Play On, Mick Fleetwood
Play On, Mick Fleetwood
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Play On
Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography

Author: Mick Fleetwood, Anthony Bozza

Narrator: Martin Dew

Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/28/2014

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

"After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll -- and how the band that has meant everything to me came to define me. I'm looking forward to sharing it with you."

Mick Fleetwood has been a member of the ever-evolving Fleetwood Mac, one of the world's most successful and adored bands, for over four decades. Here he tells the full and candid story of his life as one of music's greatest drummers and bandleaders, the cofounder of the deeply loved supergroup that bears his name and that of his bandmate and lifelong friend John McVie. In this intimate portrait of a life lived in music, Fleetwood vividly recalls his upbringing tapping along to every song playing on the radio, his experiences as a musician in '60s London, and the earliest permutation of the band featuring Peter Green.

Play On sheds new light on Fleetwood Mac's raucous history, describing the highs and lows of being in the band that Fleetwood was determined to keep together. Here he reflects on the creation of landmark albums such as Rumours and Tusk, the great loves of his life, and the many incredible and outrageous moments of recording, touring, and living with Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood describes these moments with honesty and immediacy, taking us to the very heart of this multilayered journey that has always been anchored in music.

Through it all, from intense love to plaintive heartaches, from collaborations to confrontations, it's been the drive to play on that has prevailed. Now, then, and always, it's Fleetwood Mac.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diamond on December 11, 2021

Fleetwood did a masterful job on explaining the insanity of the rock busines. The different people he got the pleasure, and yes pain, of playing with was amazing. His carreer lasted over fifty years. I recommend this book to all.......more

Goodreads review by Meagan on September 22, 2012

Okay. Let's talk about Fleetwood by Mick Fleetwood. Frankly, I love all the incarnations of this band, though the later excesses are pretty impossible to reconcile. (If you're like me, hearing Mick Fleetwood try to rationalize spending gobs of money on having Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks' hotel......more

Goodreads review by Andy on March 26, 2008

Book works its magic for me when drummer Fleetwood discusses the Fleetwood Mac blues band from the Sixties when he played with three (3!)blazing guitarist/songwriters who all faded into darkness and insanity. The book gets weird when Fleetwood becomes a coke whore, lusts page after page over Stevie N......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on August 12, 2024

Despite the fact that I am only a casual fan of the most successful version of Fleetwood Mac (I find the era prior to Stevie and Lindsey joining much more engaging musically), I found the book kept my interest invested throughout, and Mick's prose was consistently candid and honest, warts and all.......more

Goodreads review by Shiv Patel on May 01, 2025

Just a group of people sleeping with one another and doing drugs and makin music. If you are expecting a lot of music talk you’ll be disappointed. This is mostly stories relating to the dynamic of the group. It’s a stereotypical rockstar lifestyle. #expand......more


Quotes

Praise for Fleetwood Mac

"The endlessly regenerative California-rock legend." -- Rolling Stone