Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about Fleetwood Mac are insane.

Drummer Mick Fleetwood reportedly snorted over seven miles of cocaine in his lifetime.

The band lost not one, but two guitarists to predatory Jesus freaks. Two band members were

arrested on gun charges. Another was believed to pay roadies to administer cocaine via Enema.

Come on, I couldn't not say it. It's only like the most famous rock and roll rumor of all time, despite being total bullshit.

But more on this to come later in the episode.

And famously, band members involved themselves with each other romantically, in ways that

brought on jealousy, distrust, anger, divorce, and resulted in one of the most successful albums ever.

Fleetwood Mac made great music, from their earliest days as an English blues band

to the pop superstars they would become in the mid to late 70s.

Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music.

That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Mustache Montage, MK1. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights

to Tonight's the Night gonna be alright by Rod Stewart. And why would I play you that specific

slice of Rod the Bod cheese, could I afford it?

Because that was the number one song in America on January 1st, 1977. And that was the day

the Hot 100 charts would feature a song that didn't come from Fleetwood Max rumors for 53 straight

weeks,

marking with authority the undeniable success of one of the biggest albums of all time.

On this, part one of a special two-part episode,

smuggled guns, predatory cults, torrid love affairs, cocaine, and the ever-evolving lineup of Fleetwood Mac.

I'm Jake Brennan, and a member of the's swinging set as his father, Dominic, fourth baron, Ornmore, and Brown was

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