What It Was Like to Replace Stevie Nicks in Fleetwood Mac
Bekka Bramlett grew up around John Lennon and George Harrison, but nothing could prepare her for joining Fleetwood Mac in 1994, during one of the rockiest periods in the band's history
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Subscribe NowBekka Bramlett grew up around John Lennon and George Harrison, but nothing could prepare her for joining Fleetwood Mac in 1994, during one of the rockiest periods in the band's history
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“She was marching through the halls of her high school going, ‘Everybody should be moving aside right now, because: Don’t you know who I am? I’m Linda Ronstadt, future huge rock star,'” Nicks said