Something big is coming...stay tuned. [Archive]

ThePenguin

01-12-2003, 10:02 PM

Sure...why not? :) The section to be added took a very long time to put together...about two years. I think people will really enjoy reading it as it certainly is part of the Fleetwood Mac / Stevie Nicks puzzle. Soon...

- Marty

wondergirl9847

01-12-2003, 10:14 PM

Sounds cool to me!! I can't wait (PUN INTENDED!!)!! :laugh:

ShangriLaTroubl

01-12-2003, 10:35 PM

Awesome...I have no idea what this could even be...

Chris

DownOnRodeo

01-12-2003, 11:01 PM

It better not be a clever joke where the big FM related thing is nothing more than a Rumour! lol!

estranged4life

01-13-2003, 04:27 AM

gives this insomniac a reason to stay awake even more...lol...Brian "What's Sleep???" J.

joe

01-13-2003, 01:13 PM

i wonder if it's a Q&A???

CarneVaca

01-13-2003, 04:59 PM

Look under, "Pssst, look what I stole." It's big!

ThePenguin

01-13-2003, 08:27 PM

It does have some aspects of our Q&A's but it certainly is not one in the traditional sense. That is also interesting CarneVaca but is not *my* something 'big'. I hope to have it available by 10pm EST...probably sooner.

- Marty

BlueGrass

01-13-2003, 09:12 PM

Is it done yet?

ThePenguin

01-13-2003, 09:29 PM

Ok...here is a big hint.

<a href="http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/waddy.mp3">Click here</a>

- Marty

ThePenguin

01-13-2003, 09:43 PM

It is posted now here:

http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/waddy.htm

and is a very, very comprehensive biography, discography, and interview with Waddy Wachtel. Kudos to blackcat for pulling this all together, as it has been very difficult working around Waddy's extremely hectic schedule. He is quite an artist whose discography and experiences read like a Who's Who list for Rock and Roll. And of course he is no stranger to Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks fans. Please check it out...it was a lot of fun helping to put this together and I hope you all enjoy reading it!

- Marty

Hawkeye

01-13-2003, 09:52 PM

it won't let me in.

saradorna

01-13-2003, 09:57 PM

I click the link and a then ask for a username and password.

Isabel

ThePenguin

01-13-2003, 09:57 PM

Sorry...my fault. That is where I was developing the section for the past seven months or so. I corrected the link above...please try again.

- Marty

CarneVaca

01-13-2003, 10:21 PM

Originally posted by ThePenguin
It does have some aspects of our Q&A's but it certainly is not one in the traditional sense. That is also interesting CarneVaca but is not *my* something 'big'. I hope to have it available by 10pm EST...probably sooner.

- Marty

Well, Marty, I was trying to spare all these poor souls the agony of waiting any longer. My heart was in the right place. ;)

greatdarkwing

01-13-2003, 10:40 PM

WOW!!!!! Marty, you have reallly out done yourself here!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The hard work you put into this interview is apparent, your work has not gone unnoticed. I would like to thank you for everything you do for this site....You have made alot of Ledgies very, very, happy.

~Alex

wondergirl9847

01-13-2003, 10:49 PM

My goodness!! How informative and detailed is THAT!! Nice job indeed, Marty and blackcat too! BRAVO!!!! This is my fave part..anyone surprised? :laugh:

blackcat: I want to ask you about Lindsey Buckingham and hear your thoughts about him as a musician

Waddy: Well, you know my feelings about Lindsey. Lindsey was my interest in the beginning. He is one of the greatest guitar players of our time. He is probably the greatest finger picker that is alive today. He is a brilliant guitar player and a gorgeous singer. When I decided to quit them (Buckingham Nicks), when we were working together, I pulled a meeting with Lindsey and Stevie and me. And I said, 'Look you guys, I gotta quit...I can't, I just can't back up these songs anymore. It was Stevie's lyrics that were driving me crazy actually. (laughing) And she knew it, you know. I said, 'I just can't do it, I'm a dude! I'm a f-ing rock&roll dude! I can't stand here and be doing the fountain and the velvet."

LMAO!!! :laugh: That is HILARIOUS, I'm a rock dude, I can't be singing this frilly stuff!! HAHAHAHA!!! I love his assessment of Lindsey! :nod::thumbsup:;)

estranged4life

01-13-2003, 11:19 PM

that was a good read start to finish...Thanks for the hard work, Brian J.

