The band hired another guitarist Daniel David Kirwan into their group. Wonderful was released in August that year. Their successful self-titled album was released in February 1968 by a British-blues independent record label.

This line-up made their first appearance on Augat a jazz and blues festival where they performed with the headline “Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac”.Īfter a few months, John McVie agreed to join the group which meant Brunning’s departure since his recruitment was on the basis that he would resign anytime John was ready to join. Peter and Fleetwood got themselves new band members, guitarists Jeremy Cedric Spencer and Bob Robert Brunning (Late). Fleetwood accepted the offer but John initially declined. Peter Green suggested the three form their independent band called “Fleetwood Mac”, a combination of both John and Mick’s surname’s. The three (Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie) became friends and recorded their first five songs in 1967 that year whilst still band members of the Bluesbreakers. The Bluesbreakers also had John McVie as a guitarist for their band.

He left the band two months after his major assistance in their album, A Hard Road. He started out his music career playing the guitar for the British Blues band, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers in 1967 after he was recommended by his friend, Mick Fleetwood. This British-American band began their career as a blues rock band when it was formed in London, England in 1967 by Peter Allen Greenbaum (Peter Green).

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