HENDERSONVILLE — A tribute show, “The Music of Fleetwood Mac,” recreated the rock band’s legendary persona and its youthful glory from 1975 to 1987 during an Oct. 1 performance at Flat Rock Playhouse’s downtown Hendersonville venue.

Selling more than 70 million albums to date, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Fleetwood Mac is one of the bestselling groups of all time.

Featuring the hits “Go Your Own Way,” “Dreams” and “Landslide,” the tribute show rockets the audience back in time to experience the legendary music loved for more than 40 years. The show ran Sept. 29 through Oct. 9.

The band was good, but it invited audience members to dance on the dance floor in front of the band. In the aftermath, some audience members complained to this reviewer about dancers blocking their view of the band. Either the band should be elevated or the dance floor lowered. “I might as well be at home listening to an album if I can’t see the band,” one attendee said.

This flashback in music history was performed by vocalists Dustin Brayley, Meredith Patterson, Katie Ciluffo and Ryan Guerra. In addition, Brayley and Gueerra also played guitars.

The backup band included Mike Edney on bass, David Gaines on sythesizer and Jim Black on drums.

The show’s production manager was Adam Goodrum, while the music director was Alex Shields. Handling lights was C.J. Barnwell, while Kurt Conway was in charge of sound.

One of the biggest flaws of the show was  the emphasis on musical quality at the expense of making enough effort to convincingly present the two female singers to at least resemble the iconic look of Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie. Just a little more effort on outfits and hairstyles would have made the tribute band so much more credible.

Along with the superb renditions of Fleetwood Mac’s hits, a strong spot of the show was the occasional history lessons and trivia about the band and its music that was shared by the performers between songs.

For instance, it was noted that Lindsey Buckingham was singing his rendition of “California Dreamin’” one evening, when Nicks, who was just 17 years old at the time, unexpectedly joined him on stage and sang with him in perfect harmony. They decided to form the band Fleetwood Mac.

The regular show ended with “You Can Go Your Own Way,” but the crowd cheered for an encore, upon which the tribute band finished with Fleetwood Mac’s joyful classic, “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow.”