Conversation w/ LB in NYC - on sale now

[elle]

anybody knows anything about this?

http://www.92y.org/Uptown/Event/Lindsey-Buckingham.aspx?&ev_ads=Twitter_LindseyBuckingham

[Eugene]

A Conversation with Lindsey Buckingham
Fri, Nov 4, 2011, 8 pm
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Lexington Avenue at 92nd St

A101 & A102 were available when I checked-i.e. front row. This must have appeared today.

[elle]

A Conversation with Lindsey Buckingham
Fri, Nov 4, 2011, 8 pm
Kaufmann Concert Hall
Lexington Avenue at 92nd St

A101 & A102 were available when I checked-i.e. front row. This must have appeared today.

it did. but A was not showing up for me...

EDIT: yes, when you select 2 tix, then A shows up. for just 1 ticket, not.

[Amlyn]

Oh, cool. Thanks for the heads up! I may try to go to this. Who else is in?

[TrueFaith77]

m115 lame.

[elle]

Oh, cool. Thanks for the heads up! I may try to go to this. Who else is in?

i'd definitely go if i was in NYC. but i might get a ticket anyway, and decide later.

[Amlyn]

i'd definitely go if i was in NYC. but i might get a ticket anyway, and decide later.

Where are you again?

[bangdrum]

YES!!!

Let me go get a ticket... :D:thumbsup:

EDIT: N115 here. :shocked:

[elle]

Where are you again?

washington DC

[TrueFaith77]

it did. but A was not showing up for me...

EDIT: yes, when you select 2 tix, then A shows up. for just 1 ticket, not.

ugh i shoulda bought two. lol

[elle]

ugh i shoulda bought two. lol

either one of us could've done it and split ;)

[mezzoforte]

Just bought tickets. This sounds great!

[Amlyn]

washington DC

Hop on amtrak and come on up!

[WelshWitchPMD]

Since I will be in the area that time I bought 2 tickets. I got A101 and A102. Not sure where they are or what this is about but I am going.

[elle]

Since I will be in the area that time I bought 2 tickets. I got A101 and A102. Not sure where they are or what this is about but I am going.
they are right smack in the front of the stage :nod:

[Amlyn]

Since I will be in the area that time I bought 2 tickets. I got A101 and A102. Not sure where they are or what this is about but I am going.

I got D101 and D102, so i must be 3 rows behind you.

[elle]

http://www.92y.org/92StreetY/media/DOCUMENTS/Uptown/Misc/No_Exp/kaufmann_seatchart.pdf

[Sahara]

Super jealous! Really hoping a recording of this surfaces, it'd be nice to get a little more in-depth discussion. Enjoy, all!

[wondergirl9847]

Well, I can't wait to hear what is said! :D

[Amlyn]

Well, I can't wait to hear what is said! :D

I was just thinking. Considering we all know his standard set of responses, we could probably get up there and answer the questions ourselves. But I hope having an audience and the fact that his answers can't be edited will result in some spontaneity.

Either way, I'm excited for this!:blob2:

[bucklind17]

Hmm, I wonder how long I have to see if my friend can come to this, or if I should just buy tickets.

[GoldDustWoman22]

Ok this looks really awesome. Should definitely be an interesting night...totally going. However, do you know how you choose your seats? I tried choosing two tickets but it still wasn't giving me any options. Am I doing it right?

[Amlyn]

Ok this looks really awesome. Should definitely be an interesting night...totally going. However, do you know how you choose your seats? I tried choosing two tickets but it still wasn't giving me any options. Am I doing it right?

It just assigned me the best available seat...i didn't see any option to choose.

[GoldDustWoman22]

It just assigned me the best available seat...i didn't see any option to choose.

Ok thanks! Bought my seats...F101 so excited!

[bucklind17]

Went ahead and bought some, Row K. Should be interesting!

[WeepingWall]

thanks for pointing this out! Got A center (not sure what number, but on the phone he said it was center). So exciting. He also said on the phone that it is possible he might also play some tidbits!

[skcin]

Hmmmm..interesting indeed. :nod:

[michelej1]

thanks for pointing this out! Got A center (not sure what number, but on the phone he said it was center). So exciting. He also said on the phone that it is possible he might also play some tidbits!

Oh, I'm sure he'll play SWS. Maybe Big Love.

Michele

[MacMan]

Remember he did something like this in Boston at some music school... I forget the school, but it was a stage an audience and it was a conversation with him. Can't recall if tickets were available to the general public or not.

[BTFLCHLD]

Remember he did something like this in Boston at some music school... I forget the school, but it was a stage an audience and it was a conversation with him. Can't recall if tickets were available to the general public or not.

open to students, faculty, and staff...
^ that totally bummed me out at the time :o

"The Q&A session came just a few hours before he performed at the Berklee Performance Center, the Boston stop on a tour supporting his latest album, Gift of Screws."

http://www.berklee.edu/news/267/lindsey-buckingham-still-stylin

[WelshWitchPMD]

I have 2 extra front row tickets for this. They are at will call. I am going and have other tickets to pick up. If anyone is interested in them send me a PM.

[bangdrum]

Your PMs aren't working...

[WelshWitchPMD]

Your PMs aren't working...

Sorry. Try it now.

[soul_drifter333]

WOW, you'll get to hear the big movie vs. the independent film analogy in person. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Just kidding...I'm so jealous. This will probably be an excellent time to meet him and get an autograph/picture. Have fun! (and someone record this)

[WeepingWall]

WOW, you'll get to hear the big movie vs. the independent film analogy in person. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

I REALLY hope the interviewer gets him to say something else. People buying tickets, he must imagine, have read interviews, or they also could have seen his NY show, in which he said those very things. Please, new talking points!

[elle]

anybody knows anything about this?

http://www.92y.org/Uptown/Event/Lindsey-Buckingham.aspx?&ev_ads=Twitter_LindseyBuckingham

ok, this is getting closer! so i see Amlyn, TrueFaith, bangdrum, mezzoforte, WelshWitchPMD, bucklind17, GoldDustWoman22, and WeepingWall seem to plan on going, and i know of few others too. anybody else? sounds like a party!! :woohoo:

anybody wants to get together before or after - or both?

[AbbiJoy78]

Does anybody have extra tickets to this still?:D

[TrueFaith77]

Rumours had it that we'd be getting together before and/or after but no plans set.

[TrueFaith77]

I can't always match names with faces on here, so if you are interested in joining me for dinner, hit me up on PM (thus this is considered solicited). Hopefully some other Ledgies will be there with me. If you PM me, I'll send you details on where I made reservations.

[Gypsy]

I used to work at this venue, so I can tell you how it's probably going to work:

The interviewer will ask Lindsey questions for at least a half hour, followed by Q & A.

The audience Q & A will go one of two ways:
A. Index cards will be passed out to the audience to write questions on, collected, and then vetted backstage (i.e. 'What color is are your skivvies, Linds?' is NOT going to make it into the interviewer's hands).

B. Audience members will actually get to stand and ask LB questions!

I suspect they will go with Option A, but would die and go to heaven if it were Option B.

I can't IMAGINE that Lindsey wouldn't play a song or two.

They may have a merch table set up, and there may be an opportunity to have him autograph stuff.
On the other hand, they may just whisk him out after the interview.

It's a nice, cozy wood-paneled venue, and in my opinion, there's not a bad seat in the house.

I think it's gonna be an awesome night.

And I have a free spare ticket to prove it. PM me.
Please be sane and cool. :wavey:

P.S. (Totally not related to anything).
Holy $#@!. I just looked at my join date and realized I've been on The Ledge for 11 years. http://bestsmileys.com/fainting/1.gif

[AbbiJoy78]

I was thinking about getting tickets for this today! I read something on the site about the event being moved to some other Hall and it was General Admission...that is not true is it?? :confused:

[HejiraNYC]

I was thinking about getting tickets for this today! I read something on the site about the event being moved to some other Hall and it was General Admission...that is not true is it?? :confused:

It looks like they are still selling reserved seats today; they were in the third row. Really? Is anyone going to this thing? I am convinced that there will be no more than 30 people attending tonight. :lol: Everyone should bring a covered dish and just call it a potluck dinner party.

[fumidesigns]

i just called and i'm very MAD right now!

"go your own way" just started playing too! *sucks teeth extra hard!!!!*

[bucklind17]

This was pretty cool. Most exciting is that he actually played "Rock Away Blind"! He was clearly planning on playing a different tune from SWS but his guitar wasn't tuned properly so he amended his choice and played this for what he said was the first, and later said was the last, time. It's always awesome to see his fingers on guitar strings, it's fascinating! He also played "I Am Waiting" at request of Anthony DeCurtis, following some talk about why he enjoys that era of Rolling Stones tunes and later, "Big Love," which was fantastic, as always.

