Mick Fleetwood

The Chainkeeper: Rhythm, Governance, and the Survival of Fleetwood Mac

De: Caius D. Merrow

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Mick Fleetwood has always been more than the towering drummer behind Fleetwood Mac. He has been the chainkeeper, the patient steward who held one of rock’s most volatile bands together across decades of departures, addictions, triumphs, and reinventions. From his beginnings in Cornwall and RAF childhood postings in Egypt and Norway, through London’s blues clubs, the crucible of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, and the formation of Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, Fleetwood’s story is one of rhythm and resilience.

This definitive biography traces Fleetwood’s journey through every transformation of the band that bore his name: the fragile beauty of Then Play On, the global explosion of Rumours, the experimental audacity of Tusk, and the blockbuster tours that turned dysfunction into spectacle. At every turn, Fleetwood emerges not only as drummer but as administrator, mediator, and custodian. His role extended beyond the kick drum to contracts, logistics, and governance—quiet decisions that safeguarded the livelihoods of crews, preserved catalog rights, and stabilized a brand threatened by implosion.

Spanning Christine McVie’s final contributions, the 2018 split with Lindsey Buckingham, the Peter Green tribute, pandemic shutdowns in Maui, and Fleetwood’s current mentorship and sustainability initiatives, The Chainkeeper reveals the machinery behind the music. It situates Fleetwood not as passive timekeeper but as an active cultural architect, whose patience and pragmatism ensured that Fleetwood Mac survived where others collapsed.

With the authority of a seasoned historian and the immediacy of being in the rehearsal room, this book offers readers both the visceral pulse of performance and the backstage realities of contracts, lawsuits, and freight logistics. Intimate, authoritative, and cinematic, Mick Fleetwood — The Chainkeeper is the essential account of how rhythm, prudence, and governance preserved one of rock’s most enduring institutions.