DownOnRodeo

01-13-2003, 11:20 PM

Thanks Marty, and whoever blackcat is! That interview was great! Very full!:wavey: :nod:

golddustchic

01-14-2003, 01:14 AM

AMAZING job!!! This was such a great read...superbly informative. Waddy is such a cool dude:) And the work you guys put into this interview was very apparent. Excellent work:)

Oh yeah...and the part about the "velvet fountains" was hilarious:laugh:

silversprings8

01-14-2003, 01:15 AM

Thanks so much for the great interview! It was a fun read! :) :) :)

sulamith

01-14-2003, 01:35 AM

WOW!
And he had so many wonderful things to say about Stevie!
Yeah, he janked on her a little about the velvet and fountains, but I really thought it was endearing that he qualified it later by saying he didn't really know anything about women in those days. Then, he says after Bella Donna he came to really love her style. That was very sweet.

His reaction to 9-11 and his worry for Stevie was very touching as well.

I knew he would have wonderful things to say about Lindsey, but of course, us greedy fans always want more! I want more Lindsey stories! I wanted to hear more about them laying around smoking hash!

I wish you had asked him why he was reduced to a quick shot behind the gauzy curtain in the Sorcerer video! LMAO!!

Thanks, it was great!
-Sharon

sara1998

01-14-2003, 04:39 AM

We love you, Marty!! :D Thank you so much!

Maria

Travis

01-14-2003, 06:24 AM

Many thanks to Marty for posting this interview/bio. The layout looks great. But major thanks goes to blackcat for working so long and hard on this project. I enjoyed reading it.

http://e-cards.speedera.net/eeb005f8a18ed6600570d74227e86790//cards/brent-reed/0811a.jpg

Again, thank you.

Travis :)

ThePenguin

01-14-2003, 06:54 AM

Originally posted by greatdarkwing
WOW!!!!! Marty, you have reallly out done yourself here!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! The hard work you put into this interview is apparent, your work has not gone unnoticed. I would like to thank you for everything you do for this site....You have made alot of Ledgies very, very, happy.

~Alex

Thank you Alex and everyone but the major accolades surely go to blackcat for this section. I just made it look 'all perty'. :cool:

- Marty

FiercestCalmSea

01-14-2003, 09:06 AM

That is an awesome interview...thanks so much for that :)

silversprings8

01-14-2003, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by sulamith

I knew he would have wonderful things to say about Lindsey, but of course, us greedy fans always want more! I want more Lindsey stories! I wanted to hear more about them laying around smoking hash!

-Sharon

I'm with ya! I'd love to hear more about the early days too.... but it was a GREAT interview none the less.

Bella Figura

01-14-2003, 11:46 AM

bravo to both Marty and blackcat for all the hard work. What a great interview, detailed, interesting, personal and professional!!! Waddy has always been somewhat of a mysterious genius and it was great to hear his personal perspective and thoughts.

Truly appreciated by FM and Stevie fans...and now we can add Waddy fans!!:nod:

joe

01-14-2003, 01:03 PM

WOW! BIG!!! you weren't kidding!!! what a thorough and comprehensive piece that was...i just got done reading it....it took forever...i'm also astounded at the credentials he has. I knew he worked with a lot of people but i didn't know the list was THAT long. He IS one of my favorite guitarists. I can always tell when he's playing on a song (like Lindsey)...Definately an inspiration too.

I really hope Stevie uses him on her next tour(s). Although she has always had a great backup band, I missed Waddy for many years in her shows. I was ECSTATIC that he was back with her for the TISL show. He just fits in with the whole history.

He really knows how to talk huh?! He really rambles on and on...don't get me wrong, i loved it. I just didn't expect it at all. It's so funny when you see a musician for years and years but never really hear anything about them. Now, if we could just get Waddy to give Stevie some pointers about answering (in lengths other than one sentence) on the current Nicks Fix Q&A!!!!!

joe

01-14-2003, 01:15 PM

I also really really really loved the fact that he tried to get Stevie to do some different in concert these days....I mean, how cool would have been to hear "Bella Donna" live? I still can't understand the reasons they nixed it. no pun intended. anyway, now i guess we can understand the reasons she does a lot of the same songs all the time. But, you can mix it up with one song here and there!!! And, i also always noticed how her songs are in that A, G, F chord structure since the Rhiannon days. He made a lot of sense in what he said about that.

