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Fleetwood Mac Backup Singers?
I hope this isn't a dumb question
When did they start touring with backup vocalists? Was The Dance the beginning of this? Have they discussed why they started to tour with them at all? Thanks! |
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Wasn't it '87?
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Yeah - per FM Legacy the TITN tour was the first with backup singers:
Sharon Celani: Backup Singer Lori Perry-Nicks: Backup Singer Elisecia Wright: Backup Singer
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I just looked, and you are right! They first show up during Everywhere, about six minutes in.
I'm wondering what the reasoning is/how that conversation went |
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That'll be Stevie's doing. Especially after Lindsey walked, she got her way a hell of a lot more. Especially as Sharon and Lori were her solo back up singers.
Although, I think the amount of production on TITN with the different layers and vocal effects would've meant that more musicians and singers would need to be on stage to recreate that |
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I can see needing the guitarist more than the backup singers.
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When I met Mick Fleetwood in 2009 he said the back up singers were added to amke the songs sound more liek the album verisons with due to layerd vocals.
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Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be separated from the man.---Andres Segovia |
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Not a fan of the back up singers.
Sharon and Lori sound shrill to me. I liked Fleetwood Mac better when it was just the 3 singers - raw and live. I think the last time was the Mirage tour. The tours since 97 have been disappointing for me -- too rehearsed for my taste. |
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Tango in the night tour
I have seen the Mac many times, but the first time I saw them with an extra back up band members was for the Tango In The Night tour............
I like the back up singers and extra guitar players, but I have to admit.......the Unleashed tour was great and sounded better with Mick being the only guy up there with "two sticks and a drum". I think it is something they have to do these days to compete with other big shows out there. When many are using pre-recorded tracks to get that great full sound...... atleast their music is still played live on stage {with the exceptions of a few samples on "world turning", "Go Insane", etc..... I love several of the other big artists out there, Madonna, Gaga.....etc, they do put on a good show....but you know alot of their stuff will be prerecorded. Atleast with Fleetwood Mac, you know the vocals/music is live...........and you know that their songs are never played the same twice. Especially with Stevie, her lyrics change all the time....and I love that. Her songs are almost dictated by her mood that night..... that is a true artist that I will always pay good money to see. Ain't nothing fabricated about this band...or their members.
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Last edited by Etisl; 02-21-2013 at 06:43 PM.. |
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Almost all of the newer, younger acts, are just playing with tracks now. All the backing vocals, and many keyboard parts, are just magically there!
I secretly made a board recording of my favorite country singer(I was the "house" sound guy, and had secretly ran my "lines" to a hidden recorder, the day before the show). And I was SHOCKED by how prominent the backing vocals and fake keyboard parts were, in the mix. Hell, they were only playing about 60% of what the audience was hearing! I too, would rather hear the skin and bones versions...it doesn't NEED to sound like the record, it needs to sound like you!
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However, the "guitar army" sound on "Eyes Of The World" during the SYW tour was pretty spine-tingling...but other than that one song, the redundancy was majorly annoying.
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I was never a fan of Fleetwood Mac using back up singers. I had a tough enough time getting it down that Lindsey wasn't touring in '87 let alone the back up band. I got use to it for the live shows. I still think that Stevie should use her own vocals for all her recordings on her solo albums. Bring Sharon and Lori out on tour only.
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