The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Mick Fleetwood

Skip a few years and Mick Fleetwood had become a valuable part of the London music scene — first, by joining John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers in 1967, then, by forming his own band with Peter Green and John "Mac" McVie, as per the Clarion Ledger. As he details in "Play On, Peter Green's "favorite rhythm section" was the combination of Fleetwood and McVie, hence the name. 

During these years, Fleetwood fell in love with Jenny Boyd, a model and the sister of Pattie Boyd, who was married to George Harrison at the time (she would go on to marry Eric Clapton afterward), as per Ultimate Classic Rock. After years of very shy courting (as both of them remember in the 2001 Fleetwood Mac documentary), Fleetwood married Jenny Boyd in 1970, and the pair had two daughters. But this was happening at the peak of Fleetwood Mac's success, and the family had zero privacy. They all lived in Kiln House, a giant villa they shared with the whole band and crew. Jenny hated this (via The Guardian): "I wanted to start a family, not a commune." 

Furthermore, months would pass where Fleetwood would barely speak to her — he was either on tour or busy recording. Jenny ended up having an affair with the band's guitarist, Bob Weston. According to her, he was the only person who talked to her at Kiln House. Fleetwood found out before they all went on tour together in 1973, but Weston was fired as soon as the tour ended, and Fleetwood and Jenny got divorced soon after.

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