As for the discussion, it was entertaining but nothing particularly ground-breaking was said. He was a little snarkier than I expected, definitely expected some reading into his tone or would make a face after he said something to drive home his point. I was surprised so much time was spent on the dynamics of the band circa Rumours, considering I'm sure DeCurtis himself is well versed in that history and I doubt anyone in the room was particularly lacking in it, but it's still entertaining to hear, especially with some new asides thrown in. There was talk of his musical influences as a child with extra emphasis on The Beach Boys, some talk about how having a wife and family has changed his process, a little talk about Buckingham Nicks and future LB/SN projects (though when people started clapping, he quickly shut it down, which to me made it seem like it's nowhere near actually happening) and again, a lot of talk about the "failure" of Tusk, which. We've heard before. But all in all pretty entertaining! He was in a fun mood and only said "small machine" once and I don't think I heard the word "cycle" or "organic" at all! ;)

[Regina]

I had so much fun! Maybe because I had lower expectations since...well, we've heard so many Lindsey speeches. But, he was funny! And even when he mentioned something ala the concerts, he changed it up a bit so there was more insight and it seemed different and new.
Good job, Lindsey! I wish they would have asked a few more of the audience questions but...
I can't believe he noticed that the label on the bottled water was covered up. And he was so relaxed and into the whole thing once he got maybe one or two questions out of the way. I think he knew the people who were there were with him 1000%.
All in all, a fabulous time. Plus, I got to talk to him again for a few seconds because he did a CD signing! I have several copies but...hey, I got another. I told him to please come back again in the spring since he made this autumn so exciting. He said he would (but, I'm going to be like him with BNII and say there's nothing written in stone;-) He also said a whole sentence that I just didn't get or automatically blocked out. I think it was something like "it's nice to see so many familiar faces" but I could definitely not swear to it. It might be my mind filling in the blanks for going total fangirl on him and giggling like a ninny instead of actually hearing words.
But, (eeeeeeee!) I got to see him again! It's been a fun tour!

Oh, and I met a whole bunch of Ledgies while waiting on line. :wavey: And, of course, my partner in crime, Farrah!

P.S. He had this really big bodyguard who kept trying to chase me away by saying "thank you" and gesturing toward the door. But, Lindsey wasn't, so...I finished my little speech. Hey, if I have to sit through his, he has to sit through my two sentences. And when I stood looking down at him signing, he's soooo thin. Made me feel like Brunhilda the Wonder Warrior or something.

That is all.

[PastelGravel]

That's awesome Regina! Wish I was there. BTW, you mentioned Farrah. Is it the same Farrah from Burnish.net days? I never hear about anyone from then, so I got excited!

[Nico]

Aww, I'm so glad you all had such a great time! This seems like it was so worth seeing and I'm glad to have experienced it vicariously through all your comments and tidbits. LB is loosening up a lot this tour. I love it.

[Nico]

I think it was something like "it's nice to see so many familiar faces" but I could definitely not swear to it. It might be my mind filling in the blanks for going total fangirl on him and giggling like a ninny instead of actually hearing words.
But, (eeeeeeee!) I got to see him again! It's been a fun tour!

When I met Lindsey, I totally blanked out on anything worthy of discussion and sort of fangirled (calmly) and expressed my adoration for his music and genius. He was so sweet to me, so I think it didn't bother him. :lol:


P.S. He had this really big bodyguard who kept trying to chase me away by saying "thank you" and gesturing toward the door. But, Lindsey wasn't, so...I finished my little speech. Hey, if I have to sit through his, he has to sit through my two sentences. And when I stood looking down at him signing, he's soooo thin. Made me feel like Brunhilda the Wonder Warrior or something.

That is all.

Awww....go on girl! And Lindsey is a tiny guy. I just noticed this in context with other men, while he was standing next to Jimmy Fallon and that (horribly unfunny) comedian the other night. He was so small. Since I'm not a tall or big girl, it's hard for me to note this when I met him but it's totally true that he is. And his hair is so high so he sort of creates his own proportions.

[AliceLover]

ROCK AWAY BLIND?!?!?!?! Why was it the "last time"?

[WelshWitchPMD]

ROCK AWAY BLIND?!?!?!?! Why was it the "last time"?

I thought of you immediately! Best quote of the night, Go Your Own Way, B*tch!

[Peestie]

Ah! He can't just play it the once! It has to get added to the setlist before the UK :(

Was this event filmed or recorded or was it just a one off event?

[skcin]

Sorry if I missed this in a previous post, but about how many people attended?

[fumidesigns]

Well I had a blast last night! #ditto pretty much on the previous reviews! It was hella cool to get my cd signed and he loved my "Get Tusked Lindsey" tshirt that i made!

Also, I am so glad that I finally got to see LB live! I was blown away at Red Bank! I will DEFINITELY see him again!

[TrueFaith77]

Two quick things:

1. Lindsey's direct quote was "Go your own way... you B***!" lol LOL LOL

2. When Lindsey signed my CD I said: "It's an honor. And I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you that SAY YOU WILL is the best American album of the decade!" HIs response: "Thank you! There's some ballsy **** on that album!" And I must have made a face like: "ballsy?!" I honestly don't remember what I said though: I hope it was something like: "Yes, it is a great thing." or something but I think my face was just like: "BALLSY?!"

[fumidesigns]

Two quick things:

1. Lindsey's direct quote was "Go your own way... you B***!" lol LOL LOL

2. When Lindsey signed my CD I said: "It's an honor. And I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you that SAY YOU WILL is the best American album of the decade!" HIs response: "Thank you! There's some ballsy **** on that album!" And I must have made a face like: "ballsy?!" I honestly don't remember what I said though: I hope it was something like: "Yes, it is a great thing." or something but I think my face was just like: "BALLSY?!"

I'm soooooo glad that you got to tell him that! U rock!

[bucklind17]

ROCK AWAY BLIND?!?!?!?! Why was it the "last time"?

Honestly, I think he was a liiiiittle thrown by the spontaneity of the performance. He hadn't planned on playing it, he was singing into a microphone that was set up for speaking, I don't think he'd really warmed up his voice all that much, so I would guess it was more that he wasn't that excited with how the song came across. His live shows are so polished and it was kind of neat seeing him tune his guitar and figure out if everything was in place for certain songs, but I got a sense that he wasn't loving not giving us a more "perfected" version. Nonetheless, it was really neat and I don't think anyone cared at all that it was so off the cuff, everyone was very excited by the song choice when he said it was what he was going to play!

Also, I should note that he played "Big Love" completely full out while sitting in an armchair. I couldn't help laughing at the end, because it was total, fulll on "Big Love" yelping, while sitting down, on a stage in an auditorium. Amazing.

[bangdrum]

MiMi, you're the Get Tusked shirt??? I was the one in front of you on line! (I didn't know who anyone was, and I'm awful at introducing myself. :o)

Agreed with everyone that it was amazing. And yeah, Big Love sitting in an armchair was bizarre!

[Regina]

That's awesome Regina! Wish I was there. BTW, you mentioned Farrah. Is it the same Farrah from Burnish.net days? I never hear about anyone from then, so I got excited!

Yup. The one and only Farrah I know. She's great. We've been friends now for...eons. I actually have kept up most of my early Ledge friendships. I've always said that we (sometimes) argued to the death but, at the same time, formed lifelong friendships, which is very, very nice.

When I met Lindsey, I totally blanked out on anything worthy of discussion and sort of fangirled (calmly) and expressed my adoration for his music and genius. He was so sweet to me, so I think it didn't bother him.

Nico--The funny thing is, I've met him a few times before. I talked to him twice. I was SO calm during the previous times. And, we actually had more contact than this time but ... maybe it was the formality. I have no clue. I was just a giddy doofus. But, yeah, he was great. As to his size, it's funny because when I've stood next to him, he doesn't seem as small but, geez, yesterday...I felt gargantuan. And, I am a large woman but still...

Two quick things:

2. When Lindsey signed my CD I said: "It's an honor. And I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you that SAY YOU WILL is the best American album of the decade!" HIs response: "Thank you! There's some ballsy **** on that album!" And I must have made a face like: "ballsy?!" I honestly don't remember what I said though: I hope it was something like: "Yes, it is a great thing." or something but I think my face was just like: "BALLSY?!"

TrueFaith...I'm pretty sure we were about two people behind you in line. I heard you mention SYW, although I didn't know in what context. Ballsy. Ha! I think he was totally referring to The Song Known As "Come." That one was definitely ballsy.

(For the record, I thought Big Love sitting down was odd, too. I kind of expected him to hump that ugly old chair. And, Rock Away Blind was awesome)

[TrueFaith77]

Another big surprise: He said he has considered that for an album he might relinquish his usual songwriting method (a boy and his guitar) and try to begin the compositions on... the piano!!!! And incorporate that into some of his live performances in support of said album!

:eek:

[mezzoforte]

I recorded audio for about half an hour of this. Sorry, folks--didn't realize it'd stopped recording! Better than nothing.

I had such a great time last night. Lindsey was funny and charming and only mentioned big machine/little machine once! I was very impressed.
I saw Ledgies I knew well, and had the pleasure of meeting a few new ones. Special shout-outs to Elle and Melissa, who Ed and I had dinner with. It's always interesting when Stevie and Lindsey fans collide!

Now, I'm completely computer illiterate and have never uploaded to MediaFire before, so let me know if these don't work.

Part 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/?p9o003vh5rrkrv0)
Part 2 (http://www.mediafire.com/?f9z9txzxfx9bnbh) (includes "Rock Away Blind")
Part 3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?yogdd443oqo8ruw)
Part 4 (http://www.mediafire.com/?l3bckcag5yf9yp4)

[Amlyn]

Don't have too much to add from what has already been said, but I had a blast and I felt to fortunate to be one of the lucky few who got to sit right in front of him, meet him (although i bumbled like an idiot) and got to hear him play Rockaway Blind.

While there were definitely some expected canned responses, there was a lot of off the cuff and candid things and it was great to see him in that light. I wish he was more loose and spontaneous ALL the time.

