In 1967, she learned that her ex-band mates Andy Silvester and Stan Webb were forming a blues band, Chicken Shack, and were looking for a pianist. After five years, Christine graduated from art college with a teaching degree, but by that time "Sounds of Blue" had split up.įresh out of art college, Christine found that she did not have enough money to launch herself into the art world, so she moved to London, where she worked briefly as a department store window dresser. Also during that time she would often sing with Spencer Davis. Knowing that Christine had musical talent, they asked her to join. At the time, they were playing in a band called "Sounds Of Blue" which had a few dates booked, but no bass guitarist. Her first foray into the music field didn't come until she met two friends, Stan Webb and Andy Silvester in a pub one night. During that time she met a number of budding musicians in Britain's blues scene. Other early influences included The Everly Brothers.Ĭhristine studied sculpture at an art college in Birmingham for five years, with the goal of becoming an art teacher. Continuing her classical training until the age of fifteen, her musical focus made a radical shift to rock & roll when John brought home a Fats Domino songbook. Although Christine was introduced to the piano at the age of four, it was not until age eleven that she studied music seriously, when she was re-introduced to the instrument by Philip Fisher, a local musician and school friend of her older brother John. Her grandfather had been an organist at Westminster Abbey. Christine's mother Beatrice E.M.(called Tee) née Reece, was a medium, psychic, and faith healer. Peter's College of Education, Saltley, Birmingham. Shot in both black-and-white and color, it is a pseudo-performance video showing Christine McVie in a mansion-like room singing at her piano while a backup band appears in silhouette shadows on the walls around her.Christine was born in the small village of Bouth in the Lake District of England and grew up in the Bearwood area of Smethwick near Birmingham, where her father, Cyril P.A.Perfect, was a concert violinist and music lecturer at St.
The video for the song was produced and directed by Jon Roseman and premiered in February 1984. Got a Hold on Me was released as the lead single from McVie's self-titled 1984 solo album. The other musicians were bassist George Hawkins and drummer-percussionist Steve Ferrone. Synthesizers on the track were played by Steve Winwood, while the guitars were played by Todd Sharp (the song's co-writer) and McVie's Fleetwood Mac bandmate Lindsey Buckingham. This was McVie's only top 10 solo hit in the United States. The song rose to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Rock Tracks charts for four and two weeks, respectively. It was the first single released off her second solo album. " Got a Hold on Me" is a 1984 song from Fleetwood Mac's keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie. 1984 single by Christine McVie "Got a Hold on Me"
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