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‘Dreams’ review: Fleetwood Mac beyond the rumours

‘Dreams’ review: Fleetwood Mac beyond the rumours
Fleetwood Mac. (Image: Getty)
The Wall Street Journal
By Elizabeth NelsonRoughly two-thirds of the way through the music writer Mark Blake’s new Fleetwood Mac overview, Dreams, the author dedicates a chapter to debunking or ratifying episodes from the band’s fathoms-deep lore. Did Fleetwood Mac really thank their coke dealer in the liner notes for their legendary Rumours LP? No. The group’s co-founder Mick Fleetwood admits that, “in my state of dementia” he’d considered it, but then the dealer ended up dead, and he thought better of it.Not all of the M...

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