Fleetwood Mac reunite to play Don’t Stop at Bill Clinton’s first Inaugural gala
On this day in 1993 the band Fleetwood Mac reunites to perform at the recently elected U.S.President Bill Clintons first inaugural gala.Fleetwood Mac had faced much intra-band squabbling since their 1970s heyday why they released one of the biggest albums of all timeRumoursand a string of decade-defining hits like Landslide Rhiannon Say You Love Me and Go Your Own Way.And then of course there was Dont Stop (as in thinking about tomorrow) which was candidate Bill Clintons unofficial theme song during the 1992 presidential campaign.Along with Trumans Im Just Wild About Harry Eisenhowers I Like Ike and Ross Perots Crazy Clintons Dont Stop can certainly be placed within the catchy-and-memorable subset of Presidential campaign songsin contrast to say Buckle Down with Nixon Get on a Raft with Taft and Huzzah for Madison.
Clintons theme song may have lacked specificity regarding his political agenda but it had a good beat a warm vibe and a chorus that audiences could sing along to.Fleetwood Macs 1977 recording of Dont Stop played in a seemingly endless loop from the night of Clintons nomination at the 1992 Democratic National Convention that previous summer through to election night in November so that by the time January rolled around the mere playing of the record would have seemed a disappointing way to end the evening of the Inaugural gala.And so the Clinton transition team sprang into action and accomplished a political feat that certainly seemed to bode well for the new presidents ambitious plans to bring peace and stability to Haiti and overhaul the nations health-care system.It had been more than five years since Lindsay Buckingham Mick Fleetwood Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks had shared a stage but in a true coup of diplomacy the Clinton team convinced the entire Rumours-era lineup of Fleetwood Mac to reunite for a truly historic live performance of Dont Stop on this day in 1993.
