''I'm Not Me'' is the second solo album by

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. This album is credited to the British-American rock band Mick Fleetwood's Zoo and features contributions from

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members

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and

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, who performs some of the lead vocals on this album as a member of Mick Fleetwood’s Zoo, would later join Fleetwood Mac in 1987 following the departure of Buckingham. George Hawkins, who performed most of the lead vocals on Fleetwood’s first solo album '' The Visitor'', returned to sing some lead vocals on this album, although he was also working concurrently with vocalist

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and thus had less involvement in the making of ''I'm Not Me'' compared to ''The Visitor''. Instead, Fleetwood, Burnette, and producer

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primarily handled the logistics of creating ''I'm Not Me''. Fleetwood, who still had a record deal with

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, purchased a mobile studio with the intention of recording a solo album in

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. However, this idea was scrapped and Fleetwood instead relocated to a facility known as Blue Whale to record a mixture of covers and new songs. A tour followed the release of ''I'm Not Me'', with the band occasionally playing in bars rather than the stadiums Fleetwood was used to playing in with Fleetwood Mac. During one of the Zoo's performances,

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joined the band onstage to play

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. A radio station heard in advance that she would be performing and leaked the information to the public. As such, three thousand people attended that show, although most of Mick Fleetwood's shows attracted very few people. Mick Fleetwood commented in his 2014 autobiography that "I didn't worry if no one showed up to the Zoo shows, because in my mind if I was playing, I had a purpose. My band, however, was embarrassed for me."

Track listing

Personnel

– drums, percussion *

– guitar, vocals *George Hawkins – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals *Steve Ross – guitar, vocals ;Additional personnel *

– guitar, keyboards, vocals *Jon Clarke – saxophone *Vince Denham – saxophone *Don Roberts – tenor saxophone *

– keyboards, vocals *Todd Sharp – guitar *Ron Thompson – rhythm guitar, slide guitar

References

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