Songs Mentioning the Beatles: Silver Heels

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The alphabetical list ends today, which means I have ten days to get a list together for July. Y’all are going to be mad at me today, because it’s a band you know but a song you’ve never heard. I’m so sneaky that way. Another song that almost made the top ten. Silver Heels - Fleetwood Mac You may not believe this, but this band had a career before Stevie Nicks. This was Fleetwood Mac’s last album before the Nicks era began. Bob Welch, who wrote and sang lead on this song, left after this album. The band wanted Lindsey Buckingham as the singer/guitarist to replace Welch, but he told them he was a package deal and if they took him they had to take his girlfriend as well. That caused their success and their destruction. If you listen to “Prove Your Love” from this album you’ll see that they didn’t need anything to augment Christine McVie’s lovely voice. Alas…. Anyway, this is a rockin’ little number from Welch. A good note to go out on. Welch, later in the 70s, had a brief solo success with a remake of “Sentimental Lady,” which he’d originally recorded with Fleetwood Mac on Bare Trees. Welch took his life after a failed back operation left him in constant pain and unable to move without great difficulty. He left behind a great discography with Fleetwood Mac, and this album is definitely worth a listen…if you can get past that picture of Mick Fleetwood on the cover. Silver Heels Written by Bob Welch Recorded by Fleetwood Mac From Heroes Are Hard to Find, 1974 BEATLE REFERENCE LYRICS: If I could sing like Paul McCartney or get funky like Etta James