Ridgefield review
 

Great concert tonight. The new songs are wonderful live. I especially loved Illumination and End of Time. I was happy Sorrows was included in the setlist and was my favorite of the night. The band was tight and I really liked their three part harmony...sometimes four part harmony ( It looked like Walfredo was singing too). Lindsey was getting lots of love from the audience. He mentioned that the audience was making a lot of noise for such a small venue. I had a hard time staying in my seat especially when the full band played Second Hand News but stay in our seats we did until GYOW. Then the rush to the stage.

I've been to the Ridgefield Playhouse many times and security there is usually very tight to include security sitting in front with little lazer lights who shined (and blinded) any one who took out a camera or cell phone and most of the people around them! I didn't see any of that tonight and it looked like there should be plenty of up loads on Youtube. I didn't see any security turning people away from standing at the stage either. It just took the crowd awhile to get up there.

Someone shouted out a request of a new song. I didn't hear what the request was but Lindsey said he was getting that request a lot and that they hadn't practiced it to perform but he would go back to his hotel and work on it with his guitar. Anybody hear what that request was?He played a couple of bars from it but I couldn't make it out.

As for the hair....
I have been a LB fan since the first FM tour in 1975 and I think he is still an incredibly beautiful man but the hair tonight looked like he stuck his head out the window of the car all the way to the venue! Ha Ha!:wavey:
I love you Lindsey!

i didn't quite hear what the guy said but think it was Rock Away Blind. what he played sounded like it to me.

This guy is an absolute ironman. I have no idea where he gets the energy to do this back to back night like he does, but whatever it is, it works!:thumbsup:

It was definitely RAB. The guy next to me shouted it out at the stage. Lindsey looked down and said something about not getting that down yet and I yelled out, play a little bit and then did the little bit thing with my fingers and then he played maybe 3 seconds of it.

I had an amazing time! My first Lindsey solo show and will absolutely not be the last. I don't know how he does it. He seems more energized at the end of the show than the beginning. LIke Buddy said, he was really feeding off the crowd and I do wish that there was more of an attempt to stand during the songs, not just after.

I knew Lindsey was one who sweat during a show, but man, he could bottle that stuff and sell it. Why does he insist on wearing a leather jacket when his shirt is soaked and I mean soaked. At one point he leaned over me and I will admit I was the slightest bit skiived...but that moment passed once again realized i was inches away from this guitar god.

Oh....did anyone notice that he completely flubbed the lyrics to Stars? I was so dissapointed cause that was one of the songs I was looking forward to hearing live cause I enjoy it live much better than the recorded version. He keep repeating the eyes/prize verse and I don't think he ever said the analyze/apologize verse. I was a tad dissapointed. I turned to my friend and said, I think he just pulled a Stevie.

And I noticed him looking down at the lyrics for Turn in On. I thought it was cute how he was trying to not be so obvious.

I took a few pics with my phone but nothing worth sharing. HOpefully others will surface. And I agree security seemed nonexistent...at least to me.

Anyway, I had a great night with one of my best friends and both ledgies I met for the first time tonight and those who already feel like good old friends. Hope we get to do it all again soon!

:laugh: I'm sorry, your review was so great and don't mean to focus on this but it was so cute. Yes, LB's hair is HIGH. My aunt mentioned this to me and wondered if it was some kind of an accident (she's from another country/older/had no idea who Lindsey was prior to show). He's, um, experimenting with this new phase of his hair's life and I guess it'll just have to be what it is. He still looks SO AMAZING and has the energy, as DavidMn said, that just astounds. He is like a 20-something up there. People get tired enough just dancing to three or four songs, and that man is up there giving it his all for nearly 2 hours. I just love him.

Ok Lindsey was incredible! I definitely had loads of respect for him before I went to see him live. But I'm telling you after you actually go to see him live...well it's really hard not to fall in love with him. The songs that I knew were amazing and the few songs I didn't know were still so great! His energy is certainly contagious. The crowd feeds off of him and vice versa. He seemed to be pretty happy about the crowd's enthusiasm last night. He definitely had a way of making a connection with his audience...he really does sing to you. And his blue eyes are even more incredible in person...I am so in love with this man. Thanks for the towel Lindsey:xoxo:

What a show last night!!! Mr. Buckingham has amazing energy and truly is a musical genius. Every note has stayed with me and each was performed with absolute perfection. The set was a brilliant mix of old and new solo songs as well as beloved Mac classics. Lindsey's masterpiece, ISA, was performed right in front of us and literally moved me to tears. Powerful, indeed. If the evening ended then I would have been completely content, but the best was yet to come as both my husband and myself had the good fortune of strumming Lindsey's guitar during GYOW. Knock-out moment during an incredible evening!!! :blob1: :blob2:

We met ledgies elle and Amlyn before the show and had a good time at dinner. Thanks for the memories! :)

Awesome that you got his towel! I was up front and wondered who the lucky soul was that he handed it to. :]

Yeah, what is that? Wear it to open the show and then take it off after the first number. He must just like to sweat.

