Talk:John McVie

Before I rate the article
Before I rate the article: there was a lot of discussion about the quality of this article and plans for a major rewrite from February 2007 until July 2008, but the article still has a lot of inaccuracies. Like e.g. that Peter Green's joining the Bluesbreakers coincided with the arrival of Mick Fleetwood which is contradicted by the facts: Fleetwood was not in the band yet when A Hard Road was recorded as the original album cover proves. The sections about the Bluesbreakers and early Fleetwood Mac are full of this kind of mistakes.Gibson8851 (talk) 08:18, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

He *was* the bass guitarist?



This article is turning into a disaster. Can whoever keeps editing it try to source some of what they're adding, or it gets deleted. Also, constant deletion of an image for no reason can be considered vandalism. Bretonbanquet 19:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I've recently reverted this article after it became hijacked and turned into a mess--however, shortly thereafter it got reverted back. Some of the info given in there is correct, eg. that McVie worked as a tax inspector while joining FM as well as the pink Fender Bass story. I'll try to source it when I have time, but it'll also require a major re-write.Malljaja 20:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi :) Yes, I noticed you'd improved quite a bit of it there, but as you say, it needs a rewrite and some sourcing. I'll help keep an eye on it till you or I can work on it properly. Bretonbanquet 20:07, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, the editor who keeps removing the British nationality from articles on British people - you don't register, or discuss anything, hence you are a vandal, pure and simple. It doesn't matter how many times you call other people vandals and POV pushers, the rest of us can see what the situation is. Bretonbanquet 22:35, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I've finally got around to digging out Mick Fleetwood's autobiography and to re-writing this article, based on some of the info given therein. I've tried to be as faithful as possible in transcribing the info that was contained in the most recent manifestations of this article, by comparing it to the MF bio and the recently added web-links. As there were numerous typos and other errors, I couldn't avoid doing a major re-write, however, and I'd expect that some additional work will be required to smooth it out. Malljaja 19:24, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Nice work! As you say, a re-write was unavoidable, but it looks pretty good to me. We can now just add little bits and pieces of info as we find them. :) Bretonbanquet 19:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

To the anonymous person who continually changes this page, why is it that you expend all your time to changing nationality, yet you do not once seem to have contributed anything valuable to this page? To me this suggests that your literacy doesn't extend beyond the word "England"--very very sad indeed!!Malljaja 17:39, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Now this unregistered, anonymous editor who never discusses anything because he can't type a word other than "England" appears to believe that Malljaja and I are in fact the same person. Nice idea, but wrong. Bretonbanquet 15:35, 29 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Second that!! Malljaja 17:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Usually I would put place of birth as either England or United Kingdom and then nationality as English or British - this often stops confrontation. TomGreen 07:37, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Contradiction tag
I tagged this because I noticed there were two different dates listed for his birth. I'm not sure which is correct. Black Kat 16:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

The proper date is November 26, 1945 TrotterInc 00:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Final Paragraph
If someone is watching this page and has problems with the final paragraph being deleted, please speak up. That paragraph is completely unsourced, and states unsourced opinion, rather than citing the opinions of others. If someone can find sources for these opinions, feel free to put them in. As it is, I don't have a problem with comments regarding his contributions to music, they just need to have references. Sonuvafitch (talk) 14:41, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * In Mick Fleetwood's autobiography, Fleetwood makes several comments about McVie's playing (such as as how their slight differences in timing worked in their playing together and some other of McVie's characteristics as a bass player). However, I'd need to look that up again, and having several refs would strengthen the points made–I realise that this has been overdue. So if you feel uncomfortable with the current version, and if there are no objections from others, just take out the para in question, and I'll retrieve it from the history and put it back in with proper referencing, once I get around to finding those. Thanks! Malljaja (talk) 16:07, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * With that in mind I have no problems with it staying, just need to get the references on it. The other problems I have are already mentioned therein - the neutrality.  It sounds too opinion oriented.  Sonuvafitch (talk) 23:18, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Ansley Dunbar
Peter Green's arrival at the Bluesbreakers did not co-incide with Fleetwood's and the logical departure of Dunbar as drummer. Green and Dunbar were on the same CD "A Hard Road". Fleetwood arrived later and his tenure was really short. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zapspace (talk • contribs) 10:36, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation last name?
Hi, does the last name rhyme with we or pie? A non-native speaker.--178.201.239.132 (talk) 15:12, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It rhymes with 'we', as if spelled John McVee. Bretonbanquet (talk) 19:06, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Wrong Photo
That is Nick Fleetwood. 217.231.145.176 (talk) 04:12, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * If you mean Mick Fleetwood, it isn't. It's John McVie. Bretonbanquet (talk) 14:32, 17 April 2024 (UTC)