The classic five-member Fleetwood Mac lineup cemented their place in rock history with the Grammy-winning, mega-selling album Rumours in 1977. Then a young duo named Buckingham Nicks joined in 1975 in time for the band's self-titled album that same year. McVie herself joined Fleetwood Mac a few years later, just ahead of Bob Welch, who left in 1974.
Her then husband, John McVie, formed the band with Mick Fleetwood back in 1968, the same year the McVies got married.
McVie had an unabating, quiet strength that made her the eye at the center of the volatile Fleetwood Mac storm. How can something that still hits as hard as 'You Make Loving Fun' be several decades old?
Not only because she seemed ageless, but because her songs are absolutely timeless. As far as rock passings go, few seem to have hit the world as hard as Christine McVie's untimely death at the age of 79 on Nov.
