Editing Mick Fleetwood

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{{Infobox person
| name             = Mick Fleetwood
| image            = FleetMacTulsa031018-33 (31359883398).jpg
| caption          = Fleetwood performing with [[Fleetwood Mac]] in 2018
| birth_name       = Michael John Kells Fleetwood
| alias            = 
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1947|06|24}}
| birth_place      = [[Redruth]], [[Cornwall]], England
| death_date       = 
| occupation       = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* songwriter
}}
| spouse           = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Jenny Boyd]]|June 1970|1976|reason=div.}}
* {{marriage|<!-- Jenny Boyd-->|1977|1978|reason=div.}}
* {{marriage|Sara Recor|1988|1995|reason=div.}}
* {{marriage|Lynn Frankel|1995|2015|reason=div.}}
}}
| children         = 4
| years_active     = 1963–present
| module           = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| instrument       = {{flatlist|
* Drums
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}}
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [[Blues]]
* [[Rock music|rock]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]
}}
| label            = {{flatlist|
* [[Blue Horizon (record label)|Blue Horizon]]
* [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[RCA Records|RCA]]
* [[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]
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* [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers]] 
* [[Fleetwood Mac]]
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| website          = {{URL|mickfleetwood.com}}
}}
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'''Michael John Kells Fleetwood''' (born 24 June 1947) is a British<!-- as per [[MOS:BIO]] Nationality: the country of which the person was a citizen when the person became notable. Fleetwood, as is noted throughout the article, became notable as a British citizen/musician --> musician, songwriter and actor. He is the drummer, co-founder, and leader of the rock band [[Fleetwood Mac]]. Fleetwood, whose surname was merged with that of the group's bassist [[John McVie|John "Mac" McVie]] (the only two members to appear on every studio album during the band's run) to form the name of the band, was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] with Fleetwood Mac in 1998. 

Born in [[Redruth]], Cornwall, Fleetwood lived in Egypt and Norway for much of his childhood. Choosing to follow his musical interests, Fleetwood travelled to London at the age of 15, eventually forming the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac with [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]], [[Jeremy Spencer]] and [[Bob Brunning]]. After several album releases and line-up changes, the group moved to the United States in 1974. Fleetwood then invited [[Lindsey Buckingham]] and [[Stevie Nicks]] to join. Buckingham and Nicks contributed to much of Fleetwood Mac's later commercial success, including the celebrated album ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]'', while Fleetwood's own determination to keep the band together was essential to the band's longevity.<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;1–12.</ref><ref>Brackett (2007) p. xvi–xx.</ref> 
Fleetwood has also enjoyed a solo career, published written works, and flirted briefly with acting.

==Early life==
Michael John Kells Fleetwood was born in [[Redruth]], Cornwall, second child to John Joseph Kells Fleetwood and Bridget Maureen (née Brereton) Fleetwood.<ref name=obit>'Susan Fleetwood; Obituary,' ''[[The Times]]'' (2 October 1995), p. 23</ref><ref name="carroll 14-15">Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;14–15.</ref> His elder sister was actress [[Susan Fleetwood]].<ref name="carroll 14-15" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/4/Susan-Fleetwood.html | title=Susan Fleetwood Biography (1944–1995) | publisher=Filmreference.com | date=21 September 1944 | access-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> In early childhood, Fleetwood and his family followed his father, a [[Royal Air Force]] fighter pilot,<ref name="Evans 21">Evans (2011) p. 21.</ref> to Egypt. Six years later, they moved to Norway where his father was deployed by [[NATO]].<ref name=obit/> He attended school there and became fluent in [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]].<ref name="Fleetwood" /><ref>Fleetwood (1991) p. ?</ref>

Biographer [[Cath Carroll]] describes the young Fleetwood as "a dreamer, an empathetic youth" who, though intelligent, did not excel academically.<ref name="carroll 14-15" /> According to his own autobiography,<ref name="Fleetwood"/> Fleetwood had an extremely difficult and trying time academically at the English boarding schools he attended,<ref name="Evans 21"/> including King's School at [[Sherborne House, Gloucestershire|Sherborne House]] in Gloucestershire and [[Wynstones School]] in Gloucestershire. He performed poorly on exams, which he attributed to his inability to memorise facts.<ref name="Fleetwood"/> He nevertheless enjoyed acting during school, often in drag, and was a competent [[fencing|fencer]].<ref name="carroll 14-15" /> At {{height|ft=6|in=6}} tall, he was an imposing figure, and sported a beard and long hair for much of his life. "Mick was very aristocratic," recalls [[Ken Caillat]], a sound engineer on ''Rumours''. "The way he formed sentences was impeccable. When he spoke, everyone stopped and listened. He was quiet and wise, and he had a great sense of humour. He loved to laugh, but he was also a straight shooter."<ref name="Caillat">Caillat (2012) p. 38.</ref>

Abandoning academic pursuits, Fleetwood took up the drums after his parents, recognising that he might find a future in music, bought him a "Gigster" drum kit when he was thirteen.<ref name="Evans 21"/> His family encouraged his artistic side, as his father composed poetry and was an amateur drummer himself.<ref name="Evans 21"/> Fleetwood was inspired—as he said at the Brits Awards ceremony in 1989—by [[Cliff Richard]], [[Tony Meehan]] (drummer of [[the Shadows]]), and [[The Everly Brothers]].<ref name="carroll 14-15" /> With his parents' support, he dropped out of school at 15 and, in 1963, moved to London to pursue a career as a drummer.<ref name="Fleetwood"/> At first, he stayed with his younger sister Sally in [[Notting Hill]].<ref name="Evans 22-23">Evans (2011) p.&nbsp;22–23.</ref> After a brief stint working at [[Liberty (store)|Liberty]] in London, he found his first opportunity in music.<ref name="carroll 14-15" />

