Salt Lake City 6/3/09

[hippilil86]

Was anyone there last night? How was the show?

[michelej1]

The Salt Lake Tribune, June 4, 2009
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12516270?source=most_viewed

Buckingham steals the show during Fleetwood Mac concert
Review » Guitarist-singer revs up excitement and energizes the crowd during a night of hits.

By David Burger

Not to disparage the rest of Fleetwood Mac, but the June 3 show at EnergySolutions Arena turned into The Lindsay Buckingham Show.

The nimble-fingered guitarist-singer for the British-American rock band put on a fevered showcase during the band's 2 ½-hour show, never leaving the stage during the quartet's generous 23-song offering, picking up the slack for the still-missed Christine McVie, who isn't touring with the band.

Mick Fleetwood, the ageless drummer and founder of the band with bassist John McVie at his right-hand side, applauded Buckingham during the show, calling him the "mentor in the studio, maestro on stage, and man with the magic fingers."

Buckingham was so possessed that he overshadowed singer Stevie Nicks' return to Salt Lake City. The Nicks family lived in Salt Lake City between 1961 and 1964, and Nicks spent her eighth, ninth and part of 10th grade in town. During her introduction to "Gypsy," Nicks told the crowd how devastated she was to move from Utah, and later dedicated "Landslide" to her friends who still live here.

Nicks, 61, looked and sounded ageless. She dressed in several different costumes that included long, billowy dresses, a top hat, and a tambourine and microphone adorned in charms and laces, and still played the part of the band's muse and fairy-rock goddess. Fleetwood and McVie looked nearly identical with matching vests and berets that covered their balding heads: Fleetwood is also 61, and McVie is 63.

Buckingham, 59, couldn't help stealing the spotlight from his older bandmates, who were backed by five musicians and back-up singers. It's not that he was envious, jealous or scheming. He just fed off the crowd all evening, and the large video screens hanging from the ceiling of the arena often focused on his pickless right hand strumming and picking furiously near the scratch plate. Clad in a leather jacket and jeans, he danced joyously on the heels of his black boots all night, often standing at the slightly outstretched lip of the stage like a guitar hero.

Seven songs were from "Rumours," the band's classic 1977 album produced during the break-up of the McVies' marriage and Nicks and Buckingham's relationship. While the band was able to blow kisses to one another on stage, Buckingham summoned rage and anger during the emotional "The Chain," with him seething during the lyrics, "Damn your love, damn your lies." And he changed up the fingerpicking classic "Never Going Back Again," also from "Rumours," into a slower song that barely masked the resignation and the pain.

The sound of the arena was strong, with the sole exception of McVie's bass, which sounded like muddled thunder during "The Chain," sounded better on "Rhiannon," and then became awful again during "Gold Dust Woman." Another quibble is that the concert's arrangement of songs lacked a consistent theme; for example, the show's opener, "Monday Morning," is a song about early mixed feelings about a relationship, but then the band followed that with the devastating break-up song, "The Chain." It was too sudden a change, and too early.

The band played songs from its entire, vast catalog --including Buckingham's stinging take on "Oh Well," a bluesy rave-up that predated his entrance into the band.

The nearly sold-out arena -- although the entire upper bowl was curtained off -- was offered some good news by Buckingham early on.

He said, "There's no new album to promote -- yet."

[michelej1]

By Pat Reavy, Deseret News, June 4, 2009

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705308457/Fleetwood-Mac-returns-with-renewed-energy.html

Fleetwood Mac returned to the EnergySolutions Arena Wednesday night for their "Unleashed" tour. The band has no new album to promote and its show is essentially 2½ hours of greatest hits. The most "recent" song on the set list was released more than two decades ago (1987's "Big Love").

But yet, the Mac on Wednesday brought a passion and enthusiasm to the stage that was lacking during their 2003 stop in Salt Lake City.

This time around, Fleetwood Mac had a renewed energy as they opened the show with the upbeat "Monday Morning" followed by what had been the traditional opener, "The Chain."

"Salt Lake City, we are thankful you came here tonight to be with us," announced vocalist, guitarist and Master of Ceremonies for the evening Lindsey Buckingham.

Buckingham raised the enthusiasm of the crowd by handling the rocker numbers of the evening, including "I Know I'm Not Wrong" and "Tusk," and showcased his brilliant finger-picking guitar style on "Big Love" and "I'm So Afraid."