Not much about the Stevie talk was mentioned here, but the bottom line is that she was definitely on his mind last night. Those two are in a good place and I hope the fans get to benefit from it in the near future. Whether it's a BN thing, new FM material, them writing together, whatever, it's nice to see it all beginning to look like it's coming full circle for them.

Too many people to mention, but I loved seeing everyone again. And those of you I met for the first time last night..so nice to meet you. But I do want to thank Gypsy again for the heads up about the GA. That was a life saver.

And Grace, thanks for recording! Can't wait to listen.

[Farrah]

It was incredible and surprising and I'm glad so many of you were able to remember exactly what he said because after getting the chance to interact with him for three seconds, I have no recollection of the event. ;)

He ***needs*** to add "Rock Away Blind" to the concert setlist.

He talked briefly about doing a non-Fleetwood Mac project with Stevie, but then suggested there would be too much "politics" involved in that.

[fumidesigns]

MiMi, you're the Get Tusked shirt??? I was the one in front of you on line! (I didn't know who anyone was, and I'm awful at introducing myself. :o)

Agreed with everyone that it was amazing. And yeah, Big Love sitting in an armchair was bizarre!

Yes that was me! Lol well we know for next time!

[PastelGravel]

It was incredible and surprising and I'm glad so many of you were able to remember exactly what he said because after getting the chance to interact with him for three seconds, I have no recollection of the event. ;)

He ***needs*** to add "Rock Away Blind" to the concert setlist.

He talked briefly about doing a non-Fleetwood Mac project with Stevie, but then suggested there would be too much "politics" involved in that.

Farrah! So nice to "see" you! You probably dont remember me but we "knew" each other during the Burnish days (The Dance era). Good times. Your name, Thea, StrandintheWind, JohnnyStew, are pretty much the only ones I remember. And Viv. :wavey:

[Lindsfan]

I recorded audio for about half an hour of this. Sorry, folks--didn't realize it'd stopped recording! Better than nothing.

Part 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/?p9o003vh5rrkrv0)
Part 2 (http://www.mediafire.com/?f9z9txzxfx9bnbh) (includes "Rock Away Blind")
Part 3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?yogdd443oqo8ruw)
Part 4 (http://www.mediafire.com/?l3bckcag5yf9yp4)

You seriously ROCK!!! :blob1::blob2::blob1: THANK YOU a thousand times for doing this :xoxo: thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou...

--------------------

[vivfox]

Part 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/?p9o003vh5rrkrv0)
Part 2 (http://www.mediafire.com/?f9z9txzxfx9bnbh) (includes "Rock Away Blind")
Part 3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?yogdd443oqo8ruw)
Part 4 (http://www.mediafire.com/?l3bckcag5yf9yp4)



With Grace's kind permission I transferred these files to MP3 for those who cannot play MP4 files.

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AA.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?udv73bfv55gwlob

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AB.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?3bdyiftarp3sv55

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AC.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?100pyhwdkjvkvv9

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AD.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?m4yd2r9bwhvlh2y

[vivfox]

Recorded by Grace:

Rockaway Blind(Part One)
http://www.mediafire.com/?crz5il7v7i97khl
Rockaway Blind(Part Two)
http://www.mediafire.com/?kgf5sa0eeyixqx4

[vivfox]

Recorded by Mezzoforte:

I Am Waiting(Part One)
http://www.mediafire.com/?44n26q34zsfki44
I Am Waiting(Part Two)
http://www.mediafire.com/?iec787byhk8kase

[michelej1]

for an album he might relinquish his usual songwriting method (a boy and his guitar) and try to begin the compositions on... the piano!!!! And incorporate that into some of his live performances in support of said album!

:eek:

That's extremely odd coming from him. I wonder what elements he thinks composing on a piano would add to his songwriting.

He said that Kristen's decorating style was "ballsy" too, several years ago.

Thanks to everyone for the great reviews. I'm so thrilled about RAB. I hope he finesses it and adds it to a show.

Michele

[vivfox]

And Viv. :wavey:


I wasn't there. Was there a Viv impersonator?

[PastelGravel]

I wasn't there. Was there a Viv impersonator?

I guess it was a differnt Viv. I always assumed it was you, lol. Sorry :o This *was* a LONG time ago, lol. It was good times tho...

[vivfox]

I guess it was a differnt Viv. I always assumed it was you, lol. Sorry :o This *was* a LONG time ago, lol. It was good times tho...


I thought you were talking about last night. Where else have we met?

[PastelGravel]

I thought you were talking about last night. Where else have we met?

I meant, good times at Burnish.net in general...are you the Viv from then?

[vivfox]

I meant, good times at Burnish.net in general...are you the Viv from then?


I am not that Viv. I miss burnishnet though.

[bangdrum]

That's extremely odd coming from him. I wonder what elements he thinks composing on a piano would add to his songwriting.

He said that Kristen's decorating style was "ballsy" too, several years ago.

Thanks to everyone for the great reviews. I'm so thrilled about RAB. I hope he finesses it and adds it to a show.

Michele

I remember the piano thing now... he was saying it's a more "open" instrument, so you discover more aspects to the song or something.

[michelej1]

http://according2g.com/2011/11/review-a-conversation-with-lindsey-buckingham-at-92y-nyc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-a-conversation-with-lindsey-buckingham-at-92y-nyc
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Review: A Conversation With Lindsey Buckingham at 92Y, NYC
Posted by The G on November 5, 2011


Some people will always remember the 5th of November. I’ll always remember the 4th of November, 2011. It’s the day that I met one of my musical gods – Lindsey Buckingham. The 92Y in New York presented an hour and a half program called “A Conversation with Lindsey Buckingham,” and it was a die-hard fan’s dream come true. He was interviewed by Anthony DeCurtis, who is obviously a fan of Lindsey’s music, so the discussion was relaxed, open, honest and it really felt like eavesdropping into the mind of one of the biggest musical geniuses of my lifetime. So many questions I’ve been dying to know the answers to were answered as Lindsey Buckingham talked about everything from his love for the Brian Jones era of the Rolling Stones to the creative genius and madness of Brian Wilson to the changes of the marketability of music, some of his current favorites (including Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors), his kids listening to the music of Katy Perry to getting to and being in a place where his life is totally enriched by being a family man – which wasn’t always the case in the “glory days” of Fleetwood Mac. He was even asked what he would have done if Fleetwood Mac didn’t happen and though Lindsey found the question to be interesting, he said it was too hard to speculate but he also reiterated the magic event of himself and Stevie Nicks getting the opportunity to become members of Fleetwood Mac and how it changed the direction their lives took.

Lindsey has a new solo album, the excellent “Seeds We Sow,” and he talked about how the album came about, as well the differences between being a solo artist and being with a super group such as Fleetwood Mac – the small machine and big machine, as he put it. Lindsey Buckingham has clearly thought through his incredible journey and is incredibly optimistic about his outlook on life. This conversation was very intimate and from reading recent interviews, it’s interesting to see how his words can get twisted. For example, he prefaced rumours (pun sort of intended) of getting back together with Fleetwood Mac and he was honest by saying, Lindsey, Stevie, Mick and John are down for it, times are being scheduled for 2012 for the Mac to get together, but also things can change because that’s just how life goes sometimes. The press likes to turn that into definite statements.


The question “what’s the status of a possible Buckingham Nicks reunion” was asked and Lindsey said he’s very open to the idea. Once again, nothing is concrete, but possibilities that been discussed of a re-release of the album will leave the fans totally satisfied. Some of the options are to release either extra tracks, record new songs, and do some sort of tour or at the very least a show – again, nothing is definite because he said that by this point in their careers, both Stevie and Lindsey have their own management teams and it’s hard to get a meeting of the minds on all sides. Obviously, the politics of Rock and Roll are no different than the politics of the traditional corporate world. Someone in the audience pointed out that the 40th Anniversary of Buckingham Nicks will be in 2 years, so if Lindsey and Stevie’s people are reading this – PLEASE get it together and don’t miss out on doing something special for the world!

Lindsey also talked about his relationship with Stevie Nicks and it sounds like it’s in a really good place. They are both off doing their solo careers at the moment, but they also realize that there is a spark between them that will never go out and in fact, it’s way too special not to make something out of it. But like any couple – it comes with the inevitable drama that is bound to exist between two people that have gone through an extraordinary experience together of love, loss, drugs, success and rock and roll. Lindsey said that he and Stevie have acknowledged to each other that the Lindsey and Stevie story has many more chapters to be written – whatever those chapters are will be revealed in time! This is great news for all of us!!

He was asked by an audience member if he’d ever consider doing a guitar-less album and Lindsey mentioned the possibility (again, this is not necessarily happening) and his interest in writing an album on piano. He thinks it would be a rewarding and creative challenge. Fingers crossed! He discussed the controversial (at the time) decision to follow up the blockbuster album “Rumours” with the experimental double album “Tusk” and though it sold very well by most standards, it wasn’t a runaway smash and he basically got blamed by everyone for not making “Rumours 2.” He stuck by his artistic need to grow and upon reflection all these years later, he does not regret taking the creative risk! Respect!