==Career==

===Early efforts in London===
Keyboard player [[Peter Bardens]] lived only a few doors away from Fleetwood's first home in London,<ref name="Evans 22-23"/> and upon hearing of the proximity of an available drummer, Bardens gave Fleetwood his first gig in Bardens' band the Cheynes in July 1963, thus seeding the young drummer's musical career.<ref name="Evans 22-23"/> It would take him from the Cheynes—with whom he supported early gigs by the [[Rolling Stones]] and the [[Yardbirds]]—to stints in [[the Bo Street Runners]], where he replaced original drummer [[Nigel Hutchinson]],<ref name=stuff>{{cite news |first=James|last=Croot |title=Goodbye Pork Pie producer Nigel Hutchinson dies, aged 75 |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/90880346/Goodbye-Pork-Pie-producer-Nigel-Hutchinson-passes-away |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=27 March 2017 |access-date=19 April 2017}}</ref> who had enjoyed brief television fame on ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]''.<ref name="Evans 22-23"/> However, by April 1965, when Fleetwood joined the band, it was fading into obscurity.<ref name="Evans 22-23"/> By February 1966, Bardens, who had left the group, called on Fleetwood to join his new band, the Peter Bs, which soon expanded to become [[Shotgun Express]] (with [[Rod Stewart]]). [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]], who was a guitarist in the Peter Bs,<ref name="Evans 22-23"/>  left to  join [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers]], followed  by  Fleetwood in April 1967. Mayall’s new  band already featured John McVie.<ref name="carroll 14-15" />

Green became a supportive bandmate who helped Fleetwood in his early experimentation with the drum kit.<ref name="Carroll">Carroll (2004) p. 16.</ref> Fleetwood was, however, dismissed from the Bluesbreakers for repeated insobriety during gigs.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 19.</ref> Both Fleetwood and McVie were heavy drinkers, and their combined efforts were too much for Mayall and the band to cope with.<ref name="Evans 22-23"/> Green, feeling trapped within the Bluesbreakers, also left in June 1967. Recalling "his favourite rhythm section, 'Fleetwood Mac'"—Mick Fleetwood and John McVie—Green elected to invite both to join him in his new band, Fleetwood Mac. Though McVie hesitated briefly due to financial reasons, both joined Green by the summer of 1967 with a record contract on the horizon.<ref name="Evans 24">Evans (2011) p. 24.</ref>

===Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac===
[[File:Fleetwood mac mick fleetwood 2.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Fleetwood performing with Fleetwood Mac in 1970]]
The initial incarnation of Fleetwood Mac performed its first gig in August 1967 at the seventh annual [[National Jazz and Blues Festival|Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival]], playing a Chicago-style blues.<ref>Carroll (2004), p. 21.</ref> McVie, initially hesitant to commit, was later prompted to leave the Bluesbreakers and join Fleetwood Mac full-time when the former adopted a horns section with which he disagreed.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 22.</ref> He replaced the initial bassist, [[Bob Brunning]]. McVie, Fleetwood, Green and guitarist [[Jeremy Spencer]] thus formed the first fixed line-up of Fleetwood Mac.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 23.</ref>

The band's first album, ''[[Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac]]'', was released in 1968, and the band toured the United States for the first time, though Green was reluctant to do so for fear of [[gun crime]].<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 24.</ref> Upon their return, they recorded a second album, ''[[Mr. Wonderful (Fleetwood Mac album)|Mr. Wonderful]]'' under simply "Fleetwood Mac" with Green's name dropped.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 25.</ref> A guest musician on the album, [[Christine McVie|Christine Perfect]], became close with the group. She and McVie married in 1968. A third guitarist, [[Danny Kirwan]], was also added to the line-up. Despite the success of their third album, ''[[Then Play On]]'', and a string of hit singles including "[[Albatross (instrumental)|Albatross]]" and "[[Man of the World (song)|Man of the World]]", Green himself drifted away from the band, struggling both creatively and with increasing use of [[LSD]].<ref>Brackett (2007) p.&nbsp;35–36.</ref>

===1970–1973===
Fleetwood remained a consistent presence in the ever-changing line-up of the group following the departure of Green in May 1970, when Spencer and Kirwan assumed more central roles in the group's song-writing.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |url=http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/boyd.htm |title=Jenny Boyd |author=Martin Adelson, Lisa Adelson |work=fleetwoodmac.net |access-date=19 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312014805/http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/boyd.htm |archive-date=12 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780671734404 |url-access= registration |quote= mick fleetwood jenny remarried 1976. |title=Musicians in Tune|author=Jenny Boyd, Holly George-Warren |publisher=Simon & Schuster|date= 1 May 1992 |access-date=19 March 2013 |isbn= 978-0-671-73440-4}}</ref> In September 1970 the release of ''[[Kiln House]]'' saw a line-up of Spencer, Kirwan, John McVie and Fleetwood, with Christine McVie providing keyboards and backing vocals.<ref name="kilnhouse">{{cite AV media notes|others= Fleetwood Mac |title= Kiln House |title-link= Kiln House |type= CD booklet notes |year= 1970 |publisher= Reprise }}</ref> Fleetwood, "a social creature who prized community and communication", was particularly taken with the group's new living arrangements: they moved into a large [[Victorian era|Victoria-era]] mansion near [[Headley, East Hampshire|Headley, Hampshire]].<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 32.</ref>