But the real magic of Fleetwood Mac is still the deep, raspy, golden voice of Stevie Nicks. Nicks, who turned 61 last week, still sings with a power and emotion in each song that most women half her age can't match.

Some of Nicks' numbers, such as "Dreams," "Rhiannon" and a magnificent "Gold Dust Woman," were among the highlights of the entire evening. Nicks, wore her traditional black dress, several different shawls throughout the evening and one black glove for most of the night as the twirled and gripped her microphone stand draped with scarves and chains.

Both Nicks and Buckingham, who walked onto the stage hand-in-hand, took turns sharing stories about the origins of some of the songs. Nicks introduced "Gypsy" as relating to the time she and Buckingham lived in San Francisco and "the most amazing scene" in music and culture between 1965 and 1971. She also talked about her brief time living in Salt Lake City when she was 13 and dedicated "Landslide" to her lifelong friend Karen Thornhill, who still lives in Utah.

Buckingham talked about the band's much publicized relationship history and the making of songs off 1977's "Rumors," one of the biggest selling albums of all time. It was an album about optimism, humor and aggression, and one that band members had to live through a number of "emotional opposites" to record, said Buckingham before launching into "Second Hand News," the first song recorded for the album, and one of eight "Rumors" songs and outtakes performed Wednesday.

Buckingham and Nicks faced each other as they sang "Sara," another song about relationships though not involving Nicks and Buckingham, though the two hugged at the end.

Mick Fleetwood and John McVie provided the backbone rhythm section, as they have for over 40 years.

The only thing that was missing from Wednesday's show was the soulful voice of Christine McVie who retired from touring after the 1997 reunion tour. Her contribution was missed particularly on "Say You Love Me."

Nicks and Buckingham each contributed a song from their solo albums, Buckingham playing "Go Insane," the title track from his 1984 album. And Nicks sang her hit "Stand Back" from 1983's "The Wild Heart."

A pleasant surprise was "Storms" off the "Tusk" album, a song that had never been played live prior to this tour.

Fleetwood Mac ended the night heavy on the "Rumors" album again, including "Go Your Own Way," which found Nicks moving around stage with her tambourine and top hat, and "Don't Stop."

Overall, the Mac proved Wednesday night that they still had a connection with the music that so many fans spent most of their lives listening to, and made one believe they might still be able to this for years to come.

[michelej1]

Salt Lake Magazine, June 4, 2009, by Dan Nailen
http://www.saltlakemagazine.com/Blogs/Lounge-Act/June-2009/Concert-review-Fleetwood-Mac-in-Salt-Lake-City/

I don't know what the magical spark is that makes one arena-sized tour thrill an audience while another feels cold and impersonal, but the four members of Fleetwood Mac certainly have it.

The band's show Wednesday at EnergySolutions Arena was certainly an impressive production, full of giant video screens, massive moving light rigs, three backup singers and two extra musicians. But it was the undeniable chemistry between the four remaining Macs—Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie—that made the show feel more intimate than oversized.

The band's history of breakups and makeups is oft-told, but after nearly 40 years playing music together in various incarnations, it's clear that the four partners have a musical connection that is rare in any genre. And the interpersonal connections between former lovers Nicks and Buckingman and long-time musical compadres Fleetwood and McVie are palpable still, after all these years.

Wednesday's concert made clear that Buckingham remains a mad musical genius; Fleetwood even said as much when he introduced his fellow band members, calling the incredibly skilled guitarist and writer the band's "mentor." His songs dominated the set, and his searing solos that accompanied nearly every song elicited random rounds of cheers as slack-jawed fans watched his fleet fingers pummeling the strings in extreme close-up, thanks to those giant video screens.

Nicks, though, was clearly the audience fave, and with good reason. She's a one-time Salt Laker who introduced "Gypsy" with a story about her years in Utah and how Salt Lake City was the destination on the very first Buckingham/Nicks road trip when the started playing together in the Bay Area in the mid-'60s. Her gruff voice and ethereal dancing-gypsy vibe remain in fine form, although her regular departures from the stage for a dress change was more noticeable on this tour than past gigs in Salt Lake.

