The Visitor is the first spin-off album by Mick Fleetwood, released in June 1981. The album was largely recorded out in Africa with native musicians but a basic rock band featured as well with players Todd Sharp and George Hawkins contributing their own material. Two songs from Fleetwood Mac's back catalogue were rerecorded - group founder Peter Green's 1969 Fleetwood Mac song Rattlesnake Shake with Green himself on guitar and lead vocal and Lindsey Buckingham's 1979 song Walk a Thin Line with guitar from Fleetwood's former brother-in-law George Harrison.
George Hawkins would go on to contribute to further solo efforts by Fleetwood and other Fleetwood Mac members.
Track listing[]
- Rattlesnake Shake (Peter Green)
- You Weren't in Love (Bill Field)
- O'Niamali (Nii Amartey)
- Super Brains (A. B. Crentsil)
- Don't Be Sorry, Just Be Happy (Todd Sharp)
- Walk a Thin Line (Lindsey Buckingham)
- Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly/Norman Petty)
- Cassiopeia Surrender (George Hawkins)
- The Visitor (C. K. Ganjo)
- Amelle (Come on Show Me Your Heart) (Nii Amartey)
Personnel[]
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion; water gong on "Don't Be Sorry, Just Be Happy"
George Hawkins – vocals, bass guitar, piano, organ; guitar on "Walk a Thin Line"
Todd Sharp – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Lord Tiki – hand drums
Ebaali Gbiko – hand drums, backing vocals
Accra Roman Catholic Choir – backing vocals
Superbrains – percussion
Adjo Group – vocals, percussion
The Ghana Folkloric Group – vocals, percussion
Additional personnel[]
Peter Green – lead guitar and lead vocals on "Rattlesnake Shake", theme guitar on "Super Brains"
George Harrison – slide guitar, 12-string guitar and backing vocals on "Walk a Thin Line"
Ian Bairnson – lead guitar on "Not Fade Away", rhythm guitar on "Cassiopeia Surrender"
Richard Dashut – additional percussion on "Rattlenake Shake"
Sara Fleetwood – backing vocals on "Walk a Thin Line"
Mike Moran – Prophet 5 synthesizer on "The Visitor"
Andrew Powell – string arrangement on "Rattlesnake Shake" and "You Weren't in Love"