By early 1971, with Christine McVie becoming an official member of the band, Fleetwood and the group boarded a plane to San Francisco. Spencer, fearful following the recent [[1971 San Fernando earthquake]], reluctantly boarded the plane.<ref name="Fleetwood">{{cite book | last = Fleetwood | first = Mick | title = Fleetwood–My Life and Adventures with Fleetwood Mac | year = 1990 | publisher = Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd | isbn = 0-283-06126-X}}</ref> He left the hotel abruptly one afternoon and disappeared. He was found several days later to have joined [[Family International]], then known as Children of God, a [[Religious denomination|religious group]].<ref name=Beit-Hallahmi>{{Cite book  | last =Beit-Hallahmi  | first =Benjamin  | title =The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Active New Religions, Sects, and Cults  | publisher =Rosen Publishing Group  | year =1993  | isbn =978-0-8239-1505-7  | url =https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00beit  }}</ref> Once more, Fleetwood attempted to mediate; however, Spencer would not return. [[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]] would become their next member.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 33.</ref> Their next album, ''[[Future Games]]'', was released later that year. ''[[Bare Trees]]'' came a year later, in 1972.<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;34–35.</ref> During the subsequent tours to promote the latter, Fleetwood once more adopted the role of mediator. Kirwan's self-destructive personality and problems with alcohol culminated in a refusal to go on stage before one concert; Fleetwood himself made the decision to fire the band member.<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;35–36.</ref> Furthermore, there were early signs of strife in the marriage of John and Christine McVie. Fleetwood again stepped in to mediate between the two members, talking Christine out of a decision to leave the group.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 35.</ref> The band added guitarist [[Bob Weston (guitarist)|Bob Weston]] and vocalist [[Dave Walker]], formerly of [[Savoy Brown]] and [[the Idle Race]]. The resulting turmoil, however, negatively affected their next album, ''[[Penguin (album)|Penguin]]'', released in 1973 to poor reviews.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 37.</ref> Walker was subsequently asked to leave the group, and the next album ''[[Mystery to Me]]'' was received more warmly.<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;38–39.</ref>

In October 1973, Fleetwood instructed Weston—who had engaged in an affair with Fleetwood's wife—to leave Fleetwood Mac.<ref name="auto5">Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;39–40.</ref><ref>Carroll (2004) p. 109, 121–122.</ref> Meanwhile, manager [[Clifford Davis (music manager)|Clifford Davis]] began to lead a separate group of musicians under the name 'Fleetwood Mac', and his increasing legal assault on the original group pushed Fleetwood and his fellow band members to consider managing themselves. Fleetwood took on more managerial responsibility and leadership over the group.<ref name="auto3">Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;40–41.</ref>

===''Heroes Are Hard to Find'', ''Fleetwood Mac'', ''Rumours''===
[[File:Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.jpg|right|thumb|Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham on the ''Say You Will'' Tour in 2003]]
In 1974, the band moved to Los Angeles, where they recorded the album ''[[Heroes Are Hard to Find]]''. By November 1974, Bob Welch had left the band.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Welch Q&A Session, November 1999|url=http://fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/bobwelch_qa1.htm|publisher=The Penguin: Everything That is Fleetwood Mac|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927041747/http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/bobwelch_qa1.htm|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Meanwhile, Fleetwood was planning a follow-up album to ''Heroes Are Hard to Find'' – Welch's last with the group – which had charted at #34 in the US. Fleetwood was shopping with his children when a chance encounter with an old friend led him to visit [[Sound City Studios|Sound City]] and producer [[Keith Olsen]]. While at the studio, Olsen played samples from an album entitled ''[[Buckingham Nicks]]''. Fleetwood immediately "was in awe".<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;64–65.</ref> On New Year's Eve, 1974, Fleetwood contacted Olsen to advise him that their planned project was on hiatus after Welch's departure, however, he then suggested that Nicks and Buckingham join Fleetwood Mac.<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;66–67.</ref> The group ate together with Nicks and Fleetwood at a local restaurant before practising together for the first time in the new studio.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 67.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lindsey Buckingham|url=http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/lindsey.htm|publisher=Fleetwoodmac.net|access-date=7 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Behind the Music Remastered: Fleetwood Mac|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/behind-the-music-remastered/full-episodes/behind-the-music-remastered-fleetwood-mac/1654105/playlist.jhtml|publisher=VH1|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-date=10 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910201933/http://www.vh1.com/video/behind-the-music-remastered/full-episodes/behind-the-music-remastered-fleetwood-mac/1654105/playlist.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The next year, the new line-up released ''[[Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)|Fleetwood Mac]]''. The album proved to be a breakthrough for the band and became a huge hit, reaching No.1 in the US and selling over five million copies. Fleetwood and Olsen collaborated on a number of drumming innovations. "It was all about 'plastic puke.' First off, for the kick drum I had Mick use a real skin, not a plastic head. All the bass drum sounds had snap and rack and warmth, but the snare drum on the whole album was a plastic puke."<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 72.</ref> The album had reached No. 1 come November 1976, and at this time Fleetwood Mac became self-managing, with Fleetwood himself arguing that an external manager would be less apt at holding together such a group of dynamic personalities.<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;73–74.</ref> He put forward an idea of promising to reimburse any losses suffered by promoters should they occur, in an attempt to raise the group's profile and earn more contracts and gigs. "Self-management was the right decision," remembered freelance ''Rolling Stone'' writer John Grissim. "Mick Fleetwood had great leadership skills&nbsp;... had a great deal of experience—nine years. They were business-like, they always delivered the product and had the right lawyers and accountants for the job. They didn't need what Van Morrison called 'pressure mongers,'...&nbsp;they just needed to get on and make a really good album."<ref>Carroll (2005) p.&nbsp;79–80.</ref> Ken Caillat, sound engineer on ''Rumours'', concurred that Fleetwood "had superb intuition and a flair for taking risks".<ref>Caillat (2012) p. 4.</ref>
[[File:The Plant - Sausalito - front door 2.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Large, wooden building with a brown door (showing woodland animals play musical instruments) located in the bottom, centre left, and the large numbers "2200" painted in white above the door, centre-right. Asymmetrical trees with hanging foliage frame the building on all sides, while on the asphalt in the foreground, there are parking spaces and a disabled person sign.|''Rumours'' was largely recorded in Sausalito's [[Record Plant]], a wooden structure with few windows, located at 2200 Bridgeway.]]