The relationship between Nicks and Buckingham remains the centerpiece of Fleetwood Mac in most fans' minds, and even though they are long past their time as a couple, the energy between the two as they sang songs once written for, to and about each other was obvious. As was their affection when they re-emerged on stage hand in hand for each of the two encores.

Fleetwood Mac is calling this jaunt the "Unleashed" tour, and both Buckingham and Nicks noted early on that since there was no new Mac album to play, they were just going to "have some fun" and play the hits. And that's just what they proceeded to do, delivering 22 songs in three mostly incredible hours. I don't know how they could have fit Christine McVie's songs into the set if she still toured with the band.

The concert opened in a deluge of classics, and it didn't take the band long to get warmed up. Opener "Monday Morning" led straight into "The Chain," "Dreams," "I Know I'm Not Wrong" and "Gypsy" before Nicks left the stage for the first time for Buckingham's experimental take on his solo "Go Insane."

The show's second segment might have been the best, with the band ripping through "Rhiannon," a joyfully snarky "Second Hand News," "Tusk," "Sara" and Buckingham's haunting, solo take on "Big Love." Then it was just Nicks and Buckingham doing acoustic duets of "Landslide" and "Never Going Back Again."

Nicks introduced "I've Always Been a Storm" by saying the band decided at its January rehearsals for this tour that they wanted to play one song that had never been performed on stage before. Turned out to be a fine choice, as was a duet between her and Buckingham on Christine McVie's "Say You Love Me."

The main set ended with a roaring one-two punch of Nicks' solo hit "Stand Back" and the still-potent "Go Your Own Way." But even after more than two and a half hours, the band wasn't done. Their two encores included "World Turning," which evolved into a lengthy Fleetwood drum solo, the buoyant "Don't Stop" and ended poignantly with NIcks' "Silver Springs," nearly three hours after the first note.

[LukeA]

The nearly sold-out arena -- although the entire upper bowl was curtained off

:rolleyes:

[Nico]

Thanks for posting those, Michele. Well, Lindsey surely is getting his praise and then some. Reading many of these reviews from the tour over the past few months is making me rethink the "underrated" bit just a tad. But then I go back to thinking, well, if it was already ascertained that he was that great we wouldn't have to keep reading it over and over in all these reviews as if it were some new revelation.

But in all fairness, the WHOLE BAND rocks so much. I want to see it all over again, but alas...:(

[AliP]

Somehow I lucked out in getting front row tickets to the show. My seats were great, just a little bit right of center. Stevie didn't seem lackluster and I was actually a bit surprised at how strong her voice sounded on some songs.

Don't know if Lindsey has been saying this at all the shows but, I think it was after The Chain when he kind of explained what the "unleashed tour" was about, he did say something about no new Fleetwood Mac album "not yet" anyway. I haven't been reading the reviews but I guess I was under the assumption there wasn't going to be any new FM albums in the near future anyway. So that was kind of exciting.

Gypsy was great - seemed to be a little different from what I remember from the SYW tour. I actually liked it better this tour - Stevie seemed to be more into the song this time around. Before the song she also told the story, and expanded it a bit (like in the San Diego show) how they came to Salt Lake in the early days. She said the came "to this exact place" like the same arena, but I think she was confused because it didn't exist back then. lol. She dedicated Landslide to Karen - a friend from Salt Lake.

Lindsey totally tore it up the entire show. He was in a good mood and smiling and talking to people in the audience. At one point the lady next to me asked me "these three are brothers, right?" I said, "no." She said, "well those two are right?" and pointed at Mick and John. I was like "no" and she was so surprised. Pretty funny. Later she asked Lindsey for his pick - and he didn't have one all night. I looked at him becuase I knew he didn't have a pick and he looked at me and shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, and laughed and said he didn't know what she was talking about.


One thing, I did miss the red shawl and hair clip for Sara!! I thought John did awesome - I specifically paid alot of attention to him after reading that rude comment that woman made about him! Silver Springs also seemed to have more energy than I remember from SYW. I liked how Stevie kind of shook her fist at the audience near the end of the song. It sounded so good!

Lindsey let a few people play his guitar but quickly pulled it up as soon as more people started freaking out on him. When they did the bows he came over and shook my hand and said "nice to see you again." Wow, that guy has a good memory. Last show I went to was his solo show in September and before that some SYW shows. So that was pretty cool. Anyway, here are some pics - I was pretty mad because I had charged my camera before going and just my luck something went wrong because the battery died during the show. I only got a few good pictures.

