A book showcasing the legendary Fleetwood Mac blues session at Chicago’s Chess Studios in January 1969
This book focuses on a crucial moment in the history of one of the most popular bands in music history and its beginnings as a blues band in the late 1960s. It includes many never-before-seen color and black-and-white photos from this legendary session. High quality images show founding Fleetwood Mac members Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie with the major Chicago blues musicians - Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, and Buddy Guy – of the time. Also featured throughout the book are recollections by many of Fleetwood Mac’s contemporaries, such as Kim Simmonds, Aynsley Dunbar, and Martin Barre, as well as a new interview with Buddy Guy.
The resulting volume is sure to be a must-have that belongs on every fan's and collector's bookshelf.
4 stars of 5 on this one. Mainly a coffee table book with some text, but mainly packed with photos of the session. I would have liked to have seen a few photos of the outside of the building on 21st Street from that time period, where the proceedings took place that day in January of 1969. Also maybe a listing of all the recordings, who played or sang on what song etc., though of course all that is available on Wikipedia. If you are a fan of Chess Records, and especially a fan of Fleetwood Mac, this is a book to have.