Like many musicians during the 1970s in Los Angeles, Fleetwood Mac began using copious amounts of [[cocaine]].<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;82–86.</ref> Fleetwood would go on to recollect in his autobiography that "Until then, Fleetwood Mac hadn't had much experience with this Andean rocket fuel. Now we discovered that a toot now and then relieved the boredom of long hours in the studio with little nourishment."<ref name="FLEETWOOD: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac - A Review" /> The personal relationships between the band members were becoming frayed. After six months of non-stop touring, the McVies divorced in August 1976, ending nearly eight years of marriage.<ref>[https://www.closerweekly.com/.../inside-the-complicated-romances-of-fleetwood-mac-]{{dead link|date=May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/chris.htm|title=Christine McVie|website=www.fleetwoodmac.net|access-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901150008/http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/chris.htm|archive-date=1 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Carroll_b">Carroll (2004) p. 109.</ref><ref name=RSINT>{{cite magazine|title=The True Life Confessions of Fleetwood Mac|author=Crowe, Cameron|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=24 March 1977|issue=235}}</ref> The couple stopped talking to each other socially and discussed only musical matters.<ref name=dvd9min>''Classic Albums'', c. 09:15–11:50</ref> Buckingham and Nicks also fought often, a fact that was revealed to fans by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in April 1976.<ref name="Carroll_b" /> The duo's arguments stopped only when they worked on songs together.<ref>''Classic Albums'', c. 05:20–05:30</ref> At the same time, Christine McVie and Nicks became closer.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 91.</ref> Fleetwood, meanwhile, began searching for a new recording location, and landed on the [[Record Plant]] of [[Sausalito, California]].<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 99.</ref> Grissim, working for ''Rolling Stone'', frequently met with the group and took a particular liking to Fleetwood, whom he described as "a real pro."<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 105.</ref>

Fleetwood Mac convened at the Record Plant February 1976 with hired [[audio engineer|engineers]] Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut.<ref name=SOS>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug07/articles/classictracks_0807.htm|title=Classic Tracks: Fleetwood Mac 'Go Your Own Way'|author=Buskin, Richard|work=[[Sound on Sound]]|date=August 2007|access-date=30 December 2009}}</ref> Most band members complained about the studio and wanted to record at their homes, but Fleetwood did not allow any moves.<ref name=dvd11min>''Classic Albums'', c. 11:50–12:30</ref> Despite his talent at keeping the group together, the recording of ''Rumours'' was fraught with emotional turmoil due to the collapsing relationships within the line-up. Christine McVie and Nicks decided to live in two condominiums near the city's harbour, while the male contingent stayed at the studio's lodge in the adjacent hills.<ref>''Classic Albums'', c. 31:30–32:55</ref> [[Chris Stone (entrepreneur)|Chris Stone]], one of the Record Plant's owners, recalled that "The band would come in at 7&nbsp;at&nbsp;night, have a big feast, party till&nbsp;1&nbsp;or&nbsp;2 in the morning, and then when they were so whacked-out they couldn't do anything, they'd start recording".<ref name=stone>{{Cite magazine |title=Bay Area's Plant Marks 25 Years|author=Verna, Paul|magazine=Billboard|page=45|date=8 November 1997}}</ref> Fleetwood often played his drum kit outside the studio's partition screen to better gauge Caillat's and Dashut's reactions to the music's [[groove (music)|groove]].<ref name=dvda>{{Cite video|people = Fleetwood Mac| title = Making of Rumours| medium = DVD-Audio (''Rumours'')| publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]| date = 2001 }}</ref> After the final [[audio mastering|mastering]] stage and hearing the songs back-to-back, the band members sensed they had recorded something "pretty powerful".<ref>''Classic Albums'', c. 50:30–51:50</ref>

''Rumours'' was a huge commercial success and became Fleetwood Mac's second US number one record.  It stayed at the top of the ''Billboard''&nbsp;200 for 31&nbsp;non-consecutive weeks, while also reaching number one in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The album was certified [[Platinum record|platinum]] in America and the UK within months of release after one&nbsp;million units and 300,000&nbsp;units were shipped respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php |title=RIAA: Gold & Platinum |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=18 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626174049/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php |archive-date=26 June 2007 }} ''Note: User search required.''</ref> The band and co-producers Caillat and Dashut, would go on to win the 1978 [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]]. By March, the album had sold over 10&nbsp;million copies worldwide, including over eight&nbsp;million in the US alone.<ref name=ad>{{Cite magazine |title=Rumours [Data]|author=Warner Bros. Records|magazine=Billboard|page=SW-15|date=25 February 1978}}</ref>

===''Tusk'', experimentation===
''[[Tusk (album)|Tusk]]'', Fleetwood Mac's 12th studio album, was released in 1979. The work represented a more experimental direction taken by Buckingham. Fleetwood, recently diagnosed as having [[diabetes]] after suffering recurring bouts of [[hypoglycemia|hypoglycaemia]] during several live shows,<ref>{{cite web |author=Martin E. Adelson |url=http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/mick.htm |title=Mick Fleetwood |publisher=Fleetwoodmac.net |access-date=15 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325224648/http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/mick.htm |archive-date=25 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was again instrumental in maintaining the band's cohesion. He placated Buckingham over feelings of creative claustrophobia and discomfort playing alongside Nicks. On the issue of Buckingham taking creative control away from the other members of the group for the creation of ''Tusk'', Fleetwood recounts that his three-day discussion with Buckingham culminated in him telling the latter that "if it's good, then go ahead."<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 180.</ref> Though the nature of the album strained relationships again within the band—particularly John McVie, a long-established blues musician who disliked the experimental nature of the album—Fleetwood himself rates the album as his favourite by Fleetwood Mac, and cites the freedom of creative expression allotted to each band member as integral to the survival of the group.<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;189–192.</ref> The album sold four million copies worldwide, a return noticeably poorer than ''Rumours''. Though Buckingham was blamed by the record labels, Fleetwood linked the album's relative failure to the [[RKO General|RKO]] radio chain playing the album in its entirety prior to release, thus allowing mass home taping.<ref>Fleetwood (1991) p. 219.</ref>

===Later career===
[[File:Mick Fleetwood crop.png|thumb|left|Fleetwood in 2009]]
Fleetwood has also led a number of side projects. 1981's ''[[The Visitor (Mick Fleetwood album)|The Visitor]]'' produced by [[Richard Dashut]], featured heavy African stylistics and a rerecording of "Rattlesnake Shake" with Peter Green.