[AliP]

Pictures from the show - took a bunch but many didn't come out and then my camera died.

[michelej1]

Lindsey totally tore it up the entire show. He was in a good mood and smiling and talking to people in the audience. At one point the lady next to me asked me "these three are brothers, right?" I said, "no." She said, "well those two are right?" and pointed at Mick and John. I was like "no" and she was so surprised. Pretty funny. Later she asked Lindsey for his pick - and he didn't have one all night. I looked at him becuase I knew he didn't have a pick and he looked at me and shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, and laughed and said he didn't know what she was talking about.


Thanks for the review. I was beginning to think that no Ledgies went to the show.

:laugh:Lindsey has had about 5 pics on his mic stand most nights I've seen him and he passes them out every show, including Sunday's show. I think with this pattern, he has been raising expectations that they will get distributed this tour. If I'd been there when he was pretending he didn't know what the woman was talking about, I'd have thrown a pie in his face. He could've just indicated that he didn't have any that night.

Michele

[LukeA]

Somehow I lucked out in getting front row tickets to the show. My seats were great, just a little bit right of center. Stevie didn't seem lackluster and I was actually a bit surprised at how strong her voice sounded on some songs.

Don't know if Lindsey has been saying this at all the shows but, I think it was after The Chain when he kind of explained what the "unleashed tour" was about, he did say something about no new Fleetwood Mac album "not yet" anyway. I haven't been reading the reviews but I guess I was under the assumption there wasn't going to be any new FM albums in the near future anyway. So that was kind of exciting.

Gypsy was great - seemed to be a little different from what I remember from the SYW tour. I actually liked it better this tour - Stevie seemed to be more into the song this time around. Before the song she also told the story, and expanded it a bit (like in the San Diego show) how they came to Salt Lake in the early days. She said the came "to this exact place" like the same arena, but I think she was confused because it didn't exist back then. lol. She dedicated Landslide to Karen - a friend from Salt Lake.

Lindsey totally tore it up the entire show. He was in a good mood and smiling and talking to people in the audience. At one point the lady next to me asked me "these three are brothers, right?" I said, "no." She said, "well those two are right?" and pointed at Mick and John. I was like "no" and she was so surprised. Pretty funny. Later she asked Lindsey for his pick - and he didn't have one all night. I looked at him becuase I knew he didn't have a pick and he looked at me and shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, and laughed and said he didn't know what she was talking about.


One thing, I did miss the red shawl and hair clip for Sara!! I thought John did awesome - I specifically paid alot of attention to him after reading that rude comment that woman made about him! Silver Springs also seemed to have more energy than I remember from SYW. I liked how Stevie kind of shook her fist at the audience near the end of the song. It sounded so good!

Lindsey let a few people play his guitar but quickly pulled it up as soon as more people started freaking out on him. When they did the bows he came over and shook my hand and said "nice to see you again." Wow, that guy has a good memory. Last show I went to was his solo show in September and before that some SYW shows. So that was pretty cool. Anyway, here are some pics - I was pretty mad because I had charged my camera before going and just my luck something went wrong because the battery died during the show. I only got a few good pictures.

Sweet!!!

So glad you not only got to go, but got front row!! Thank you for the review!

[CADreaming]

Thanks for the review. I was beginning to think that no Ledgies went to the show.

:laugh:Lindsey has had about 5 pics on his mic stand most nights I've seen him and he passes them out every show, including Sunday's show. I think with this pattern, he has been raising expectations that they will get distributed this tour. If I'd been there when he was pretending he didn't know what the woman was talking about, I'd have thrown a pie in his face. He could've just indicated that he didn't have any that night.

Michele

At the Atlanta show he did use a pick for "Go Insane".

[GODDESS6]

Thanks for the review. I was beginning to think that no Ledgies went to the show.

:laugh:Lindsey has had about 5 pics on his mic stand most nights I've seen him and he passes them out every show, including Sunday's show. I think with this pattern, he has been raising expectations that they will get distributed this tour. If I'd been there when he was pretending he didn't know what the woman was talking about, I'd have thrown a pie in his face. He could've just indicated that he didn't have any that night.