Michele

Or perhaps he's self-conscious about wearing just the t-shirt and jeans nowadays? I didn't pay close enough attention, but is his shirt short enough that when he lifts his guitar he shows a little flesh? :laugh: Maybe he's not as comfortable doing that, who knows...he's in great shape anyway, though maybe not quite as skinny-skinny as he's often been. ;)

Yeah, in the past I've gotten a look at his tummy when he raised the guitar over his head.

Michele

ok, i'm back home. for those who have heard my traffic horror story driving up to NY (over and over, i know...), i'm happy to report it took just a bit over 5 hrs and no traffic to get back.

london and Amlyn - it was really great to meet you and others with you! and WelshWitchPMD - always love seeing you :xoxo:

just a quick review since i'm a bit tired and others have already given you the flavor of ridgefield, so i'll roll both westhampton and ridgefield into one review.

westhampton - i was going to get there early and meet w/ Sahara and Steve to see whether we can catch lindsey and the band before the soundcheck. i won't tire you out with NJT and NYC traffic reports, but lets just say driving around there on the rainy friday afternoon spells disaster = hrs of traffic jams. so i barely made it and was late for the concert even though i left DC at 10am. i came in during trouble. westhampton is a great miniature venue - i was at the entrance waiting for trouble to end to get to my seat and was surprised to see lindsey almost right in front of me - that's how small it is. lindsey and the band were great and audience was into it, but a bit tame. there were several girls dancing to almost every song, but it was almost like people were afraid to get up or go near the stage. finally when GYOW started i grabbed Steve and one of the girls dancing in the front rows and pushed them upfront (girl kept thanking me later - she said she didn't know we can actually go upfront; she also got a hug from LB after the show :cool: - he really notices everybody in front of him in the audience). so there were only maybe 10+ people dancing in front of the stage during GYOW and TIO, when suddenly i noticed Sahara there at the other end of the stage (we never met before) - felt almost like ledgie fraternity upfront there at the stage! it was also Brett's bday so the whole audience sang "happy birthday Brett Tuggle" and Brett and LB seemed pleasantly surprised that people knew his name!
i have to say the songs i probably liked the most in WH were the songs i normally complain about - Stars, Sorrows. other songs that i love i spoiled a bit by singing them so couldn't really get the experience of really hearing them. and liked Turn it on a lot in WH - LOVED it in ridgefield! TIO is at such a perfect place in the set:nod:.
so that's it, Sahara, Steve and i had our little international LB fan gathering after the show and closed some bar on the main street - loved the bartender who let us stay way after the closing time.:wavey:

on to ridgefield. you heard it / read it all already in the messages above, so i'll just say - westhampton was great, but ridgefiled was just spectacular!!:] crowd was great and LB+the band were feeding off the crowd and adoration like crazy - it's a great small venue in some old school, you can barely find it - but wow! LB commented people are making a lot of noise for such small place - that he feels like he's back at some arena w/ FM! and it showed - as others had already said, he was loving it and was really on fire - tons of people on the stage at the end of ISA, everybody else standing all the way through the end, and jumping up and down, LB high-fiving people left and right and letting everybody strum his guitar. he makes a great eye contact with people and every person really feels like he's playing just for you. GoldDustWoman22 - loved it how he deliberately looked through the crowd teasing and selecting who he'll give the towel to, and he totally picked you (i won't comment further, but have to say you look a bit like very young SN). TIO was great, and it seemed like everybody was singing along with Treason. even SWS that i don't particularly love as a closer was spectacular yesterday. tons of people waited in the back by the buses after the show, and Neale and Brett chatted with people for a long time. finally Walfredo and LB came out shielded by the security and walked fast to the bus, no m&g last night - looking at Nico's Pitt review, i think LB stops for smaller crowds, but just walks by really fast when there's too many people. can't find a fault with that - especially since they were immediately on to Boston which will be their 4th show in a row! (i did manage to give Walfredo my list of what i'd love to hear in one of the upcoming shows (it's a long list...:sorry: - but i'd be eternally grateful if i'd get to hear any one of those songs during encore) - he didn't know what the h* i was giving him and probably threw it in the trash first thing after he entered the bus :rolleyes:. btw, love Walfredo - he's such a cool and incredibly nice guy to meet (loved his singing along to Treason!) - when he saw us before the show he was like - hey you guys drove all the way over from WH?!?!?! and i do think Walfredo especially is a really good influence on LB, musically. maybe i'm just imaging things, though.:shrug: oh, and i'll let london tell you all an anecdote about the little walk that some rock star took around the block before the soundcheck - if she feels so inclined - it's not my story to tell.

