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What Is John McVie's Net Worth?

John McVie was born on November 26, 1945, in Ealing, Middlesex, England. He is the son of Reg and Dorothy McVie. John attended Walpole Grammar School. He began playing the trumpet at an early age and then learned to play the guitar at the age of 14. He began covering songs by bands like The Shadows until he realized that some of his friends were also learning lead guitar. He then decided to learn the bass guitar instead. After leaving school at the age of 17, McVie trained for nine months to become a tax inspector. However, he ultimately gave up this profession to pursue his professional career in music.

In 1998, McVie was honored for his music with the band by receiving an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1987, he experienced an alcohol-induced seizure, which caused him to quit drinking. This was after a long-fought battle with drinking, which is also listed as one of the causes of his split and subsequent divorce from Perfect. His daughter, Molly, was born in 1989.

"We've all signed off on something. I'm happy enough with it. I'm not out there trying to twist the knife at all. I'm trying to look at this with some level of compassion, some level of wisdom."

McVie began making music with a group of his friends in the back room of a house in Ealing. His first official job as a bass player was in a band called the Krewsaders, which was made up of guys living on the same street as McVie in Ealing. The group mostly covered songs from The Shadows.

John Mayall, a musician, began putting a Chicago-style blues band together in the 1960s. Initially, he wanted to recruit bass player Cliff Barton, who played with the Cyril Davies All Stars, to join the band. However, Barton declined but did give him McVie's phone number. Barton urged him to give McVie a chance. McVie got a shot at auditioning and was offered the spot of bass player in the band, called John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. McVie continued working as a tax inspector for nine full months before becoming a musician full-time for the band. Under Mayall's guidance, he learned to play the blues as he had not had any formal musical training. He remained the band's bassist for four and a half years, though he was occasionally fired and re-hired throughout this time period.

John McVie is a British bass guitar player who has a net worth of $50 million. John McVie is best known for playing with the bandsJohn Mayall& the Bluesbreakers and Fleetwood Mac, the latter of which received far more publicity and success. McVie's last name served as inspiration for the band's name – Mac – along with fellow member Mick Fleetwood. McVie joined the band in 1967 at the encouragement of a former bandmate named Peter Green after the departure of temporary player Bob Brunning. After just a year with the band, McVie married Christine Perfect (later known asChristine McVie), who was also a musician, having played the piano and sang blues-style music for years prior. She subsequently joined the band two years later. The couple divorced in 1976. McVie remarried in 1978 after having met Julie Ann Reubens. Fleetwood Mac would go on to become one of the most successful bands in music history, selling hundreds of millions of records.

In October 2018, we learned some of the financial inner workings of today's Fleetwood Mac thanks to a lawsuit filed by on-again-off-again member Lindsey Buckingham. Buckingham sued his former bandmates after he was abruptly removed from the group's 2018-2019 Live Nation tour. The lawsuit claimed that according to terms of their deal with Live Nation, each band member would receive $200,000 per show over 60 shows, for a total payout of $12 million. The amount could reach as high as $14 million depending on various attendance milestones and additional dates added down the road. Three months later, the lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount. Buckingham released a statement saying:

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