Im in quite bad health, she said.
Ive got a chronic back problem.
…The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak.
We were so lucky to have a life with her.
Individually and together, we cherished Christine deeply and are thankful for the amazing memories we have.
She will be so very missed.
She studied classical music but shifted sharply after discovering Fats Domino.
I got hooked on the blues, she toldMojomagazine.
But she was also playing music professionally.
In 1967, she joined the blues band Chicken Shack as a piano player and background singer.
In 1968, she married Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie and joined the band in 1970.
She became a dominant force, singing lead on more songs than Nicks or singer-songwriter-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.
Fleetwood Mac soldiered on, but tensions grew and led to departures and rotating lineups.
Six months later, the band fired Buckingham over touring disagreements.
As ever, McVie quietly carried on.
Never break the chain, as one of the hits she cowrote goes.
With her final bow, is it finally broken?