In 1983, Fleetwood formed Mick Fleetwood's Zoo and recorded ''I'm Not Me''. The album featured a minor hit, "I Want You Back", and a cover version of [[the Beach Boys]]' "Angel Come Home". A later version of the group featured [[Bekka Bramlett]] on vocals and recorded 1991's ''Shaking the Cage''. Fleetwood released ''Something Big'' in 2004 with the Mick Fleetwood Band, and his most recent album is ''[[Blue Again!]]'',<ref>[http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/prnewswire/press_releases/California/2009/02/12/LA69946 Blue Again press release] ''San Francisco Business Times'', 12 February 2009</ref> appearing in October 2008 with the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band touring to support it, interspersed with the ''Unleashed'' tour of Fleetwood Mac.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102442878 NPR interview] of Mick Fleetwood 28 March 2009</ref>

Fleetwood has played drums on many of his bandmates' solo records, including ''[[Law and Order (album)|Law and Order]]'', where he played on the album's biggest hit, "[[Trouble (Lindsey Buckingham song)|Trouble]]". Other albums include ''[[French Kiss (Bob Welch album)|French Kiss]]'', ''[[Three Hearts]]'', ''[[The Wild Heart (album)|The Wild Heart]]'', ''[[Christine McVie (album)|Christine McVie]]'', ''Try Me'', ''[[Under the Skin (Lindsey Buckingham album)|Under the Skin]]'', ''[[Gift of Screws]]'', and ''[[In Your Dreams (Stevie Nicks album)|In Your Dreams]]''. In 2007 he was featured on drums for the song "God" along with [[Jack's Mannequin]] in the Pop album ''[[Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur]]'', a collection of covers of [[John Lennon]] songs.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7VAaOgL3Rs |title=God (feat. Mick Fleetwood) |date=27 January 2017 |last=Jack's Mannequin - Topic |access-date=10 June 2024 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

Fleetwood co-authored ''Fleetwood—My Life and Adventures with Fleetwood Mac'' with writer Stephen Davis. The book was published in 1990. In the book, he discussed his experiences with other musicians including [[Eric Clapton]], members of [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Led Zeppelin]], as well as the affair with [[Stevie Nicks]] and his [[Substance use disorder|addiction]] to cocaine and his personal bankruptcy.<ref name="Fleetwood"/> Reception was mixed. Robert Waddell of the ''[[New York Times]]'' described the piece as "a blithe, slapdash memoir."<ref name="FLEETWOOD: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac - A Review">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/18/books/in-short-nonfiction-980490.html | title=FLEETWOOD: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac – A Review | newspaper=The New York Times | access-date=9 September 2013 | author=Waddell, Robert| date=18 November 1990 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/fleetwood-mac/biography | title=Fleetwood Mac | magazine=Rolling Stone | access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''{{'}}s Steve Hochman noted that "Fleetwood tells the story as if he was sitting in your living room, which is good for the intimacy of the tale, but bad for the rambling, sometimes redundant telling."<ref name="la times review">{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-09-ca-8312-story.html | title="FLEETWOOD: MY LIFE AND ADVENTURES IN FLEETWOOD MAC" By Mick Fleetwood with Stephen Davis William Morrow & Co | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | access-date=9 September 2013 | author=Hochman, Steve}}</ref> Hochman did acknowledge that Fleetwood was "one of rock's more colorful characters."<ref name="la times review" />

Fleetwood has a secondary career as a TV and film actor, usually in minor parts. His roles in this field have included a leader of the Resistance in ''[[The Running Man (1987 film)|The Running Man]]'' (1987), and as a guest alien in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[Manhunt (TNG episode)|Manhunt]]" (1989).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mick Fleetwood {{!}} Music Artist, Actor, Producer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281450/ |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>

Fleetwood co-hosted the 1989 [[BRIT Awards]], which contained numerous gaffes and flubbed lines. In the wake of this public mishap, the BRIT Awards were pre-recorded for the next 18 years until 2007; the awards are now again broadcast live to the British public.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 June 2013 |title=Happy Birthday Mick Fleetwood |url=https://www.houstonseagle.com/entertainment/happy-birthday-mick-fleetwood/aNY3vRMCLNwfrsv9At6MTM/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |website=106.9 & 107.5 The Eagle |language=en}}</ref>

In 1998, Fleetwood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/07/25/news/fleetwood-mac-blues-guitarist-peter-green-dies-at-73/|title=Fleetwood Mac blues guitarist Peter Green dies at 73|agency=Associated Press|date=25 July 2020|access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref>

As of March 2021, Fleetwood had been a member of Fleetwood Mac for 53 years and was the only band member who had been in the band for its entire history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-03-24/mick-fleetwood-mac-peter-green-guitarist-tribute|title=Mick Fleetwood on Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac's survival|work=Los Angeles Times|date=24 March 2021|access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref>

