PETER GREEN(FLEETWOOD MAC) - STATION MAN

STATION MAN

PETER GREEN(FLEETWOOD MAC)

SONGWRITERS: DANNY KIRWAN; JEREMY SPENCER & JOHN MCVIE

COUNTRY: U. K. X U. S. A.

ALBUM: KILN HOUSE

LABEL: DE LANE LEA STUDIOS, LONDON

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1970

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. They have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands. In 1998, select members of Fleetwood Mac were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2018, the band was declared MusiCares Person of the Year.

Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer. Bassist John McVie completed the lineup for their self-titled debut album. Danny Kirwan joined as a third guitarist in 1968. Keyboardist Christine Perfect, who contributed as a session musician from the second album, married McVie and joined in 1970. At this time the band was primarily a British blues outfit, scoring a UK number one with "Albatross", and had lesser hits with the singles "Oh Well" and "Black Magic Woman". All three guitarists left in succession during the early 1970s, to be replaced by guitarists Bob Welch and Bob Weston and vocalist Dave Walker. By 1974, all three had either departed or were dismissed, leaving the band without a male lead vocalist or guitarist.

In late 1974, while Fleetwood was scouting studios in Los Angeles, he was introduced to folk-rock duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Fleetwood Mac soon asked Buckingham to be their new lead guitarist, and Buckingham agreed on condition that Nicks would also join the band. The addition of Buckingham and Nicks gave the band a more pop rock sound, and their 1975 self-titled album, Fleetwood Mac, reached No. 1 in the U.S. Rumours (1977), Fleetwood Mac's second album after the arrival of Buckingham and Nicks, produced four U.S. Top 10 singles and remained at number one on the American albums chart for 31 weeks. It also reached the top spot in various countries around the world. Rumours has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it the eighth-highest-selling album in history. The band went through personal turmoil while recording the album as both the romantic partnerships in the band (John & Christine McVie and Buckingham & Nicks) separated, although they continued making music together.

Station Man

I've been waiting

Can you tell me

When we're leaving

Midnight train

Now is leaving

Engine screaming

ah, ah

ah, ah

ah, ah

ah, ah

Where I'm going I don't know

But you tell me I must go

When we're leaving I don't know

But you tell me now

I see it's coming

And bringing something

This train of lovin'

I see it's comin'

I feel it's runnin'

This train of lovin'

From ages past

Station Man

I've been waiting

Can you tell me

When we're leaving.