Friday on my Mind 224: I’d Rather Go Blind; and Reelin’ In the Years 212: Songbird. RIP Christine McVie
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, Friday On My Mind, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 2 December 2022
Another sad loss. This time the songwriter known as Christine McVie.
She first came to my attention as the singer in the band Chicken Shack who had a hit with a cover of I’d Rather Go Blind in 1969. See below.
She later joined Fleetwood Mac whose bass player, John McVie, she had married in 1968. The band’s most successful incarnation coincided with her membership. Many of their most well-known songs were written or co-written by her. From that era of her life I have chosen to feature Songbird as it’s essentially a solo performance.
Chicken Shack: I’d Rather Go Blind
Fleetwood Mac: Songbird
I will refer to her below by her birth name as it is the Scottish tradition for a woman to revert to that on her death. It’s perfect.
Christine Anne Perfect; 12/7/1943 – 30/11/22. So it goes.
Tags: Chicken Shack, Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, Friday On My Mind, I’d Rather Go Blind, Reelin' In The Years, Songbird