He also talked about not intending to make the record that became “Seeds we Sow,” but the songs just came and Lindsey felt no need to keep the songs in the vaults. As if hearing this type of information wasn’t great enough, he played 3 acoustic songs for the audience which were ”Rock Away Blind,” (from “Seeds We Sow”) which he said he’d never played live before, the Rolling Stones cover “I am Waiting” (from “Under the Skin”) and “Big Love.” It was asked that if someone were discovering his music for the first time, the song he would recommend them to start with is the acoustic version of “Big Love.”

I was fortunate enough to meet Lindsey before the program and he was so cool! I had the chance to tell him how much I love him and he was very nice! I’m proud of myself for keeping it together because after meeting him, I was in a state of bliss for the rest of the evening. His music has meant so much to my life and getting to hear him fill in the holes of many of the things I’ve always wondered about his life and music makes me love him even more. I cannot say enough how grateful I am for such a positive experience and this will be a night I never forget. Thank you Lindsey for being such a positive influence and inspiration in my life! If you don’t have his most recent three solo albums (“Under The Skin,” “Gift of Screws” and “Seeds We Sow”), which to me fit together as a cohesive triple record, I cannot recommend them enough.

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn2/michelej1/Lindsey%20Buckingham/Lindsey-Buckingham-and-Geoffrey-Dicker-300x269.jpg

[michelej1]

I remember the piano thing now... he was saying it's a more "open" instrument, so you discover more aspects to the song or something.

Interesting. I would have guessed it would be more like trying to express yourself in a language you're not completely fluent in, as he is with the guitar. But I'm glad he's still thinking of new ways to experiment and create at this point in time.

Thanks for the additional information.

Michele

[Lindsfan]

Also, with permission ( thanks again, Messoforte :angel: ), I did a quick Audacity project to combine the split song parts into two complete songs. I included the guitar tuning and conversation just preceeding each one.

Rock Away Blind:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qwtam3vhcttyb52/Rock%20Away%20Blind%20-%2011042011.mp3

I Am Waiting:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/gigorxbtm3cnc0d/I%20Am%20Waiting%20-%2011042011.mp3

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[vivfox]

Also, with permission ( thanks again, Messoforte :angel: ), I did a quick Audacity project to combine the split song parts into two complete songs.


Now this is really cool. Thank you for that.

[DameLindsey]

Sorry these aren't that great, but I couldn't have my flash on!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150340354502703.338679.679897702&type=1&l=2bfdd3f3bd

[mezzoforte]

Also, with permission ( thanks again, Messoforte :angel: ), I did a quick Audacity project to combine the split song parts into two complete songs. I included the guitar tuning and conversation just preceeding each one.

Rock Away Blind:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qwtam3vhcttyb52/Rock%20Away%20Blind%20-%2011042011.mp3

I Am Waiting:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/gigorxbtm3cnc0d/I%20Am%20Waiting%20-%2011042011.mp3

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Thanks, Lindsfan!

[Fiver]

Big thanks, mezzoforte, vivfox and Lindsfan! Haaah, man, the reaction he got when he made the comment about Chris and Stevie " reinforcing something that might've even been worked out otherwise". :laugh:

[Regina]

Big thanks, mezzoforte, vivfox and Lindsfan! Haaah, man, the reaction he got when he made the comment about Chris and Stevie " reinforcing something that might've even been worked out otherwise". :laugh:

It was funny. I think that may be at the root of Christine's burning bridges!

There were a few moments when you definitely know that his relationship with Stevie hugely, hugely influenced every part of his life.

Thanks Mezzoforte and everyone for the audio and pictures. So much fun to relive all of it.

[Amlyn]

Big thanks, mezzoforte, vivfox and Lindsfan! Haaah, man, the reaction he got when he made the comment about Chris and Stevie " reinforcing something that might've even been worked out otherwise". :laugh:

I had just about picked my jaw off the floor, when he came out with the "Stevie moved away from me....I NEVER moved away from her."

And then i reached out to pick up my jaw again.

[elle]

i will start describing yesterday in no particular order, and then i will continue with this some time tomorrow... so part 1:

my convo story actually starts the night before. as lindsey was leaving the Count Basie theater in Red Bank, we could see a small rollaway suitcase and a guitar being carried into the minivan as he was being whisked away to NYC with a small entourage of about 3 other people (next day he had the VH1 thing in the morning and Q&A/convo in the evening). we thought it was encouraging to see the guitar being packed in the van b/c that was giving some hope he might play a song or 2 during the convo event (figured it would probably be SWS).

so now to friday: as london and i were calmly sitting in the restaurant truefaith had reserved for dinner, decided to check twitter and the ledge to see whether there are any changes of plans for dinner or any other things we might want to know... so opened the ledge and you all know what was there (thanks again gypsy for letting us all know the event had turned into a GA!!). so we finished our drinks in a hurry and went immediately to the Y. pattie and alex were already there, so they were first in line, and london and i were right behind them...soon enough amlyn, mezzoforte, fumi, and others showed up, all hurrying from various parts of town. truefaith - tried to call you to let you know we will not be going for dinner before the event but you were not answering your phone... so fumi went to get you!

i think we ended up waiting from about 5 or 5:30pm and they let us in ~7:30 maybe? gave us cards for questions and most of our people who made it to the line early took up the first row on the right side (side where lindsey was sitting).

there were two short introductions that everybody was hoping were going to get out of the way fast... when lindsey and interviewer came out it was clear that they knew each other very well, so there was a nice warm interaction and a lot of respect between them.

lindsey was in a good mood, very relaxed. when i listened to first few questions and his responses i was thinking - oh good, he's getting small machine/big machine and all the usual stuff out of the way fast right at the beginning and then we'll see what they'll discuss next. the jest of what he was saying is the same as what he usually says, but he was sooooo relaxed and joking around so much and adding little details and snipes or making light with some gesture or tone of voice of certain statements that it felt so different from his usual remarks and completely natural.

when asked about rumours era recording experience he said how stevie and christine were egging each other on about being unhappy with their respective relationships and leaving him and JMV and that if SN and CM weren't together in the similar situation maybe those relationships could've still been salvaged or at least dragged on for a while longer. he also said that his and stevie's relationship was on the rocks for a while before that, that she was moving away from him and the way it sounded was like he's thinking he was gonna be dumped sooner or later anyway. ;)

he said that of course mick "only wanted me, right?" to the audience - as a joke.

he also said stevie and he are now in a very good place with each other after spending some time together towards the end of her album recording, and that it is unbelievable that they are still working on their sh*t (that's on the recording).

when asked about BN album, he said that it's frankly ridiculous that they still didn't put it out; he said he can't say when they might put it out and have an "event" that their managers think they should have in order to put it out (somebody yelled - 40 years in 2013), and that he really shouldn't be saying anything b/c it will get blown out and stevie will get mad at him.

interviewer noted after lindsey describing his and SN's and MF's "people" all convening and making decisions on FM or BN or whatever that it sounds kinda like a business or a corporate world...

he talked about his family and being a parent, again with just a touch of what he usually says about it, but adding that he didn't realize at first when meeting his now-wife that this is his chance but he finally got smart and has 3 kids now, after he started late, meeting his wife in his mid-40s and having kids later. he said one thing about that is that it makes him think how oooold he's going to be (he emphasized old with a deep voice and a rolleye or something to that effect) when the last one finishes high school.

he said that he was not informed properly about how this event is going to go and that somebody on his team will hear from him later about that - he was making a face / tone of voice like he's scolding a child - same with the guitar not being tuned properly.

watching him tune his guitar was mesmerizing :blob2: :blob1: - you can't get any feeling of it from the recording! he was clearly pissed about it and kept tuning it / turning all the various knobs furiously fast - it was just un-be-lie-va-ble to watch right in front of you!! all that while he was trying to make some small talk and look all relaxed about it but once interviewer pointed out how LB is obviously not happy about the tuning situation you could notice that really being the case... then when he started RAB it was clear that alone - hearing RAB live for the 1st time ever after all the requests - would be worth 5X the price of admission!!!!! :xoxo::]

oh, gypsy told us before the Q&A started that LB will be signing CDs outside the room afterwards. btw the room where event was moved holds maybe about 200-300 seats, and it was pretty much full - with what looked like a good majority of mostly hardcore lindsey fans (who else would know about it:nod: - there was practically NO advertising of this event besides few tweets and my thread about it here), many of whom traveled from at least NJ or CT or Philly for the evening.

(interestingly, abyjoy who's one of the newest ledgies was sitting right next to me in Red Bank, and then we properly met at the Y - that was really cool!! :wavey:)

[michelej1]

That was a great question: if someone was listening to his music for the first time, what does he recommend that they start with.

We've asked each other this many times, but it's nice that someone actually put it to the man himself. I don't really agree with his Big Love answer, however.

Elle thanks for all the details. I smile thinking about your description of his unhappiness with the guitar tuning. When he said that the format of the event was not what he was expecting, I wonder what he meant. I wonder what he thought the set up would be. Well, he seemed to have a fun time interacting with the audience and interviewer anyway. No matter how he thought it was going to go.

Michele

[elle]

That was a great question: if someone was listening to his music for the first time, what does he recommend that they start with.