==Playing style==
{{quotebox|salign=right|God knows, if the drums aren't right, then the song is not survivable.|source=—Mick Fleetwood<ref>Caillat (2012) p. 23.</ref>}}
Fleetwood was a self-taught drummer from his early childhood, after moving from a lacklustre academic performance at school to a love of music encouraged by his family, who bought him his first drum kit.<ref name="carroll 14-15"/> His first years were heavily influenced by [[Tony Meehan]] and [[The Everly Brothers]], and during his formative years in London during the late 1960s, Green helped Fleetwood through bouts of "rhythmic dyslexia" during live performances when Fleetwood panicked and lost the beat.<ref name="Carroll" /> He often sang [[filled pause]]s along to songs to help keep the beat.<ref>Caillat (2012) p.&nbsp;38–39.</ref> Green also instilled in Fleetwood an ability to follow and predict the lead guitarist, enabling him to meet the guitar with the drum rhythm as well as allowing him to know a good guitarist when he saw one—which would in part lead him later in his career to select [[Lindsey Buckingham]].<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 17.</ref>
[[File:FleetwoodDrumming1.jpg|thumb|left|Fleetwood drumming in 2013]]

Bob Brunning recalled from his early involvement with Fleetwood Mac that Fleetwood was "very open to playing with different people as long as he didn't have to change his style. He was, and is, a completely straightforward drummer, and it works with a lot of different styles. I don't s'pose [sic] he's played a traditional drum solo in his life!"<ref name="Carroll_a">Carroll (2004) p. 18.</ref> Biographer Carroll highlights this ability as integral to the success of Fleetwood Mac, arguing that Fleetwood was not a virtuoso, but his disciplined and in-distractable manner of play allowed him to hold together a band of strong leading personalities without impinging upon their expression.<ref>Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;18–19.</ref>

Caillat, in contrast, cites Fleetwood as "still one of the most amazing drummers I've ever met. He had his rack of tom drums arranged back to front. Most drummers place them from high to low (in pitch) from their left to right, but Mick chose to place his mid, high, low. I think perhaps this helped him develop his unique style. He hit his drums very hard, except for his kick drum. For some reason, when he played his high hat, it distracted him. He would keep perfect beat with his kick, but he played it so softly that we could hear his mouth noises through his kick mic."<ref name="Caillat" />
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==Personal life==
Fleetwood has been married to three women<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mick-fleetwood-finalizes-divorce-from-wife-lynn_n_56687723e4b009377b235ad8|title=Fleetwood Mac Star's Divorce Finalized|first=Brittany|last=Wong|date=9 December 2015|website=HuffPost}}</ref> and has four children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mick-fleetwood-plays-on/|title=Mick Fleetwood plays on|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=28 September 2014 }}</ref>

In the 1960s, Fleetwood became infatuated with model [[Jenny Boyd]], the younger sister of [[Pattie Boyd]].<ref name="carroll 14-15" /><ref name="thisissurreytoday">{{cite news |url=http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Star-interview-Blues-legend-Mick-Fleetwood-comes-Croydon-s-Fairfield-new-band/story-12660331-detail/story.html |title=Star interview: Blues legend Mick Fleetwood comes to Croydon's Fairfield with his new band |publisher=Thisissurreytoday.co.uk |date=15 October 2008 |access-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927231920/http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Star-interview-Blues-legend-Mick-Fleetwood-comes-Croydon-s-Fairfield-new-band/story-12660331-detail/story.html |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref name="contactmusic">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/fleetwoods-daughter-recovering-after-pool-accident_1074915 |title=Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood's Daughter Recovering After Pool Accident|magazine=Contactmusic.com |date=21 July 2008}}</ref> In June 1970, Fleetwood and Jenny Boyd were married.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/>  
In 1973, during Fleetwood Mac’s Mystery to Me U.S. tour, Fleetwood discovered that Boyd was having an affair with band member Weston. Fleetwood, after wrestling with the idea of leaving the band, was later critical of his own role in "neglecting" his family.<ref name="auto5"/> Upon cancelling the remaining Mystery to Me tour, Fleetwood travelled to [[Zambia]] to convalesce. Christine McVie—who was also suffering marital problems—traveled with him for part of the journey.<ref name="auto3"/> Fleetwood and Boyd divorced in 1976.<ref>Brackett (2007) p. 83.</ref>

Boyd and Fleetwood began living together once more in 1976, and temporarily remarried to help their children emigrate from the UK to the US.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 151.</ref> In November 1977, Fleetwood and Nicks began having an affair.<ref>Carroll (2004) p. 175.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://nicksfix.com/rs103097.htm |title=Back on the Chain Gang |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Schruers |first=Fred |date=30 October 1997 |access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/timeline/timeline1970s.html |title=Fleetwood Mac Timeline for the 1970s |publisher=fleetwoodmac-uk.com |access-date=3 June 2010}}</ref> The affair continued sporadically for the next two years until the pair mutually decided to end it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index_vp.php?id=208&c=18|title=UnCut Magazine – Five Go Mad|publisher=Bla.fleetwoodmac.net|access-date=14 October 2012|archive-date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320023836/http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index_vp.php?id=208&c=18|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fleetwood and Boyd's second marriage also ended in divorce.<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/04/mick-fleetwood-splits-from-wife|title=Mick Fleetwood Splits from Wife|website=ABC News}}</ref> They had two daughters together.<ref name="auto4"/>

In November 1978, Fleetwood moved into a [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel-Air]] home with Sara Recor, a mutual friend of Fleetwood and Nicks who was at the time married to another music producer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/stevie-nicks-love-is-fleeting-for-mein-my-life-as-a-travelling-woman-2302744.html |title=Stevie Nicks: 'Love is fleeting for me&nbsp;... in my life as a travelling woman' |work=The Independent |date=26 June 2011 |access-date=9 September 2013 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213092228/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/stevie-nicks-love-is-fleeting-for-mein-my-life-as-a-travelling-woman-2302744.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fleetwood married Recor in 1988; the couple divorced in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/mick-fleetwood-separates-from-wife/|title=Mick Fleetwood Separates from Wife|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=10 April 2013 }}</ref>

