Editing Fleetwood Mac (section)

===1973–1974: Name dispute and "fake Fleetwood Mac"===
In late 1973, after the collapse of the US tour, the band's manager, [[Clifford Davis (music manager)|Clifford Davis]], was left with major touring commitments to fulfill and no band.<ref name="Brunning, B 1998 pp54-55"/> Fleetwood Mac had "temporarily disbanded" in Nebraska and its members had gone their separate ways.<ref name="Fleetwood1990"/><ref name="ReferenceA">p94</ref> Davis was concerned that failing to complete the tour would destroy his reputation with bookers and promoters.<ref name="Fleetwood1990"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/> He sent the band a letter in which he said he "hadn't slaved for years to be brought down by the whims of irresponsible musicians".<ref name="Fleetwood1990"/><ref>p95</ref> Davis claimed that he owned the name 'Fleetwood Mac' and the right to choose the band members.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fleetwood-mac-flak-manager-takes-name-not-members-on-tour-233735/|title=Fleetwood Mac Flak: Manager Takes Name, Not Members, On Tour: Rolling Stone, 28 February 1974: Loraine Alterman| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=28 February 1974|access-date=21 February 2020|archive-date=19 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319050310/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fleetwood-mac-flak-manager-takes-name-not-members-on-tour-233735/|url-status=live}}</ref> He recruited members of the band Legs, which had recently issued one single under Davis's management,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/k16317|title=45cat – Legs – So Many Faces / You Bet You Have – Warner Bros. – UK – K 16317|work=45cat.com|access-date=30 January 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208095847/http://www.45cat.com/record/k16317|url-status=live}}</ref> to tour the US in early 1974<ref name="Brunning, B 1998 pp55-56">Brunning, B (1998): ''Fleetwood Mac – The First 30 Years''. London: Omnibus Press pp55-56</ref> under the name "The New Fleetwood Mac"<ref name="Fleetwood1990"/><ref>p98</ref> and perform the rescheduled dates. This band—who former vocalist Dave Walker said were "very good"<ref name="Brunning, B 1998 p59">Brunning, B (1998): ''Fleetwood Mac – The First 30 Years''. London: Omnibus Press p59</ref>—consisted of [[Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera|Elmer Gantry]] (Dave Terry, formerly of [[Velvet Opera]]: vocals, guitar), [[Kirby Gregory]] (formerly of [[Curved Air]]: guitar), [[Paul Martinez]] (formerly of the [[Downliners Sect]]: bass), John Wilkinson (also known as Dave Wilkinson:<ref>Brunning, B (1998): ''Fleetwood Mac – The First 30 Years''. London: Omnibus Press</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2021}} keyboards) and Australian drummer Craig Collinge (formerly of [[Manfred Mann Chapter Three]], [[The Librettos (band)|The Librettos]], [[Procession (band)|Procession]] and [[Third World War (band)|Third World War]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pleasekillme.com/fakewood-mac/|title=Fakewood Mac: The Unreal Fleetwood Mac 1974: Fiona McQuarrie, 5 August 2019.|date=5 August 2019|access-date=21 February 2020|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221173515/https://pleasekillme.com/fakewood-mac/|url-status=live}}</ref> The members of this group were told that Mick Fleetwood would join them on the tour to validate the use of the name.<ref name="Fake Mac">{{cite web |url=http://www.paulmartinezmusic.com/ |title=Paul Martinez Homepage |access-date=30 January 2015 |publisher=paulmartinezmusic.com |archive-date=18 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218021849/http://paulmartinezmusic.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Fleetwood1990"/> Fleetwood said later that he had not agreed to be part of the tour.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mick Fleetwood|title=Play On: Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pX_WAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT76|date=30 October 2014|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=978-1-4447-5326-4|pages=152|access-date=13 March 2016|archive-date=8 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208151714/https://books.google.com/books?id=pX_WAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT76|url-status=live}}</ref>

The "New Fleetwood Mac" tour began on 16 January 1974 at the [[Syria Mosque]] in [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania,<ref name="mervis">{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2018/10/29/Fleetwood-Mac-Pittsburgh-Lindsey-Buckingham-PPG-Paints-Arena-fake-band-1974-Syria-Mosque/stories/201810290096 |last=Mervis |first=Scott |title=Will the Real Fleetwood Mac Please Stand Up? |website=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=31 October 2018 |access-date=21 February 2020|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221173513/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2018/10/29/Fleetwood-Mac-Pittsburgh-Lindsey-Buckingham-PPG-Paints-Arena-fake-band-1974-Syria-Mosque/stories/201810290096|url-status=live}}</ref> and was initially successful. One of the band members said the first concert "went down a storm".<ref name="Brunning, B 1998 p65">Brunning, B (1998): Fleetwood Mac – The First 30 Years. London: Omnibus Press p65</ref> The promoter was dubious at first but said later that the crowd had loved the band and they were "actually really good".<ref name="mervis"/> More successful gigs followed, but then word got around that this was not the real Fleetwood Mac and audiences became hostile. The band was turned away from several gigs and the next six shows were pulled by promoters. The band struggled on and played further dates in the face of increasing hostility and heckling. More dates were pulled, the keyboard player quit, and after a concert in [[Edmonton]] where bottles were thrown at the stage, the tour collapsed. The band dissolved and the remainder of the tour was cancelled.<ref name="Brunning, B 1998 p65"/>

The [[lawsuit]] that followed regarding who owned the rights to the name "Fleetwood Mac" put the real Fleetwood Mac on hiatus for almost a year. Although the band was named after Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, they had apparently signed contracts in which they had forfeited the rights to the name.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} Their record company, [[Warner Bros. Records]], when appealed to, said they did not know who owned it.<ref name="Brunning, B 1998 p65"/> The dispute was eventually settled out of court, four years later, in what was described as "a reasonable settlement not unfair to either party".<ref name="Brunning, B 1998 p68">Brunning, B (1998): Fleetwood Mac – The First 30 Years. London: Omnibus Press p68</ref> In later years Fleetwood said that, in the end, he was grateful to Davis because the lawsuit was the reason the band moved to California.<ref name="Fleetwood1990"/><ref>p101</ref>

Nobody from the alternative line-up was ever made a part of the real Fleetwood Mac, although some of them later played in Danny Kirwan's studio band. Gantry and Gregory went on to become members of [[Stretch (band)|Stretch]], whose 1975 UK hit single "[[Why Did You Do It?]]" was written about the touring debacle.<ref name="Fake Mac" /> Gantry later collaborated with the [[The Alan Parsons Project|Alan Parsons Project]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ewing |first=Jerry |date=11 May 2022 |title=Collected works of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera on the way |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/collected-works-of-elmer-gantrys-velvet-opera-on-the-way |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=Louder |language=en}}</ref> Martinez went on to play with the [[Deep Purple]] offshoot [[Paice Ashton Lord]], as well as [[Robert Plant]]'s backing band.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartland |first=Nick |date=4 March 2024 |title=Tributes paid to Live Aid musician Paul Martinez |url=https://www.monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-live-aid-musician-paul-martinez-669240 |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=Monmouthshire Beacon}}</ref>