| I'm Not Me | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Mick Fleetwood's Zoo |
| Cover: | I'm Not Me.jpg |
| Released: | 24 June 1983 |
| Venue: | Blue Whale |
| Genre: | Rock, blues rock |
| Label: | RCA Records |
| Producer: | Mick Fleetwood, Richard Dashut |
| Prev Title: | The Visitor |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Shakin' the Cage |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
I'm Not Me is the second solo album by Mick Fleetwood. This album is credited to the British-American rock band Mick Fleetwood's Zoo and features contributions from Fleetwood Mac members Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham.[1] Billy Burnette, 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.[2]
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 Al Jarreau and thus had less involvement in the making of I'm Not Me compared to The Visitor. Instead, Fleetwood, Burnette, and producer Richard Dashut primarily handled the logistics of creating I'm Not Me.[3]
Fleetwood, who still had a record deal with Warner Brothers, purchased a mobile studio with the intention of recording a solo album in Brazil. 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, which comprised a series of performances in both bars and stadiums. During one of the Zoo's performances, Stevie Nicks joined the band onstage to play Rhiannon. 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."[4]