so, have to say - this was definitely worth a trip - lindsey is unbelievable - amazing guitar, best voice he ever had, amazing and infectious energy; the band is great - both sublime and rocking as needed; and seeing this show just once is definitely not enough:nod:. even though the setlist is the same (so far, hope RAB will make it's way into it soon:] - and although i have a special fondness for Love minus zero i know that won't happen!), the feeling and the performance is different every night - and everybody seemed to even love lindsey's little speeches introducing the songs (even sounded fresh to me, however unbelievable that seems!).

after reading all other reviews for shows so far and talking to people before and after shows this weekend, i think ridgefield was by far the best one so far - and i am really really happy that i got to be a part of it!!

i think he must have already lost some weight since the tour started - he looked really skinny yesterday - he's such a tiny lithe guy, and looks soooo large radiating music and energy up there on the stage! :nod: :xoxo:

This is quite a surprising (and welcome) phenomenon.

Thank you for these great reviews of the 2 shows.

Michele

yes, i'd say it's definitely the venue policy and not lindsey's. venues just blame it on him - b/c why would he have a completely opposite policy every single night? in westhampton, nobody was allowed to film, they immediately stopped whoever tried. in ridgefield, i felt like many people didn't have cameras (maybe they heard about this policy venues blamed on LB?), but there were still many many people filming and taking photos.

But I've also seen other people in venues where Lindsey has played (like the Arlington in Santa Barbara) where you could take pictures feely, but when Lindsey was the performer you couldn't.

Michele

don't know. just find it weird... maybe he's flip-flopping kind of guy and can't make up his mind? :shrug: :lol: i still think it's the venue, and they may just ask him to sign something one way or the other before the show, and he might not think about it much and doesn't care so he signs whatever they give him? and some others might care more so they insist one way or the other...

The whole time I kept thinking about him rubbing his sweat all over Stevie during Sara throughout the Unleashed tour. I know we've mentioned it before but seriously, now I really have to wonder what bet she lost for that.

Check! Got that last night.

Ttwlg
 

just looked at my twitter conversations from last night - there's one thing i forgot to mention here - That's the way love goes received standing ovation last night!

Certainly did and deservedly so!

Hello everyone -

First of all, I'll come foward and say that I am the "Rock Away Blind Guy" and yes I am claiming that. It was my 15 second moment with Lindsey and I cherished it!

Anyway, this show was very cool. The crowd was awesome. No one stood until Go Your Own Way, but people were definitely supporting him. I did spot some people up and dancing throughout the show, but not too many. I had a front row seat, but it was all the way to the left and I could only see Brett and Lindsey. By the end I almost forgot that Neale and Wally were there!

They handed out programs at this show. There was an interview/review regarding Seeds We Sow. It looked familiar, I am sure its on the web somewhere.

Shut us Down was a great opener. I thought it was going to flop, but it really held everyone's attention. The intro to NGBA is absolutely beautiful. There was complete silence until the song started! Gorgeous. I was surprised at how well In Our Own Time was receieved. It was the first "loud" song of the night and got a standing ovation. SHN and Tusk always rock. I almost jumped out of my chair. HOW CAN PEOPLE SIT DURING THESE TWO? How is it humanly possible? Anyway, Thats the Way Love Goes may be a top 5 favorite live performance for me. THIS SONG RIPS live. I cannot get over how well it translated. People were cheering throughout and it did get a standing O at the end. Casuals are digging this one. I ran up to the stage for GYOW and got to play his guitar. The emotion was pure ecstacy for me. Turn it On was also a highlight for me. I heard a lot of people singing along, which was very cool!

Now there are a few songs that need to go: All My Sorrow. I think its very cool that he is acknowledging OOTC, but this would be my very last choice. It flopped. Stars is just at the wrong place in the set. It was weird to hear this one after a song like Tusk.

I stood by the bus after the show was over. Neale and Brett came out and talked to everyone. Lindsey sort of rushed by. All in all, it was a great show!