Michele

he did too in omaha & he was sort of just bending & handing them to people, but at the end of the show right before the lights went on, he threw one into the crowd in front of him & as soon as the lights went up, there was a dog pile trying to get it~ no one was mean tho, they all just pounced on it~

[carol7lynn]

In Lindsey's defense, he may not have heard what she said, thus the shrug and the I don't understand, and didn't really realize that she wanted a pick. He not only threw picks out in Diego but one of my concert buddies got one in Anaheim. I'm sure he has some hearing loss after over forty plus years playing in bands. Back in they day, bands used to play so loud that you wouldn't be able to hear for days afterward. I kid you not. My ex also played in a rock band for ten years so I know first hand what can happen. I have tinnitus as a result of all that exposure myself which is very annoying. Most musicians also wear hearing devices ( I'm sure Lindsey does although I can't say for sure as I'm too focused on his eyes to be looking at his ear canals. LOL) so they can hear what they're playing on stage. So when you factor those variables into the mix, I'm sure on any given night, he doesn't always hear everything fans are saying to him and just nods or shrugs or whatever. But that's just my two cents.

Carol Lynn
SoCalGal:nod:

[Erin]

I think it depends on the night what Lindsey wants to do about his pics. At the show I went to he tossed a couple toward the front of the stage in front of me, so I was able to grab one, but he didn't actually hand them out. No one noticed but me that he had done this, so at least we didn't have any aggression in Chicago. :0)

[AliP]

In Lindsey's defense, he may not have heard what she said, thus the shrug and the I don't understand, and didn't really realize that she wanted a pick. He not only threw picks out in Diego but one of my concert buddies got one in Anaheim.

He definitely knew what she said. I guess I should have explained it a litle better. I think he was just trying to be funny. I knew what she was saying, but he saw me looking at his hand then to his guitar and back and forth. I think he saw my puzzled expression cause I was just thinking he doesn't have a pick!!! So he was just shrugging, like "yeah I know." But anyway, that was really cool of him to go get one and hand it to her. He has always been the best out of the band about paying attention to the fans at the shows, imo.

[Lee]

Thanks for the reviews & pics.

Well, ya learn something new every day; I did not know that Stevie lived in Utah for a few years when she was younger. Isn't she originally from AZ? What brought her to UT?

Lee :)

[michelej1]

In Lindsey's defense, he may not have heard what she said, thus the shrug and the I don't understand, and didn't really realize that she wanted a pick. Carol Lynn
SoCalGal:nod:

One thing about his solo tours is that I have been amazed at Lindsey's keen hearing. I always figured he had such a hard head that he wouldn't hear (or listen) very well. Plus, the hearing loss that you mentioned, being on stage so much. I'd thought he might have problems like Mick, but he hears little whispers. I know in Saratoga when he heard me, I was not shouting. I was talking loud enough for the person next to me to hear, but I wasn't trying to talk loud enough for him to hear, yet he responded.

I was just glad I was saying something innocuous at the time, because it wouldn't be uncommon for me to add a "you moron" at the end of whatever I was saying about him. It would have been loving, to be sure, but he might not have realized that.

I guess I should have explained it a litle better. I think he was just trying to be funny.

No, from what you said I could tell that he was just being funny and doing so by indicating that maybe that woman was a little wacky -- when he knows she wasn't. So, I'd have thrown a pie. Key lime, with lots of cream, perhaps.

Michele

[michelej1]

Thanks for the reviews & pics.

Well, ya learn something new every day; I did not know that Stevie lived in Utah for a few years when she was younger. Isn't she originally from AZ? What brought her to UT?

Lee :)

Her dad's job had them moving around a lot. She says she never got to stay in one place very long, moving every 2 years. She was always the "new girl."

Michele

[michelej1]

Salt Lake Tribune pictures (15 of them)

http://extras.sltrib.com/tribphoto/galleryPhotos.asp?GID=FLEET_0603109&sort=Gallery

[michelej1]

[So, I hadn't heard the part about driving in Lindsey's Skylark in the Gypsy introduction before]

http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/music/article_f6166fc9-e1f5-52a4-a5c8-a8538c92623b.html


The Daily Herald, June 7, 2009 by Doug Fox

The demise of Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" has been greatly exaggerated.

The material on the Mac's seminal album, recorded over 30 years ago during a period of intense intra-band emotional turmoil, still resonates today -- as evidenced by Wednesday's concert at EnergySolutions Arena.

