been in Curved Air and played sessions with Phil Lynott, Brian Eno and John Kongos) are ready for their first Mac gig, but Mick is nowhere to be seen.
Convinced that they may face an audience riot and legal action if they don’t appear, the group reluctantly go on-stage with deputy drummer Craig Collinge. Assured that Mick will appear each time, they play two more concerts and arrive in New York City for a show at the Academy of Music. Again they are told that the drummer won’t be appearing. During the long break following support acts Silverhead and Kiss, New York promoter Howard Stein and manager Clifford Davis argue. Davis tells him that this is Fleetwood Mac – that he put the group together and owns the name.
