She was Fleetwood Mac’s ‘other’ woman, but Christine McVie’s incredible songwriting skills also made her the band’s hit-maker.
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McVie stood away from the limelight, leaving fellow band member Stevie Nicks to the spotlight.
But Mandurah audiences are getting an insight into the musician’s life when Catherine Alcorn hits Mandurah next month with her show Go Your Own Way: The Story of Christine McVie.
“Stevie was always the one in the centre of the stage, in the spotlight, while Christine was towards the back, behind her keyboard,” Alcorn said.
“I don’t think she ever intended to be in the limelight.
“She is British, so there is that element of a stiff-upper lip attitude, but it was never about the fame for her.
“Even in her tweet about the Fleetwood Mac national tour: ‘Sorry folks. No Tour’.
“It was actually a working title of the show for a while.
“It’s just so simple and in just four little words she could cancel the whole thing.”
Go Your Own Way is an 80-minute show which takes a look at not only McVie’s original arrangements of some of Fleetwood Mac’s biggest songs, but the woman who wrote them.
Alcorn takes on the role of McVie, in what is predominately a one-woman show.
“I’m on stage with three guys and one female in the role of Stevie,” she said.
“The majority is just me singing and telling the story but every now and again Stevie steps in as well.
“I think the biggest misconception people have is the relationship of Christine and Stevie.
“A lot of people thought they hated each other and that as the only two females in the band, it had to be like that.
“In actual fact they were best mates and they always had each others’ backs.”
Go Your Own Way will be at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre on November 20.
For more information go to manpac.com.au or call 9550 3900.
