Mick Fleetwood, Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt all payed tribute to the late Fleetwood Mac member, Christine McVie, at the 65th annual Grammy awards. They performed a beautiful rendition of the Fleetwood Mac song ‘’Songbird’’, which was inevitably bound to reduce any Fleetwood Mac fan to tears.
The in-memoriam segment of the awards ceremony focused on the musicians who have passed away within the last year. Kasey Musgraves honoured the late Loretta Lynn, who died in October 2022. Musgraves performed Loretta Lynn’s song ‘’Coal Miner’s Daughter.’’
Quavo honoured his nephew and fellow Migos band member, Takeoff, in an emotional performance in his memory. Takeoff tragically died at 28 after being murdered on 1 November 2022.
Founder of Fleetwood mac, Mick Fleetwood, played the drums as he accompanied singers Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow. Crow can also be seen playing the piano. They performed the Fleetwood Mac song ‘’Songbird,’’ which was written by Christine McVie for the bands 1977 album Rumours.
Throughout the duration of the performance, an onscreen presentation could be seen paying tributes to other musicians who have sadly passed away within in the past year. Fred White, David Crosby and Lisa Marie Presley were amongst many other tributes displayed onscreen as the in-memoriam performances took place. A picture of Christine McVie was presented onscreen during the tribute, as it read ‘Christine McVie, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, Fleetwood Mac.’
Christine McVie was an excellent songwriter. She sang and wrote some of Fleetwood Mac’s most recognisable and iconic songs, such as; ‘’Everywhere,’’ ”Don’t Stop,’’ ‘’Little Lies,’’ ‘’You Make Loving Fun,’’ and ‘’Songbird.’’
Speaking on the Red Carpet before the performance, Mick Fleetwood discussed the tribute to his late fellow band member, ‘
’It’s a big moment. I mean, selfishly and privately. It’s another… another step in closure for having lost Chris so recently and she was very much like a sister to me. A fellow band member, obviously, in Fleetwood mac and a dear dear dear friend.’’
‘’Having Sheryl and Bonnie Raitt singing this beautiful song, I think all of us, collectively, are here representing Christine. What she meant to us as a person in Fleetwood Mac and of course personally to me and the band members and other family members. Outside of that, I think it’s a moment to accolade the wonder of a truly talented, lovely unsuspecting lady as Christine McVie.”
Bonnie Raitt was also seen on the red carpet prior to the awards ceremony, in which she expressed her appreciation of McVie,
‘’To be able to honour Christine McVie. She was a good friend and one of my favourite artists and gone too soon. So it means a lot.’’
The tribute to Christine McVie comes as she passed away, 30 November 2022, at the age of 79. The musician passed away after a short illness according to a statement from her family.
