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John Graham McVie is a British guitarist and musician who is best known for being a part of various rock groups, mainly Fleetwood Mac, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. John McVie’s current estimated net worth stands at $50 million. This British Bass guitarist started his music career at an early age of 17.
John McVie got his first job in a band known as ‘Krewsaders’ as a designation of a bass player. The band generally used to play bass in weddings and parties and they also covered the songs from The Shadows. He realized soon that everybody was doing the lead guitar, and so he opted for the bass guitar instead, and that is how the world came to see one of the best bass guitarists ever.
John has been a part of various albums like Fleetwood Mac, Mr. Wonderful, The Play On, and many more. He also has his solo album known as John McVie’s, “Gotta Band with Lola Thomas”. Released in 1992, this is his only solo album. With Fleetwood Mac, John has given us Then Play On, Bare Trees, Mystery to Me, Tusk, Tango in the Night, The Dance, and many others. With Bluesbreakers, he has given John Mayall Plays John Mayall, Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, A Hard Road, and Crusade. In 1998, for his work in Fleetwood Mac, John was included in “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’.
He was married to a piano player and lead singer Christine Perfect of the blues band Chicken Shack. But they got divorce. He started to drink heavily. After some time in 1978, he decided to get married again with Julie Ann Reubens. Ann gave birth to a girl child Molly McVie. During his leisure time, McVie’s passion is sailing. Once on a pacific voyage, he nearly got lost.
On October 27, 2013 through a post by Fleetwood Mac on its Facebook page said that McVie was diagnosed with colon cancer. Despite of his condition, he continued to play for the band during the 2014 On With The Show tour.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
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2002 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Say You Will with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified gold by RIAA, Music Canada, BPI and RMNZ) |
$657,500 |
|
1996 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the live album The Dance with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 5x platinum by RIAA, and platinum by ARIA, Music Canada and BPI) |
$5,770,000 |
|
1989 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Behind the Mask with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified platinum by BPI, and gold by RIAA, BVMI and IFPI) |
$1,075,000 |
|
1986 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Tango in the Night with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 8x platinum by BPI, 5x platinum by Music Canada, 4x platinum by ARIA, 3x platinum by RIAA, 2x platinum by BVMI, and platinum by IFPI and PROMUSICAE) |
$7,330,000 |
|
1981 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Mirage with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and ARIA, platinum by BPI and Music Canada, and gold by BVMI, PROMUSICAE and SNEP) |
$3,043,000 |
|
1979 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the live album Live with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified gold by RIAA and BPI) |
$600,000 |
|
1978 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Tusk with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 2x platinum by RIAA and ARIA, platinum by BPI, and gold by BVMI and SNEP) |
$2,858,000 |
|
1976 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Rumours with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 2x diamond by RIAA and Music Canada, 13x platinum by ARIA and RMNZ, 11x platinum by BPI, platinum by SNEP, and 5x gold by BVMI) |
$27,380,000 |
|
1974 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Fleetwood Mac with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified 5x platinum by RIAA and gold by BPI) |
$5,100,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the albumMystery to Me with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified gold by RIAA) |
$750,000 |
|
1972 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Penguin with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac |
$400,000 |
|
1971 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Bare Trees with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$1,000,000 |
|
1970 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Future Games with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
1967 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from the album Fleetwood Mac with the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac |
$1,150,000 |