Christine married McVie in 1968, and left Chicken Shack in 1969 The band recorded a song with guest singer John McVie (of early Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac) called “I’d rather go blind”, and it became a hit. Her style was compared to Sonny Thompson, and she had an authentic blues voice. In 1967, her two ex-bandmates formed another band called “Chicken Shack”, and once again she became the keyboard player. When the blues band broke up, she moved to London and worked briefly in a department store During this same time she was asked by two of her friends to join their blues band called “Sound of Blue” music. She studied sculpture in art college for five years eventually graduating with a teaching degree. She was also influenced by the Everly Brothers. She was introduced to piano at age 4, but did not study formally until age 11, when she took classical piano lessons from a private teacher for the next four yearsĪt age 15, she switched to playing Rock n’ Roll piano after her brother John brought home a songbook featuring Fats Domino. Christine’s grandfather had been an organist at Westminster Abbey Christine’s maiden name is Perfect, and her father, Cyril Perfect, was a concert violinist, violin teacher, and music lecturer.