We've asked each other this many times, but it's nice that someone actually put it to the man himself. I don't really agree with his Big Love answer, however.

i yelled That's the way love goes as a suggested response... he was going in circles a bit and then settled on Big Love. after thinking about it for a sec, i think i agree with him. people who don't know anything about him are always blown away by it.

him moving back and front on the chair with chair moving sligtly back as he was doing the grunts was fun to watch. guess he has to move in order to get the sound out!:laugh:

[elle]

When he said that the format of the event was not what he was expecting, I wonder what he meant. I wonder what he thought the set up would be. Well, he seemed to have a fun time interacting with the audience and interviewer anyway. No matter how he thought it was going to go.

watching him interact with people and just casually carrying the conversations for so long that the white-haired tour manager or whatever he is had to cut several ofthem off, i had a feeling he didn't want it to end as much as we didn't. as he was being ushered out he blew us a kiss (well maybe that was to mezzoforte, i'm not sure:) ).

maybe he wasn't sure whether or not he was expected to do a song, how many, which ones, at what point... or maybe signing was unexpectedly added on:shrug:

[Amlyn]

watching him tune his guitar was mesmerizing :blob2: :blob1: - you can't get any feeling of it from the recording! he was clearly pissed about it and kept tuning it / turning all the various knobs furiously fast - it was just un-be-lie-va-ble to watch right in front of you!! all that while he was trying to make some small talk and look all relaxed about it but once interviewer pointed out how LB is obviously not happy about the tuning situation you could notice that really being the case... then when he started RAB it was clear that alone - hearing RAB live for the 1st time ever after all the requests - would be worth 5X the price of admission!!!!!

Great review Elle!!! I am so with you on this part. I could have sat there tilll next year watching him tune that guitar. It was such a sneak peek at a moment we never are privy too. It was sooooo amazing!! And to hear him just bust out with RAB...especially since 6 weeks ago you and I heard him say he hadn't figured out how to perform that one. He was putting us on I bet, cause it sounded sooo amazing. (Sorry guys that weren't there...it was unbelievably awesome to hear live...the recording does give you some idea though!)

Hope to see you at more events soon...i hope and pray!

[mezzoforte]

watching him interact with people and just casually carrying the conversations for so long that the white-haired tour manager or whatever he is had to cut several ofthem off, i had a feeling he didn't want it to end as much as we didn't. as he was being ushered out he blew us a kiss (well maybe that was to mezzoforte, i'm not sure:) ).

maybe he wasn't sure whether or not he was expected to do a song, how many, which ones, at what point... or maybe signing was unexpectedly added on:shrug:

That's certainly what I'm choosing to believe!


Yes, I'm here floating in a certain river in Egypt. The view is lovely...;)

[Lindsfan]

watching him tune his guitar was mesmerizing :blob2: :blob1: - you can't get any feeling of it from the recording! he was clearly pissed about it and kept tuning it / turning all the various knobs furiously fast - it was just un-be-lie-va-ble to watch right in front of you!! all that while he was trying to make some small talk and look all relaxed about it but once interviewer pointed out how LB is obviously not happy about the tuning situation you could notice that really being the case... then when he started RAB it was clear that alone - hearing RAB live for the 1st time ever after all the requests - would be worth 5X the price of admission!!!!! :xoxo::]


Elle, you know that's the part I just keep reading, and re-reading :blob1: I hate that I missed him doing that...I might have to print it up and frame it :thumbsup:



Great review Elle!!! I am so with you on this part. I could have sat there tilll next year watching him tune that guitar. It was such a sneak peek at a moment we never are privy too. It was sooooo amazing!! And to hear him just bust out with RAB...especially since 6 weeks ago you and I heard him say he hadn't figured out how to perform that one. He was putting us on I bet, cause it sounded sooo amazing. (Sorry guys that weren't there...it was unbelievably awesome to hear live...the recording does give you some idea though!)

Hope to see you at more events soon...i hope and pray!

Me too :nod::nod::nod:

And I'm really glad so many Ledgies were there to experience RAB - and the whole event :woohoo:

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[AliceLover]

Honestly, I think he was a liiiiittle thrown by the spontaneity of the performance. He hadn't planned on playing it, he was singing into a microphone that was set up for speaking, I don't think he'd really warmed up his voice all that much, so I would guess it was more that he wasn't that excited with how the song came across. His live shows are so polished and it was kind of neat seeing him tune his guitar and figure out if everything was in place for certain songs, but I got a sense that he wasn't loving not giving us a more "perfected" version. Nonetheless, it was really neat and I don't think anyone cared at all that it was so off the cuff, everyone was very excited by the song choice when he said it was what he was going to play!

Also, I should note that he played "Big Love" completely full out while sitting in an armchair. I couldn't help laughing at the end, because it was total, fulll on "Big Love" yelping, while sitting down, on a stage in an auditorium. Amazing.

Ahh okay, but he never actually said that it would be the last time he performed the song live?

[Regina]

Ahh okay, but he never actually said that it would be the last time he performed the song live?

He joked about it. This is the way I remember it. He did it...we all cheered and stood up (his second of about 5 standing ovations for the evening) and he said something like "well, I'll never do that one live again." And I think it was either the "perfect" reaction of the crowd or maybe the dissatisfaction of not being picture perfect but...who knows with LB? Still, it was definitely a joke.

[kaitsy]

wow, rock away blind live...enough to move me to tears, thank you for sharing as well all of the wonderful details about the event.

[michelej1]

i yelled That's the way love goes as a suggested response... he was going in circles a bit and then settled on Big Love. after thinking about it for a sec, i think i agree with him. people who don't know anything about him are always blown away by it.



I would agree about seeing BL live as an introduction to him. Even 14 years after the Dance (and he was doing it this way even before The Dance) people are still writing about being blown away seeing him do it in concert. However, on a recording, I don't think just listening to the song is that explosive. Listening to the acoustic version (or band version either) is not a good way to introduce people to LB in my book. But bless his heart, if he thinks so.

Michele

[elle]

I would agree about seeing BL live as an introduction to him. Even 14 years after the Dance (and he was doing it this way even before The Dance) people are still writing about being blown away seeing him do it in concert. However, on a recording, I don't think just listening to the song is that explosive. Listening to the acoustic version (or band version either) is not a good way to introduce people to LB in my book. But bless his heart, if he thinks so.

as i was writing that i agree with him on BL, i started thinking exactly what you worded here - BL is PERFECT intro to him live, or if you are going to watch it on youtube. but if you are just listening, then no, has to be something else.

[elle]

He joked about it. This is the way I remember it. He did it...we all cheered and stood up (his second of about 5 standing ovations for the evening) and he said something like "well, I'll never do that one live again." And I think it was either the "perfect" reaction of the crowd or maybe the dissatisfaction of not being picture perfect but...who knows with LB? Still, it was definitely a joke.

i didn't remember it at first, but then i heard the recording and he definitely said it as a joke. i think he has it almost ready to add to the live set. i just wish he adds longer outro like on the CD, it was pretty short.

i thought it was cute when he said before starting IAW that he noticed they turned down his mic in the middle of his doing RAB when "i started screaming into it" :laugh: or something like that.

about BL grunts, not sure how best to describe it - was just kinda funny kinda weird that ending - he didn't do too many uh-huhs since it must have not been that comfortable trying to make sure that chair doesn't go flying as he was moving. it was not a huge movement but he definitely was not sitting still as through the rest of the song.

and he is doing rhythm with his left leg all the time as he's playing and singing as when he's standing up but it seems more pronounced when he's sitting down. and it's so impressive to hear him belt out these things from sitting down. i don't really like IAW on the CD and was not completely happy when i saw that's the one he was going to do, but it was almost perfect live.

[elle]

i thought audience questions that were picked were all pretty good. it was interesting to watch him listening to a question and then say "wow" and think his way through the answer while talking.

besides the ones i've seen mentioned here, there was also a question which was something like - what does he think he is first and foremost - guitarist, songwriter, rock star, producer, singer, or? (i tried to yell the answer "rock star" - figured he won't say that :lol:). somebody else might have better recollection about the question and the answer which ended up i think on the "stylist" thing after again going in circles thinking through different suggestions for a bit. host commented that yes LB usually says he's first and foremost a stylist but that's way too narrow and too modest for what LB actually does.

[elle]

oh and at the end - when the guitar was being re-tuned again for BL, and host was done with all audience questions he selected to ask, it looked like LB felt that it's his turn to make a conversation b/c he was supposed to be playing BL and there was a wait instead so he started talking to the host like he came to have a coffee in his living room:

"so... it was so great to see you again!" then he grabbed host's water bottle, turned it around and commented how he finds it interesting/funny that they had to cover the label on the bottle and host responded trying to make some half joke about being contractually obligated to drink different water...

[Lindsfan]

i thought it was cute when he said before starting IAW that he noticed they turned down his mic in the middle of his doing RAB when "i started screaming into it" :laugh: or something like that.

about BL grunts, not sure how best to describe it - was just kinda funny kinda weird that ending - he didn't do too many uh-huhs since it must have not been that comfortable trying to make sure that chair doesn't go flying as he was moving. it was not a huge movement but he definitely was not sitting still as through the rest of the song.

and he is doing rhythm with his left leg all the time as he's playing and singing as when he's standing up but it seems more pronounced when he's sitting down. and it's so impressive to hear him belt out these things from sitting down. i don't really like IAW on the CD and was not completely happy when i saw that's the one he was going to do, but it was almost perfect live.

Thank you for all of this :xoxo: Your reviews are aewsome :nod: Speaking of screaming into the mic, my favorite part of IAW on this is when he goes into the chorus. When he started the song so high, I was worried where he'd go from there, but then he dropped down and really belted it out...for me, very reminicsent of OOTC live recordings. Gives me chills listening to it :cool:

[Nico]

OMG, I love this thread and all of you for sharing this experience. I can't believe I overlooked the fact that he played RAB. Ugh...so mad I couldn't see this myself. Hope he incorporates it into a show in the future. You never know...

