Mick Fleetwood

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Biography

Mick Fleetwood (born Michael John Kells Fleetwood in Cornwall, June 24, 1947) is the longtime drummer in rock band Fleetwood Mac .

  • Primary profession
  • Music_artist·actor·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 24 June 1947
  • Place of birth
  • Redruth
  • Spouses
  • Jenny Boyd·Jenny Boyd
  • Knows language
  • English language

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Trivia

He opened "Fleetwoods Nightclub" in 1991

Founder and leader of rock music group Fleetwood Mac.

His ex-wife, Jenny Boyd , is the younger sister of Pattie Boyd , who married George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Fleetwood referred to Harrison as his brother-in-law, in his autobiography.

Twins Tessa and Ruby with Frankel.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 (as a member of Fleetwood Mac ).

Involved in a televised spoof audition for the position of drummer in the band Spinal Tap in which he played with a paper bag over his head! (their drummers kept dying under strange circumstances!)

Always wears a pair of wooden balls suspended from his belt when drumming! Theyre toilet chain-balls, snatched from a club where Fleetwood Mac played in their early days, and he kept them as a good-luck piece. (Fleetwoods "star turn" in their early stage act was when he came out from behind the drums and "played his balls", dancing and clacking them together.)

His solo album "The Visitor" was inspired by a trip to Africa, where hed heard and played with several native musicians, and preceded Paul Simon s similarly-themed "Graceland" and "The Rhythm Of The Saints" albums by almost a decade.

Took some heat from the other members of Fleetwood Mac , after his autobiography came out, for the out-of-school stories hed told about the band. He apologized to them, explaining that hed done the book "for the money", to recover from his 1980s bankruptcy.

Had been gigging with bands in England as early as age 18, but was able to play age restricted clubs because he looked older.

Fleetwood Mac won the 1998 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution.

Older brother of actress Susan Fleetwood.

Fleetwood Mac was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Former brother-in-law of Pattie Boyd.

Played drums on Warren Zevon s Top 40 hit "Werewolves of London".

Stevie Nicks is godmother of his twin daughters.

Dropped out of school at age 15 and moved to London to become a Drummer.

Lives in Los Angeles, California. He has lived in the United States since the 1970s and became a citizen in 2006.

Stevie Nicks considers Mick her best friend.

Always wears a pair of wooden balls suspended from his belt when drumming.

Involved in a televised spoof audition for the position of drummer in the band Spinal Tap first seen in the film This Is Spinal Tap in which he played with a paper bag over his head.

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