John McVie

John McVie is the quiet backbone I always find myself defending. Half of the name Fleetwood Mac comes from him, alongside Mick Fleetwood, yet the bass is the part nobody notices until it is gone. He came up with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before joining Fleetwood Mac in 1967 and holding down the low end through all the band's chaos and lineup turmoil. I love a craftsman content to anchor a band for a lifetime without the spotlight. Keeping that foundation steady while the stars churned around him is its own kind of mastery, a genuine unsung legend.

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Name (English)

John McVie

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・マクヴィー

Reading

じょん・まくゔぃー

Born

November 26, 1945 (age 80)

Origin

Ealing, United Kingdom

Occupation

bass guitarist / rock musician / songwriter / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20McVie
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726073

Tags

• bass guitarist
• rock musician
• songwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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