[michelej1]

So, you've described what he said about being old when his last one finishes high school (that's just 11 years away Linds) and being glad he got the chance to have 3 later in life, but did he say anything else about any of his kids specifically.

Also, other than saying that she and Stevie egged each other on with the divorces, did he say any thing else about Christine?

Michele

[elle]

So, you've described what he said about being old when his last one finishes high school (that's just 11 years away Linds) and being glad he got the chance to have 3 later in life, but did he say anything else about any of his kids specifically.

Also, other than saying that she and Stevie egged each other on with the divorces, did he say any thing else about Christine?

Michele

when answering audience question of what kind of music he listens too he gave similar response as on Morning Joe - what his kids listen to in the car (he named the station in LA, somebody in the audience reacted to it - maybe they can comment more), and he did mention Katy Perry and fast corrected him self that he actually likes her in real life and doesn't have anything against her, but it's not exactly his kind of music, and he listed as usual - arcade fire, vampire weekend, dirty projectors and another one that he also mentioned before...

don't recall he said anything else about Christine that i can remember. and if you listen to the recording, he was a bit more tame in his wording then i described about the "egging each other on" :D

[PastelGravel]

but it's not exactly his kind of music, and he listed as usual - arcade fire, vampire weekend, dirty projectors and another one that he also mentioned before...

Must be Phoenix, right?

[elle]

Must be Phoenix, right?

yes, phoenix too. and then he said that obviously phoenix and arcade fire had broken through and are also having a commercial success - or he said something like that.

but he mentioned another band i've heard him mentioning before - grizzly bear.

[AbbiJoy78]

:blob1:
OMG!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe I only decided FRIDAY to go up for this, unknowing of what would happen to me in just a few hours --- that I would meet Lindsey Buckingham and get a hug and kiss from him and get my "Out of The Cradle" poster flat (the close up of his sexy face pic) signed to me personally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am trying to keep up with all the posts, have to go back and read some, but I just wanted to check in after I've come down from my high and say that it was so nice to meet some of you and a very special shout out to ELLE!! We rocked side by side together at his Red Bank show Thurs. night, and then spotted each other the next night at the 92 Y event. She pointed out to me who everyone was and that was very nice. Thanks for making me feel welcome. :xoxo:

What an experience. I am SO glad that I went, because let's face it, this opportunity was so rare and we may never get anything like it again!!!

I'm just floating right now!!!!!!!!!!!!
xxoo

[Nico]

Ok...seething with jealousy over here.

[michelej1]

and he did mention Katy Perry and fast corrected him self that he actually likes her in real life and doesn't have anything against her,

Oh no. Now, the poor guy can no longer diss Katy Perry. What's the world coming to? To have grown up as one of 3 boys, women sure have come in and ruined Lindsey's life from then on out.

Michele

[mezzoforte]

:blob1:
OMG!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe I only decided FRIDAY to go up for this, unknowing of what would happen to me in just a few hours --- that I would meet Lindsey Buckingham and get a hug and kiss from him and get my "Out of The Cradle" poster flat (the close up of his sexy face pic) signed to me personally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am trying to keep up with all the posts, have to go back and read some, but I just wanted to check in after I've come down from my high and say that it was so nice to meet some of you and a very special shout out to ELLE!! We rocked side by side together at his Red Bank show Thurs. night, and then spotted each other the next night at the 92 Y event. She pointed out to me who everyone was and that was very nice. Thanks for making me feel welcome. :xoxo:

What an experience. I am SO glad that I went, because let's face it, this opportunity was so rare and we may never get anything like it again!!!

I'm just floating right now!!!!!!!!!!!!
xxoo

Okay, this is amazing. Congrats!

[bucklind17]

Oh no. Now, the poor guy can no longer diss Katy Perry. What's the world coming to? To have grown up as one of 3 boys, women sure have come in and ruined Lindsey's life from then on out.

Michele

I'd really like him to be able to honestly say what he thinks about the current state of Top 40. Maybe I was reading far too into it, but I got the impression he was saying he liked Katy Perry so as not to say he didn't and then be held to that later.

[elle]

I'd really like him to be able to honestly say what he thinks about the current state of Top 40. Maybe I was reading far too into it, but I got the impression he was saying he liked Katy Perry so as not to say he didn't and then be held to that later.

i think he was saying that b/c he probably knows her. remember she was at that bag charity thing at his house that his wife organized...

[elle]

Okay, this is amazing. Congrats!

and we already observed he blew you an unsolicited kiss as he was leaving the place! :nod:

[elle]

it was so nice to meet some of you and a very special shout out to ELLE!! We rocked side by side together at his Red Bank show Thurs. night, and then spotted each other the next night at the 92 Y event. She pointed out to me who everyone was and that was very nice. Thanks for making me feel welcome. :xoxo:

ooooh, that's so nice of you - it was great meeting you too - both days!! always wonderful to welcome another lindsey fan (or as Mimi would say, another buckhead :laugh:) :wavey: :xoxo:

[Regina]

oh and at the end - when the guitar was being re-tuned again for BL, and host was done with all audience questions he selected to ask, it looked like LB felt that it's his turn to make a conversation b/c he was supposed to be playing BL and there was a wait instead so he started talking to the host like he came to have a coffee in his living room:

"so... it was so great to see you again!" then he grabbed host's water bottle, turned it around and commented how he finds it interesting/funny that they had to cover the label on the bottle and host responded trying to make some half joke about being contractually obligated to drink different water...

Ha! I remember that! It was actually pretty funny. Like he was trying to put the host at ease because there was nothing much more to say. I thought...why isn't he just reading another question. He had a stack of about 40 of them there.

And the backpedaling on Katy Perry was cute, too. He was trying to say he liked her but, at the same time, it sounded like very faint praise in comparison to the lofty ideals of music he was trying to get across.

[london]

i will start describing yesterday in no particular order, and then i will continue with this some time tomorrow... so part 1:

my convo story actually starts the night before. as lindsey was leaving the Count Basie theater in Red Bank, we could see a small rollaway suitcase and a guitar being carried into the minivan as he was being whisked away to NYC with a small entourage of about 3 other people (next day he had the VH1 thing in the morning and Q&A/convo in the evening). we thought it was encouraging to see the guitar being packed in the van b/c that was giving some hope he might play a song or 2 during the convo event (figured it would probably be SWS).

so now to friday: as london and i were calmly sitting in the restaurant truefaith had reserved for dinner, decided to check twitter and the ledge to see whether there are any changes of plans for dinner or any other things we might want to know... so opened the ledge and you all know what was there (thanks again gypsy for letting us all know the event had turned into a GA!!). so we finished our drinks in a hurry and went immediately to the Y. pattie and alex were already there, so they were first in line, and london and i were right behind them...soon enough amlyn, mezzoforte, fumi, and others showed up, all hurrying from various parts of town. truefaith - tried to call you to let you know we will not be going for dinner before the event but you were not answering your phone... so fumi went to get you!

i think we ended up waiting from about 5 or 5:30pm and they let us in ~7:30 maybe? gave us cards for questions and most of our people who made it to the line early took up the first row on the right side (side where lindsey was sitting).

there were two short introductions that everybody was hoping were going to get out of the way fast... when lindsey and interviewer came out it was clear that they knew each other very well, so there was a nice warm interaction and a lot of respect between them.

lindsey was in a good mood, very relaxed. when i listened to first few questions and his responses i was thinking - oh good, he's getting small machine/big machine and all the usual stuff out of the way fast right at the beginning and then we'll see what they'll discuss next. the jest of what he was saying is the same as what he usually says, but he was sooooo relaxed and joking around so much and adding little details and snipes or making light with some gesture or tone of voice of certain statements that it felt so different from his usual remarks and completely natural.

when asked about rumours era recording experience he said how stevie and christine were egging each other on about being unhappy with their respective relationships and leaving him and JMV and that if SN and CM weren't together in the similar situation maybe those relationships could've still been salvaged or at least dragged on for a while longer. he also said that his and stevie's relationship was on the rocks for a while before that, that she was moving away from him and the way it sounded was like he's thinking he was gonna be dumped sooner or later anyway. ;)

he said that of course mick "only wanted me, right?" to the audience - as a joke.

he also said stevie and he are now in a very good place with each other after spending some time together towards the end of her album recording, and that it is unbelievable that they are still working on their sh*t (that's on the recording).

when asked about BN album, he said that it's frankly ridiculous that they still didn't put it out; he said he can't say when they might put it out and have an "event" that their managers think they should have in order to put it out (somebody yelled - 40 years in 2013), and that he really shouldn't be saying anything b/c it will get blown out and stevie will get mad at him.

interviewer noted after lindsey describing his and SN's and MF's "people" all convening and making decisions on FM or BN or whatever that it sounds kinda like a business or a corporate world...

he talked about his family and being a parent, again with just a touch of what he usually says about it, but adding that he didn't realize at first when meeting his now-wife that this is his chance but he finally got smart and has 3 kids now, after he started late, meeting his wife in his mid-40s and having kids later. he said one thing about that is that it makes him think how oooold he's going to be (he emphasized old with a deep voice and a rolleye or something to that effect) when the last one finishes high school.

he said that he was not informed properly about how this event is going to go and that somebody on his team will hear from him later about that - he was making a face / tone of voice like he's scolding a child - same with the guitar not being tuned properly.

watching him tune his guitar was mesmerizing :blob2: :blob1: - you can't get any feeling of it from the recording! he was clearly pissed about it and kept tuning it / turning all the various knobs furiously fast - it was just un-be-lie-va-ble to watch right in front of you!! all that while he was trying to make some small talk and look all relaxed about it but once interviewer pointed out how LB is obviously not happy about the tuning situation you could notice that really being the case... then when he started RAB it was clear that alone - hearing RAB live for the 1st time ever after all the requests - would be worth 5X the price of admission!!!!! :xoxo::]

oh, gypsy told us before the Q&A started that LB will be signing CDs outside the room afterwards. btw the room where event was moved holds maybe about 200-300 seats, and it was pretty much full - with what looked like a good majority of mostly hardcore lindsey fans (who else would know about it:nod: - there was practically NO advertising of this event besides few tweets and my thread about it here), many of whom traveled from at least NJ or CT or Philly for the evening.