Great review.

Did the program have any pictures we have not seen before?

Michele

Nope, it was the SWS cover, I believe.

This song is a force! I can't think of a time when a new song from his "new" albums got a better reception. Literally, standing O's at both shows I've attended.

Once he starts screaming out of nowhere, "IN THE DUNGEON WHERE . . ." people probably just stand up out of fear. It's one of those fight or flight reflexes. The chorus comes as such a shock, following the verses.

But good for him.

Michele

HAH! It is always quite a shock. I think people are digging it because it has that "Fleetwood Mac-ish" feel to it. I think this song could be a predecessor to GYOW.

Plus that ending solo is just out of this world.

I bet that guitar work in One Take would get as strong a reaction as TWLG.

Michele

I really loved All My Sorrows. I think it really adds variety to the set. It shows some of the evolution of the music of LB. It's not a rocker that gets people onto their feet but it's a beautiful song and I hope it stays.

Great concert!

oh, and i'll let london tell you all an anecdote about the little walk that some rock star took around the block before the soundcheck - if she feels so inclined - it's not my story to tell.

Great reviews elle!! As for the story, here goes...
My husband Bruce and I had arrived early in hopes of hearing sound check from the parking lot. I've been to the Ridgefield Playhouse before so I knew where to walk for a listen. Nothing. Must have missed it. When I turned to see where Bruce was, I saw him standing next to our car with his back to the driveway entrance. He saw some guy taking a walk and was waiting for him to pass by - Bruce wanted to change his shirt for dinner and the show. Bruce nodded at the walker and he nodded back before he put his gaze back to the ground. Even though the walker was wearing sunglasses, Bruce sensed he was deep in thought. What he didn't sense was who the walker was - Lindsey! I couldn't believe it. My heart skipped a beat or two as I'm in shock to see it's him and laughing to myself that Bruce didn't see him for who he was. I quickly walked towards Lindsey who was roughly 100 feet away and called his name. Whether he heard me or not, I'll never know. He just kept on walking and rounded the corner passing by elle and Amlyn and friends before disappearing into the venue. Bruce caught up with me at this point and that's how we met elle and Amlyn. No, we didn't meet Lindsey but we were happy just to see him out enjoying his surroundings. Who knows - maybe that meditative walk was a small spark behind last night's on-fire performance! ;)

AMAZING!!!! :blob2::blob1::xoxo:

I loved every single SWS song live and I am SO thrilled you had a great time elle!!! I hope I can see you in Maryland...I love all the reviews on this thread by the way. Lindsey seems to be getting amazing-er and amazing-er each night. Ugh, how can you improve on such perfection is beyond my understanding but I can't complain.

This should be a note that everyone who can should GO SEE HIM LIVE ON THIS TOUR!!!!!!!:nod:

you know, now that i think about it, i can't believe none of us took a picture of him walking?! i loved seeing pics of him walking the streets of europe during unleashed. and we all had cameras with us or in our cars right there... and all of the sudden we saw this skinny guy in jeans and light gray t-shirt, dark sunglasses even though it was overcast, and big gray hair walking beside the building - and were like - s**t that's lindsey! he just looked straight to where he was walking and like he really wanted to be left in peace (i mean duh - obviously we were not sitting on our cars beside the venue in LB t-shirts just so we can play basketball with the kids next door ;) ). london's husband said LB walked right by him and kinda looked at him strange like "aren't you here for me but you don't recognize me?". people were teasing me later that if he saw me, he must have been thinking "s**t that's the woman w/ the list of requests, i better run":rolleyes:). anyway, we all felt like he didn't want to be bothered so didn't stop him - we just kept meditating whether to go after him or not, instead of pulling out at least one camera! so that's the rest of the story. he was really great during the concert (we were a bit worried he might be in a grumpy mood :p - but it must have been more like london said).

and not just once - once is definitely not nearly enough!!

mosh pit at LB show in ridgefield
 

another tweet describing the feeling of the show that i enjoyed reading:

@itsjustkate So, @librarythingtim, there was a mosh pit at Lindsey Buckingham. No lie, ppl threw up devil horns during "you can go your own way"

some videos from Ridgefield
 

from a friend of mine (thanks Steve :wavey:):

Fabulous footage! Thanks for posting these, elle. Thanks to Steve for sharing with us all. :wavey:

OK finally I am getting around to post my photos. I have photos and videos from the shows from CT to Jacksonville, FL with the exception of MD.
Let me see if this works.

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