My only complaint was that he suggested her dropping "Outside the Rain" =(
I know she's done that on every tour but it's probably my all time favorite live songs from her solo career. And i loved how it used to segue into "Dreams".

joe

01-14-2003, 01:28 PM

One more thing....you think i could get all this into one post huh?
I need to reread that thing regarding the "Edge of Seventeen" riff....I'm so glad that was addressed. I've read this at work and it kind of didn't sink in at that point. need to reread it at home.

rhiannon1119

01-14-2003, 03:17 PM

Well done! Very informative and interesting interview! It was really nice to find out more about the mysterious Waddy Wachtel! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks to Blackcat and Marty for all of their hard work.

:)Michelle

seteca

01-14-2003, 03:24 PM

Thanks very much indeed to Marty and Blackcat and anyone else who was involved in making this happen. It was a fantastic and very informative interview: for Mac-addicts like us, its all about those tiny things that we didn't know before!

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

Farrah

01-14-2003, 11:37 PM

blackcat, this is terrific. I'm just getting up to the part about Lindsey. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. It's wonderful to finally see something new and interesting.

-- Farrah.

Skylark

01-14-2003, 11:41 PM

Hi Marty and blackcat!!!
WOW !!! :eek: That is a very terrific interesting interview!:D
At the AHI Concert I noticed Lindsey and Waddy enjoying
playing together and Waddy seemed pleased to see Linz!

The Playing by EAR story is fun! His ear got ahead of his reading the music!!! He must be a musical prodigy type!

The Everly Bros. Story intriqued me also!!!Thanks for an hour
of musical history! Waddy is a fun guy!!! Best Musical Wishes!

P.S...Marty, you know what a time I have getting "it" right
on the "net"...believe it or not I got the article fast!:nod:
Thanks a LOT!!! BYE!Sky:)

David

01-16-2003, 02:06 PM

Originally posted by Bella Figura
bravo to both Marty and blackcat for all the hard work. What a great interview, detailed, interesting, personal and professional!!!A fantastic read, all of it. It was intriguing to hear that Waddy tried to talk Stevie into opening her shows last year with "Talk to Me." Waddy likes to shake things up a little; he's a good influence on Stevie even though she probably vetoes a lot of his suggestions.

And that bit about the choreographed moves of the backup singers was a hoot! That cheese was nice back in the days when Stevie vibrated & twirled & kicked a lot---it was a humorous visual balance, a foil to Stevie's spontaneous epileptic-like fits. But now that Stevie plants herself there like an oak tree, the backup singer moves seem way out of place to me. They ought to just move freely & sing more call-and-response parts. More interaction.

joe

01-17-2003, 09:19 AM

Originally posted by David
But now that Stevie plants herself there like an oak tree, the backup singer moves seem way out of place to me. They ought to just move freely & sing more call-and-response parts. More interaction.

hahahaha! i'd go out on a limb (no pun intended...eh, what the hay! pun intended!) and say more like a weeping willow. i'm sure the girls just get bored standing there all night long. maybe we should offer them some bar stools at the next show.

ERigby818

01-17-2003, 12:31 PM

Originally posted by joe
WOW! BIG!!! you weren't kidding!!! what a thorough and comprehensive piece that was...i just got done reading it....it took forever...i'm also astounded at the credentials he has. I knew he worked with a lot of people but i didn't know the list was THAT long. He IS one of my favorite guitarists. I can always tell when he's playing on a song (like Lindsey)...Definately an inspiration too.

My thoughts exactly, Joe.
This is such a wonderful thing for us to get the chance to read. All the hard work that went into it is truly appreciated. Waddy Wachtel sounds like a delightful person in addition to being one of the best rock and roll guitar players. I wanted to hug him after reading this. I love the fact that it starts out with that Letterman quote (I remember seeing that Letterman show). Waddy's anectodes are the best. Loved the bits about working with Stevie, especially about how her fans will embrace new material because of the familiar chord progression. Fascinating. It was also cool to hear from his wife too. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
-Sonia