(interestingly, abyjoy who's one of the newest ledgies was sitting right next to me in Red Bank, and then we properly met at the Y - that was really cool!! :wavey:)

Fantastic review, elle! You captured the excitement of the evening perfectly!:cool: I had SUCH a good time seeing you and Amy again, good talking with Pattie and Ed again, and meeting Grace and Mimi and the others whose names escape me at the moment - :sorry:
I'm still riding a HIGH from Lindsey's conversation, his incredible acoustic performances, and the unbelievable good fortune of meeting Lindsey at the signing!!! Wishing for tour dates in 2012. Can't wait to gather again! :D

[london]

I recorded audio for about half an hour of this. Sorry, folks--didn't realize it'd stopped recording! Better than nothing.

I had such a great time last night. Lindsey was funny and charming and only mentioned big machine/little machine once! I was very impressed.
I saw Ledgies I knew well, and had the pleasure of meeting a few new ones. Special shout-outs to Elle and Melissa, who Ed and I had dinner with. It's always interesting when Stevie and Lindsey fans collide!

Now, I'm completely computer illiterate and have never uploaded to MediaFire before, so let me know if these don't work.

Part 1 (http://www.mediafire.com/?p9o003vh5rrkrv0)
Part 2 (http://www.mediafire.com/?f9z9txzxfx9bnbh) (includes "Rock Away Blind")
Part 3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?yogdd443oqo8ruw)
Part 4 (http://www.mediafire.com/?l3bckcag5yf9yp4)

Hi! I enjoyed meeting you, as well, and what a nice surprise finding your audio here! THANKS for sharing! :xoxo:
Great conversation over a good meal is always memorable. Thanks for schooling me on Thai. ;)

[london]

With Grace's kind permission I transferred these files to MP3 for those who cannot play MP4 files.

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AA.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?udv73bfv55gwlob

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AB.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?3bdyiftarp3sv55

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AC.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?100pyhwdkjvkvv9

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AD.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?m4yd2r9bwhvlh2y

Big hug for transferring to MP3!

[london]

I had just about picked my jaw off the floor, when he came out with the "Stevie moved away from me....I NEVER moved away from her."

And then i reached out to pick up my jaw again.

"Stevie moved away from me....I NEVER moved away from her." All these years later and he still seemed so vulnerable. That was intense!

[vivfox]

Big hug for transferring to MP3!


Right back at cha babe.:xoxo:

[CADreaming]

"Stevie moved away from me....I NEVER moved away from her." All these years later and he still seemed so vulnerable. That was intense!

Reminds me of Stevie saying on The Chris Isaak Show that the first thing she did when they got money was to move into her own apartment ... and then 6 months later Lindsey moved in. :laugh:

[Amlyn]

"Stevie moved away from me....I NEVER moved away from her." All these years later and he still seemed so vulnerable. That was intense!

Reminds me of Stevie saying on The Chris Isaak Show that the first thing she did when they got money was to move into her own apartment ... and then 6 months later Lindsey moved in. :laugh:

Those first few minutes were just crazy filled with "it wasn't my fault we broke up" stuff. Like London said, it was very intense and surreal to just witness that.

You'd think only 3 months had passed, not 35 years.

[holidayroad]

Sorry these aren't that great, but I couldn't have my flash on!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150340354502703.338679.679897702&type=1&l=2bfdd3f3bd

Nice Pics!!:thumbsup:

[elle]

Sorry if I missed this in a previous post, but about how many people attended?

probably about 200 or so. there were probably about 10 seats in each row, and at least 10-15 rows, on the left side and on the right side, so that would be maybe a bit over 200 but not more than 300, and it was pretty much full.

even Ed admitted his prediction about the number of people was completely wrong :lol:

[elle]

I had such a great time last night. Lindsey was funny and charming and only mentioned big machine/little machine once! I was very impressed.
I saw Ledgies I knew well, and had the pleasure of meeting a few new ones. Special shout-outs to Elle and Melissa, who Ed and I had dinner with. It's always interesting when Stevie and Lindsey fans collide!

i just now saw this - i was so anxious to get my hands on that audio that i completely didn't notice you actually wrote something in that message...:distress:

i thoroughly enjoyed having dinner with you, london, and - i thought i would never say this - but also HejiraNYC!:wavey: (let's just say that his snippy posts during the afternoon were not making me very happy and i was looking forward to letting him know that before i had a chance to actually meet him) - plus we even found out we have couple of things in common...:laugh:

[Fiver]

The softening on Katy Perry makes me laugh now that Stevie's gone and done the voice-over for her.

[elle]

some photos from CD signing -

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.237198483008533.59204.100001551507240&type=1

thanks again london for taking these for me :xoxo:. i tried to cut out any people who are not public figures / working for LB (hard to do with those mirrors everywhere!), but let me know if you see any problems with these.

[HejiraNYC]

Some hidden camera footage!

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/im6zZlWzKHQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Amlyn]

Some hidden camera footage!

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TuHVkLmiO2k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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Ha! I had no idea that was going on right behind me! Awesome Ed! Thanks!

[shackin'up]

Thans so much! That was awesome!

[MacMan]

Some hidden camera footage!


THOSE ARE AWESOME!!! Thanks for recording especially Rock Away Blind!

[elle]

Some hidden camera footage!

before even watching it just wanna say this (and i never thought i would!) - i love you!!!!!:]

[Lindsfan]

before even watching it just wanna say this (and i never thought i would!) - i love you!!!!!:]

I kid you not, that's exactly what I was going to say :eek:

And I'll still say it... HejiraNYC, I LOVE YOU :xoxo:

And Mezzoforte, I LOVE YOU TOO :blob1:

You guys ROCK!!!!!!!!!

[michelej1]

Some hidden camera footage!



The tuning is adorable. He probably nags Stanley (?) to death, non stop.

That reminds me: Stevie said she wrote I Don't Want To Know just going to guitars Lindsey left in different tunings around the house. When he got home and found that the guitars weren't the same as when he left them, I don't imagine he was too happy.

RAB is a beautiful song. If that's the speed he would use in concert, I don't really want it live. I like it faster. But it's lovely.

Michele

[elle]

The tuning is adorable. He probably nags Stanley (?) to death, non stop.

Stanley Lamendola

[elle]

Some hidden camera footage!

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TuHVkLmiO2k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/im6zZlWzKHQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

and... HejiraNYC strikes again:

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[Nico]

The video is incredible. Thank you for recording/sharing it here!!!

[michelej1]

and... HejiraNYC strikes again:


And I get to see the chair grunts myself:laugh:.

Michele

[michelej1]

I love the way his face becomes sober with concentration as he is tuning the guitar and the way he puts his ear down to listen (good thing he hasn't suffered hearing loss like Mick). There's a grace and elegance in the process.

Michele

[HejiraNYC]

even Ed admitted his prediction about the number of people was completely wrong :lol:

i thoroughly enjoyed having dinner with you, london, and - i thought i would never say this - but also HejiraNYC!:wavey: (let's just say that his snippy posts during the afternoon were not making me very happy and i was looking forward to letting him know that before i had a chance to actually meet him) - plus we even found out we have couple of things in common...:laugh:

Oh, admit it, you were simply entranced by my undeniable charisma and magnetism. :lol: But seriously it was fun getting to know you- one of those "Lindsey fans." :eek: :lol: Just goes to show you that chiffonheads and buckheads can coexist peacefully.


RAB is a beautiful song. If that's the speed he would use in concert, I don't really want it live. I like it faster. But it's lovely.

Michele

I totally feel the opposite way. The album version does nothing for me, but there is something a little mournful, even elegiac about the solo acoustic version. I think it's translated better to the stage than any of his other new songs.

I love the way his face becomes sober with concentration as he is tuning the guitar and the way he puts his ear down to listen (good thing he hasn't suffered hearing loss like Mick). There's a grace and elegance in the process.

Michele

As a seasoned, iconic musician, it must have been rather uncomfortable to sit in front of an audience and go through "the process" like that; it's sort of like an opera diva singer doing scales before an aria. And this is one of the reasons why Joni Mitchell rarely toured- because all of her songs were in different tunings, she found the logistics of playing a full set to be a nightmare of complexity. She would literally build her set around groupings of songs that were in the same tuning just so that she didn't have to re-tune in between each song.