Fleetwood married Lynn Frankel in 1995.<ref name="auto1"/> Fleetwood and Frankel had twin daughters who were born in 2002.<ref name="thisissurreytoday" /><ref name="contactmusic" /> The couple divorced in 2015.<ref name="auto1"/>

Fleetwood was a heavy cocaine user in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/mick-fleetwood-cocaine-abuse/|title=Mick Fleetwood: My Cocaine Abuse Was Worse Than Stevie Nicks'|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=5 February 2021 }}</ref>

Fleetwood became a U.S. citizen on 22 November 2006 in Los Angeles.<ref name="Fleetwood"/>

Fleetwood has lived in [[Lahaina]], Maui, Hawaii for years. His restaurant and bar called Fleetwood's were lost to the [[2023 Hawaii wildfires]].<ref name="LA Times">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-08-11/oprah-donates-supplies-maui-wildfire|title=Oprah Winfrey donates supplies to Maui residents affected by 'overwhelming' wildfires|last=Del Rosario|first=Alexandra|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=11 August 2023}}</ref>

==Equipment==
[[File:Fleetwooddrumming2006.jpg|thumb|right|Fleetwood in 2013, surrounded by his extensive drum kit]]
When he was 15, Fleetwood's parents bought him a [[Rogers Drums|Rogers drum kit]], which helped him land his first gig as a drummer.<ref name="Fleetwood Equipment">{{cite web |last1=Flans |first1=Robyn |title=Mick Fleetwood - The Power of Fleetwood Mac |url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/october-november-1980-mick-fleetwood-power-fleetwood-mac/ |website=Modern Drummer |access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref> During his tenure in Fleetwood Mac, he primarily used [[Ludwig Drums]] for live performances and [[Sonor|Sonor Drums]] in the studio. He specifically sought Ludwig drums for their oversized bass drums and tom-toms.<ref name="Own Way">{{cite web |last1=Fleetwood |first1=Mick |title=Mick Fleetwood Goes His Own Way: Talking Drums: Part One |url=https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/477957/Mick-Fleetwood-column-Talking-Drums |website=Express |date=25 May 2014 |access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref> By the [[Tusk Tour|Tusk tour]], Fleetwood dropped both drum kits from his arsenal in favour of [[Tama Drums]]. He attributed his pivot to Tama to Ludwig's supposed deterioration in quality and Sonor's inability to produce a bass drum suitable for Fleetwood's large frame.<ref name="Fleetwood Equipment"/> From the 1990s onwards, Fleetwood has been an endorser of [[Drum Workshop]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dwdrums.com/artists/setups.asp |title=Artist Setups |publisher=Drum Workshop |access-date=1 November 2015 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306234757/http://www.dwdrums.com/artists/setups.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> His drum kit for the [[Say You Will Tour]] was made from wood [[dredging|dredged]] from the bottom of the [[Great Lakes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/mfleetwood/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104012904/http://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/mfleetwood/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2007|title=Guitar Center Interviews|publisher=Gc.guitarcenter.com|access-date=1 November 2015}}</ref> All of his drum shells and hardware are coated in 18 carat gold.<ref name="Own Way"/>

Fleetwood had played [[Paiste]] cymbals from the late 60s to early 90s, favouring their expressiveness and higher frequencies over [[Zildjian]] cymbals.<ref name="Fleetwood Equipment"/> He stopped using Paiste cymbals by 1994 and subsequently switched over to Zildjian.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artists: Mick Fleetwood |url=https://zildjian.com/artists/mick-fleetwood |website=Zildjian |access-date=4 October 2018 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004104210/https://zildjian.com/artists/mick-fleetwood |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He also uses [[Remo]] drumheads, Easton Ahead 5B Light Rock drumsticks and [[Latin Percussion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Behind_The_Mask.html |title=Behind The Mask |publisher=Aln3.albumlinernotes.com |access-date=1 November 2015 |archive-date=9 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109045135/http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Behind_The_Mask.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fleetwood has incorporated many percussion instruments into his drum rig, including a 40 inch Zildjian gong, two rows of [[Mark tree|wind chimes]], and congas.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgenstern |first1=Hans |title=Fleetwood Mac's On With the Show Tour in Miami |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/fleetwood-macs-on-with-the-show-tour-in-miami-7549342 |website=Miami New Times |date=23 March 2015 |access-date=5 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Budofsky |first1=Adam |title=Playback: Mick Fleetwood |url=http://fleetwoodmac-uk.com/articles/FMart139.html |website=FleetwoodMac.uk |publisher=Modern Drummer |access-date=5 October 2018 }}</ref>

== Discography ==
{{See also|Fleetwood Mac discography}}

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; width:40px;" |Year
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" |Album
! style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; width:40px;" |[[Billboard 200|US]]
! style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; width:40px;" |[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<ref name="aus">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=114}}</ref><ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=104}}</ref>
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" |Credit
|-
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" |1981
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" |''[[The Visitor (Mick Fleetwood album)|The Visitor]]''
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |43
| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" |80
| style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" |Mick Fleetwood
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:left; " |2004
| style="text-align:left; " |''[[Something Big (Mick Fleetwood Band album)|Something Big]]''
| style="text-align:center; " |–
| style="text-align:center; " |–
| style="text-align:left; " |The Mick Fleetwood Band
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; width:40px;" |Year
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" |Album
! style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; width:40px;" |[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<ref name="aus" /><ref name="ARIA" />
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" |Credit
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:left; " |2008
| style="text-align:left; " |''[[Blue Again!]]''
| style="text-align:center; " |96
| style="text-align:left; " |The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band feat. [[Rick Vito]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:left; " |2021
| style="text-align:left; " |''[[Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac|Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green]]''
| style="text-align:center; " |35
| style="text-align:left; " |Mick Fleetwood & Friends
|}

