English Rose ()

Legitimate British Blues infuenced by authentic roots blues in America. Especially Elmore James whose music is treated with all of the dignity, respect, and integrity kept intact. While the Rolling Stones also were performing with this formula,copying the style and music of Chuck Berry, the original line-up of Fleetwood Mac ultimately stayed closer to the roots of this music than even the the Yardbirds who definitely were the second best group to also employ this strategy copying the likes of Billy Boy Arnold whose music would have been completely lost to current audiences if not for the Yardbirds.Eventually Jimmy Page would go on to form Led Zeppelin who used Willie Dixon and his music to catapult them to stardom.Unfortunately Fleetwood Mac would be the only band to acknowledge their obvious influence by performing with real authenticity and competence.