[Betsy]

HEIJRA NYC --

Freakin' Awesome!

Thank you soooo much for the balls to record it, the incredible muscle dexterity (must be lots of workouts in the gym) to hold the camera steady AND THE FORESIGHT to have the camera at the ready....to aim and FIRE.

BTW....Put me on that list of people who love you...

[bombaysaffires]

Some hidden camera footage!

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TuHVkLmiO2k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/im6zZlWzKHQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

thanks for posting these!!

LOVE the interviewer's comment about "catching Lindsey in a rare, spontaneous moment.... so relish it-- even if he doesn't"!

He clearly knows LB well!

[bombaysaffires]

btw, is it just me, or does it seem he might have had a bit of botox on his forehead??:eek:

[Regina]

btw, is it just me, or does it seem he might have had a bit of botox on his forehead??:eek:

I doubt it. Up close and personal, the guy has wrinkles.

[michelej1]

btw, is it just me, or does it seem he might have had a bit of botox on his forehead??:eek:

I don't think so, because his head looks pretty hard. I mean, it seems to be all bone/skull and no room between bone and skin for much filling.

Plus, he has a lot of movement and creasing in his forehead when he is talking and making various faces.

Michele

[michelej1]

Just goes to show you that chiffonheads and buckheads can coexist peacefully.


Vampires and wolves.

Michele

[McTrouble]

I doubt it. Up close and personal, the guy has wrinkles.

I can't wait to get up close and personal next month! :blob1:

And I LOVE his wrinkles - so SEXY sigh.......

[Regina]

I can't wait to get up close and personal next month! :blob1:

And I LOVE his wrinkles - so SEXY sigh.......

Iagreed!I hate men who've had so much work they look like they're wearing a shiny mask. LB is gorgeous...especially when he smiles!!!!

[elle]

I agreed! I hate men who've had so much work they look like they're wearing a shiny mask. LB is gorgeous...especially when he smiles!!!!

a-ha :nod: - and he actually seems to smile a lot in person (or at least he did last week) :xoxo: - then again why wouldn't he when everybody was fawning over him and his music?

[McTrouble]

Iagreed!I hate men who've had so much work they look like they're wearing a shiny mask. LB is gorgeous...especially when he smiles!!!!

ABSOLUTELY - I just ADORE those crinkly smile/laughter lines! Go totally weak at the knees! :]

[macmar71]

Love the footage! He's incredible! Won't forget this as long as I live. It was a great night and it was nice to meet some of the "Ledgies".....Lindsey does have the greatest fans!:):thumbsup:

[jbrownsjr]

As a seasoned, iconic musician, it must have been rather uncomfortable to sit in front of an audience and go through "the process" like that; it's sort of like an opera diva singer doing scales before an aria. And this is one of the reasons why Joni Mitchell rarely toured- because all of her songs were in different tunings, she found the logistics of playing a full set to be a nightmare of complexity. She would literally build her set around groupings of songs that were in the same tuning just so that she didn't have to re-tune in between each song.

Toward the end of her career she found a guitar that she could program tunings. She was so happy!!

[HejiraNYC]

Toward the end of her career she found a guitar that she could program tunings. She was so happy!!

I can't say I was a big fan of that synthy-sounding guitar, but I love how it gave her the freedom to do just about any song in her repertoire on command. One of my favorite performances from her (using this guitar) was her performance of "Harry's House" on the Rosie O'Donnell Show. How random was that? And even though the song is impossibly complex, she plays and sings it so effortlessly. Gah... nobody can do what Joni did. Nobody.

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[elle]

i posted this article in Small Machine DVD thread, but since it mentions the 92Y thing a lot, i thought it would be good to also paste it here:


The small machine that could

http://rockandrollreport.com/pigsht-the-small-machine-that-could/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

PIGSHT: The small machine that could
Posted on December 16, 2011 by Gary Pig Gold

For all intents and purposes, Lindsey Adams Buckingham has lived a charmed life.

Raised in the comfy Bay Area opulence of 1950′s Atherton, California, a handsome, athletic golden boy suddenly and forever sidetracked by his elder brother’s Elvis and Buddy Holly 45s. He quit the school water polo team, moved with his guitar into a local hotshot band called Fritz, left for L.A. with their singer Stevie, produced with her the magnificently understated Buckingham Nicks album, was soonafter asked to join Fleetwood Mac with whom he helped craft a 40-million-plus-selling album called Rumours and, by 1978 at the age of twenty-nine finally found himself at the very tip-top of his game.

For all intents and purposes, that is.

But Lindsey’s next creation was a great big deluxe Christmastime four-vinyl-sider called Tusk. It was, to hijack a Neil Young analogy, the sound of a band steering off the middle of the road and heading straight for the ditch. Costing over a million dollars to make then selling less than a fifth of what Rumours had, the anticipated blockbuster was considered a failure, and its prime architect was to take the blame – and the fall, only reluctantly being allowed to occupy the Big Mac driver’s seat ever again.

Of course as we can all plainly see, and even more easily hear from a 21st Century perspective especially, Tusk was in fact only the kind of “failure” Pet Sounds had been for the Beach Boys, or Around The World In A Day for Prince. Realizing as much before most everyone else had however, Lindsey promptly struck fully out on his own with a grand little album called Law and Order in 1981 and has ever since led a kind of dual musical life, dividing his time between solo projects and Fleetwood Mac “reunions.” Or, as he himself calls it, the “small machine” and the “large machine.”

Obviously it’s the former on joyous display throughout Eagle Rock Entertainment’s Songs From The Small Machine: Live In L.A., a two-hour-plus, 19-song DVD of the show Lindsey and his compact combo have recently been touring with in support of the new Seeds We Sow album.

I had the pleasure of attending both a recent concert of Lindsey’s, and even more enjoyably – and quite revealingly – an intimate lecture/performance by the man alone held last month in New York City’s 92nd Street Y, I kid you not. Both settings showed a man who in many ways remains the awestruck kid who long ago lost himself within “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Peggy Sue.” Or, as he himself explains by way of introducing Live In L.A.‘s “Trouble,” “Before there was a band, before there was any commercial success, before there was songwriting, production, there was a young boy listening to his older brother’s records and teaching himself to play guitar. I guess as I evolve and mature as an artist, one of the things that I come to appreciate is that you must look for what is essential. You must look for the center. And, for me, it becomes increasingly apparent that that center is, and has been, the guitar.”

Lindsey of course, like most things he does both on stage and off, never fears to take his guitar playing to vividly wild extremes. The five-song, totally LB-only prelude which opens his show not surprisingly finds Lindsey delicately whispering upon his fretboard one moment, then thrasing his instrument like a deranged, prancing ostrich the next (an engagingly terrifying contrast he often brings to his songwriting itself; witness “That’s The Way Love Goes” later on in the set). Remember, though, that this is a man who in another time and place dared follow “Never Going Back Again” with “The Ledge.”

He is also a man who considers himself more a song stylist than a song writer; a subtle but meaningful distinction perfectly illustrated at Lindsey’s recent Y lecture as he performed an utterly sublime version of the Rolling Stones’ “I Am Waiting.” As Lindsey explained, that song, along with “She Smiled Sweetly” (the final track on Seeds We Sow) represent to him the Stones at their absolute creative peak under the guidance of the brilliant Brian Jones who, like Lindsey, specialized in styling a song with exotic musical and tonal textures. Lessons, no doubt learned early by the young Buckingham via Aftermath and Between the Buttons, which remain apparent throughout the man’s recorded work to this day.

Conversely on the concert stage however, it’s Lindsey’s “small machine” (as in bass/keyboardist Brett Tuggle, guitarist Neale Heywood, and drummist Walfredo Reyes “the groovin’ Cuban” Jr.) who are relied upon to provide perfect instrumental/vocal accompaniment, be it by channeling Brian Wilson and his Friends during “All My Sorrows,” the Quiet Beatle’s “I Need You” A-chord for “Turn It On” …or simply by getting wisely out of the way as their fearless leader’s four-and-a-half-minute (!) guitar solo plows “I’m So Afraid” to its illogical conclusion.

All four guys also treat the crowd-pleasin’ classics “Tusk” (just as delightfully silly as ever – even without USC’s Marching Trojans) and “Second Hand News” (what better way to salute Buddy Holly’s 75th anniversary?!) with due respect yet renewed enthusiasm. But, say what they often will about that large machine, the small one still must rely upon the Big M’s “Go Your Own Way” to get the inhabitants of Beverly Hills’ Saban Theatre completely out of their seats and up on their feets as this particular show, and DVD, draws to a close. It is my prediction that as Fleetwood Mac tours become less frequent in the years to come, Lindsey will lean more and more heavily upon his long-ago work with the large machine to ensure a feasible small-m touring career. I mean, even Paul McCartney more or less performs nothing more than a Beatles tribute show nowadays, doesn’t he?

“For myself, I know that I have made quite a few bold choices,” Lindsey says introducing “Seeds We Sow” Live In L.A. “Choices that were not always popular. But I think time does have a way of revealing things.” Songs From The Small Machine surely reveals an adult child still reflecting upon his brother’s record collection but still active, still flourishing and still reveling in the now. And still painting from, as he likes to call it, the far left side of his palette. The days of forty, or even four-million-selling albums may be long gone for one and all. But you just watch, and listen: I bet Lindsey outruns, and outlasts, them all.

After all, that’s still how they do it in L.A.