With no new album to plug, Fleetwood Mac took a full lower bowl of fans -- the upper section of the arena was curtained off -- on a memorable two-and-a-half-hour journey through the band's greatest hits, with a few select album cuts thrown in for good measure.

It was no surprise then that "Rumours," the band's 1977 album that sold more than 17 million copies and spent over 130 weeks on the charts, received the greatest amount of attention in Wednesday's set, with eight songs claiming ties to that record. The album is clearly a classic and Fleetwood Mac, just as clearly, continues to breathe new life into them live.

Namesakes Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John McVie (bass) may be the historical and rhythmic backbone of Fleetwood Mac, seeing as how they are the only two constants in the band's 40-plus years history, but Lindsey Buckingham (guitars, vocals) and Stevie Nicks (vocals, tambourine and spellbound dancing) are the heart and soul. Besides the whole Buckingham/Nicks romantic dissolution that provided the lyrical fodder for many of the band's biggest hits, the pair remain the main focal point for live performances.

Buckingham and Nicks don't shy away from that connection on stage -- indeed they seem to go out of their way to play it up for the crowd. The two were the last members to take the stage Wednesday, pointedly walking out hand-in-hand to assume their positions in front -- a move they duplicated at the start of both encore segments.

In a sly nod, the band opened with "Monday Morning" -- the very first song on the 1975 album "Fleetwood Mac," which marked the debut of Buckingham and Nicks in the group. Traditional concert opener "The Chain" followed and set the tone for an enchanting evening.

For starters, it must be pointed out that Buckingham may be one of the most criminally underrated guitarists of his generation. Whether it is due to Fleetwood Mac being best known for its more pop-oriented fare or slick album production, Buckingham's guitar prowess is seriously lacking in recognition. Whatever the reason, he must be seen live to be truly appreciated.

Watching him Wednesday, it was driven home that many of his most dynamic solos do not come in quick minute bursts in the middle of songs -- where most guitarists insert their flashiest solo work -- but rather appear in extended passages that close out tunes with a building, blistering conclusion.

There was not a better example of this than "I'm So Afraid" -- which features a frenetic five-minute guitar clinic by Buckingham to close out the song. "I Know I'm Not Wrong," "Second Hand News" and "Go Your Own Way" also featured great rideout solos by Buckingham.

Besides being Buckingham's emotional foil, Nicks brings an ethereal presence to the mix with her lyrical poetry, sultry vocals and somewhat mystical stage presence and twirling dance moves. Rocking her flowing dresses, knee-high boots, various shawls and, at one point, a top hat, Nicks belted out classics like "Dreams," "Rhiannon," "Sara," "Landslide," "Gold Dust Woman" and her own hit single "Stand Back."

Buckingham and Nicks also offered extended introductions to several songs, taking the time to detail some of the history behind them. Nicks provided the most interesting intro -- for the song "Gypsy" -- by recalling the years 1963-65, when she was a teenager living in Salt Lake City. Her father's work, however, forced the family to relocate to California.

"I was devastated," Nicks told the crowd. "I really loved Salt Lake."

But California is where she met Buckingham, eventually joining his band. That band made only one road trip -- which happened to be to Salt Lake City.

"We drove in Lindsey's Skylark," Nicks said, noting that their band opened for Leon Russell and Quicksilver Messenger at the old Terrace Ballroom, and then returned to immerse itself in the vibrant San Francisco music scene. "Ten years later, I wrote this song to capture those memories."

Christine McVie (keyboard and vocals) is the one missing member of the band's core lineup, having retired in 1998. Fleetwood Mac didn't ignore her material Wednesday, performing "Say You Love Me" and "Don't Stop." On both songs, Buckingham and Nicks handled one verse each vocally, before dueting on the third verse.

A pair of album gems included "Oh Well," from 1969, and "Storms," off the experimental double album, "Tusk," the followup to "Rumours." Nicks said "Storms" had never been played live by the band before this tour.

The rocking "Go Your Own Way" closed the main set and "Silver Springs" was a great choice to end the entire evening. "Silver Springs," though it did not officially appear on "Rumours," was the B side to hit single "Go Your Own Way." It first surfaced on record with the 1997 live album, "The Dance."