===Mick Fleetwood's Zoo===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; width:40px;" |Year
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" |Album
! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;" |Credit
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:left; " |1983
| style="text-align:left; " |''[[I'm Not Me]]''
| style="text-align:left; " |Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="text-align:left; " |1992
| style="text-align:left; " |''[[Shakin' the Cage]]''
| style="text-align:left; " |The Zoo
|}
'''Other'''

* ''[[Total Drumming]]'' - sample and loop compilation

==Songwriting credits for Fleetwood Mac==
Although not a prolific writer, Fleetwood has co-written or written a few songs on Fleetwood Mac's albums.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Song
! style="width:40px;"|<small>[[Canadian Singles Chart]]</small>
! style="width:40px;"|<small>[[Mainstream Rock (chart)|U.S. Mainstream Rock]]</small>
|-
| 1969
| "Fighting for Madge" (Mick Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| 1970
| "[[Jewel Eyed Judy]]" (Kirwan, J. McVie, Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| 1971
| "The Purple Dancer" (Kirwan, J. McVie, Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| 1971
| "What a Shame" ([[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]], Kirwan, [[Christine McVie]], J. McVie, Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| 1977
| "[[The Chain]]" (Buckingham, [[Stevie Nicks]], C. McVie, J. McVie, Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" |51
| style="text-align:center;" |30
|-
| 1970 (1985)
| "On We Jam" ([[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]], [[Danny Kirwan]], [[Jeremy Spencer]], [[John McVie]], Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| 1990
| "Lizard People" ([[Pete Bardens]], Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| 1995
| "[[These Strange Times]]" ([[Raymond Louis Kennedy|Ray Kennedy]], Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" |-
| style="text-align:center;" |-
|-
| 1975 (2004)
| "Jam No.2" ([[Lindsey Buckingham]], C. McVie, J. McVie, Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| 1977 (2004)
| "For Duster (The Blues)" (Buckingham, C. McVie, J. McVie, Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|-
| 1977 (2004)
| "Mic the Screecher" (Fleetwood)
| style="text-align:center;" | -
| style="text-align:center;" | -
|}

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1965 || ''Mods and Rockers'' || Drummer ||Short
|-
| 1987 || ''[[The Running Man (1987 film)|The Running Man]]'' || Mic ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Zero Tolerance (1995 film)|Zero Tolerance]]'' || Helmut Vitch || 
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Snide and Prejudice]]'' || Pablo Picasso || 
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Mr. Music (1997 film)|Mr. Music]]'' || Simon Eckstal || TV movie
|-
| 1998 || ''[[The Corrs: Live at the Royal Albert Hall]]'' || Himself || Special Guest
|- 
| 2001 || ''[[Burning Down the House (film)|Burning Down the House]]'' || Bartender ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Get a Job (2011 film)|Get a Job]]'' || Unemployed Band Member ||  
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1989 || ''[[The BRIT Awards]]'' || Co-Presenter with [[Samantha Fox|Sam Fox]]
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' || Antedean dignitary || Episode "[[Manhunt (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Manhunt]]"
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Wiseguy (TV series)|Wiseguy]]'' || James Elliot || Episode "And It Comes Out Here" 
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Behind the Music]]'' || Himself || Episode: "Fleetwood Mac"
|-
| 2010 || ''Behind the Music: Remastered'' || Himself || Episode: "Fleetwood Mac"
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' || Himself || [[Top Gear (series 19)|Series 19 Episode 2]] "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car"
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives]]'' || Himself || Series 26 Episode 14
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Voice
|-
| 1996
| ''[[You Don't Know Jack (franchise)|You Don't Know Jack Volume 2]]''
| Himself
|}

==See also==
* [[List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards]]

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
====Web====
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite video|people = Fleetwood Mac; Ken Caillat; Richard Dashut| title = [[Classic Albums]] – Fleetwood Mac: Rumours| medium = DVD| publisher=[[Eagle Rock Entertainment]]| date = 2004 }}
* {{cite web|publisher=Music Legends|url=http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/dave-walker-interview-black-sabbath/|title=Dave Walker Interview|access-date=6 May 2013|date=30 December 2011|last=Saulnier|first=Jason|archive-date=6 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006223626/http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/dave-walker-interview-black-sabbath/|url-status=dead}}
{{refend}}

====Written sources====
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |author=Brackett, Donald |title=Fleetwood Mac : 40 years of creative chaos |year=2007 |publisher=Greenwood}}
* {{cite book |author=Brunning, Bob|title=The Fleetwood Mac Story: Rumours and Lies|year=2004|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|isbn=1-84449-011-4}}
* {{cite book | title=Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | author=Caillat, Ken | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-118-21808-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/makingrumoursins00cail }}
* {{cite book | title=Never Break the Chain: Fleetwood Mac and the Making of Rumours | publisher=Vinyl Frontier | author=Carroll, Cath | year=2004 | isbn=1-55652-545-1}}
* {{cite journal |author=Dimartino, Dave |date=December 2014 |title=Mick Fleetwood |department=The Mojo Interview |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |volume=253 |pages=44–49}}
* {{cite book | title=Fleetwood Mac: The Definitive History | publisher=Sterling | author=Evans, Mike | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-4027-8630-3}}
* {{cite book | last=Fleetwood| first=Mick | title=Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac| url=https://archive.org/details/fleetwoodmylifea00fleet| url-access=registration| year=1991 | publisher=Avon Books | isbn=978-0-380-71616-6}}
* {{cite book | author1=Fleetwood, Mick|author2=Bozza, Anthony | author-link2 = Anthony Bozza |title=Play On : Now, Then & Fleetwood Mac : The Autobiography| year=2014 | publisher=Hodder & Stoughton| isbn=978-1-444-75325-7}}
* {{cite book |author=Rooksby, Rikky|title=Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Guide to Their Music|year=2005|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|isbn=1-84449-427-6}}
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