The island of Maui is a mere dot in the enormity of the vast Pacific Ocean, but it's not hard to see why millions visit every year, and why there are some who never want to leave.Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood fell in love with Maui decades ago, and put down deep roots.
"Long story, a long love affair," he said."But it really is your heart and your home?" I asked."Uh-huh.
People often think, 'Oh yeah, how often are you on Maui?'" Fleetwood said."This is my home.
No other place." As a young man he'd dreamed of a place, a club, where he could get his friends together, and 12 years ago he made it happen in the west Maui city of Lahaina: Fleetwood's on Front Street.The menu was eclectic – they served everything from Biddie's Chicken (just like Fleetwood's mom, Biddie, made it) to cookie dough desserts dreamed up by his children.
It was also a place where Mick and friends could play."We created, I created, a band of people under a roof," he said.
"Instead of a traveling circus, it was a resident circus at Fleetwood's on Front Street." @mickfleetwood Mick on the Talking Drum at the 10th Anniversary show at Fleetwoods on Front street.#mickfleetwood #mickfleetwoodofficial #fleetwoodsonfrontstreet #mickshouseoffleetwood #mickshouseoffleetwood #maui #hawaii #music #kindness #lahaina #treatpeoplewithkindness #fun #drums #fleetwoodmac ♬ original sound - Mick Fleetwood And then, in August of 2023, the music stopped.
A wind-driven fire tore through western Maui, killing more than a hundred people, and consuming more than 2,000 buildings.Fleetwood was in Los Angeles when the fire started, and he hurried back to a scene of utter devastation. Maui wildfire survivors struggle to recover 1 year after tragedy: "Never forget those we lost" ("CBS Mornings")After fires, Maui struggles to find balance between encouraging tourism and compounding traumaNearly one year on, the mental toll of the deadly Lahaina wildfire lingers ("CBS Evening N...