There are rumblings that the band will return to the studio to work on new material once this tour is over. Fans hope those hints prove to be more than "Rumours."

[carol7lynn]

He definitely knew what she said. I guess I should have explained it a litle better. I think he was just trying to be funny. I knew what she was saying, but he saw me looking at his hand then to his guitar and back and forth. I think he saw my puzzled expression cause I was just thinking he doesn't have a pick!!! So he was just shrugging, like "yeah I know." But anyway, that was really cool of him to go get one and hand it to her. He has always been the best out of the band about paying attention to the fans at the shows, imo.

Glad you cleared that up, Ali because you never mentioned the part about Lindsey giving her one of his picks. I just thought maybe you were still getting over your "bad Lindsey experience," as you put it in your post (Page 1; Post#12) from Screwed@RoyceHall about what happened to you in Seattle where you stated: "...The only thing I really wanted anymore was a picture with L.B....He came over and I got a picture. He didn't smile or anything, seemed very uncomfortable, and just made a weird face. ....I guess I just didn't understand the reluctance and bad attitude. It kind of left me with a bad Lindsey experience." Glad to hear you're over Seattle.

Carol Lynn
SoCalGal

[CADreaming]

[So, I hadn't heard the part about driving in Lindsey's Skylark in the Gypsy introduction before]

http://www.heraldextra.com/entertainment/music/article_f6166fc9-e1f5-52a4-a5c8-a8538c92623b.html

"We drove in Lindsey's Skylark," Nicks said, noting that their band opened for Leon Russell and Quicksilver Messenger at the old Terrace Ballroom, and then returned to immerse itself in the vibrant San Francisco music scene. "Ten years later, I wrote this song to capture those memories."



Haha! That's great. I remember reading in Javier's Q & A that Lindsey inherited the family car. Stevie had a '63 Chevy Corvair.

[michelej1]

Haha! That's great. I remember reading in Javier's Q & A that Lindsey inherited the family car. Stevie had a '63 Chevy Corvair.

I gather the Skylark soon bit the dust because later Stevie is usually talking about them being in her car.

Michele

[CADreaming]

I gather the Skylark soon bit the dust because later Stevie is usually talking about them being in her car.

Michele

True. Wonder when she got the Toyota?

One of my favorite car stories though has to be when she drove Keith Olsen to the airport in his car, in her robe, then forgot to pull the brake up when she came back home and Keith gets a call from Lindsey.."uh, yeah about the car, it's in the neighbor's house...literally..." lol :laugh:

[njova]

True. Wonder when she got the Toyota?

One of my favorite car stories though has to be when she drove Keith Olsen to the airport in his car, in her robe, then forgot to pull the brake up when she came back home and Keith gets a call from Lindsey.."uh, yeah about the car, it's in the neighbor's house...literally..." lol :laugh:

:laugh:Oh my god I never heard that before that was so funny.

[CADreaming]

:laugh:Oh my god I never heard that before that was so funny.

From Keith's Q & A:

The best memory was when Stevie and Lindsey lived with me in my little Coldwater Cyn house in LA.... I was going to NYC to mix a live concert in Central Park for the James Gang.... Stevie and Lindsey's car had blown its transmission... so I lent them my car.... only if they would drive me to where the Limo was picking up the band at 5:00am .... and when I returned 3 days later pick me back up.... You have to imagine the next part... Stevie in a long heavy cotton robe... trying to drive a stick shift car... where the end of the robe got caught up in the pedals.... As she drove away (after dropping me off) the lead singer for the James Gang said " Keith, you'll never see that car again.." Well I said that he was crazy-- she only had to go 1.5 miles.....

I flew to NYC and went directly to Central Park.... got to the hotel at around 11:00pm EST... had a message that said call home ASAP!

I called ... Lindsey got on the phone... and told me everyone was OK, but the car was in my neighbors bedroom....... Stevie had parked the car, pulled on the brake...(1 Click), and went back to bed... the car rolled down the hill, flipped end over end 3 times and was hurled through the air and into the bedroom of the house below me..... Come to think about it... I think Stevie still owes me for that car.... and then with 30 years of interest ......

Btw, wonder if that "lead singer" was Joe Walsh? ;)

[BTFLCHLD]

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[jenniferuk]

Brilliant video--thanks for sharing that. Love watching John in the background--Stevie seems to have great energy level/enthusiam.