Opening Acts
 

Who were your favorite opening acts for a Fleetwood Mac tour?

I really loved Squeeze opening for them on the Behind The Mask Tour. I enjoyed the Cruzados opening for the Shake The Cage Tour (TITN).

And for Stevie solo (The Wild Heart Tour), Joe Walsh rocked it.

The only opening acts I ever liked for Fleetwood were Squeeze, as you say, & T-Bone Burnette back in San Antonio (who was like Lindsey Buckingham that year). Squeeze was just a great pop-rock band, the kind of quality in pop-rock that Fleetwood Mac also aspired to & generally reached in those days. Both bands were critics' pets in their heyday. In fact, Squeeze was a hell of a lot more interesting as a pop band by 1990 than Fleetwood Mac was. There was more rich idiosyncrasy in Squeeze's 40-minute set than in the whole two-hour Fleetwood Mac set, which lumbered along like an elephant crossing the Pyrenees. Slow & steady did not win the race that night.

There were some opening acts that I *would* have liked had I seen a concert with them -- like Bob Welch -- but Bob didn't open for Fleetwood in California. The 1978 summer tour he opened for the band didn't ever hit CA, oddly & unfortunately, but he opened for them in Dallas & Philadelphia & Cleveland & Buffalo & several other big stadiums.

In Stevie's case, I really liked John Stewart (who cracked on opening night I believe about Stevie & her broomstick), but that's about all. The others I didn't really care about: Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Hooters, the Bon Jovi ripoff in 1991, Darden Smith, etc. Although now that I think about it, I loved hearing a slowed down, sexy "Lowdown" by Boz Scaggs in 1998.

There was another act instead of Frampton who opened for some of the Rock a Little shows back east, but I can't remember who it was. I don't remember its being anyone special at all.

I left the show with Men at Work, as a new Men at Work fan.
Hey!, I was a kid.:o

I was a too young to see John Stewart for the White-Winged Dove Tour. I like his albums though...although I heard he is a huge a-hole.

Who was the Bon Jovi wannabe? I forgot his name. Boz blows. Frampton failed to entertain. Hooters were horrible.

I think Welch would have been a great opener.

My fave...
 

My favorite was the one on the SYW tour. ;)

You mean that 20-man, anonymous-sounding band that played "The Chain"? :laugh: :wavey:

Hmm, I wouldnt have minded seeing Christopher Cross on Tusk, but I really enjoyed Boz Scaggs on the Enchanted tour.

I did, and all I wanted to hear was "Ride Like the Wind". Guess what song he played while I was stuck outside in the concession lines?:shocked:

You were at the enchanted show there huh? Well I'm sure you were buying hot chocolate becasue of how friggin cold it was!!! I'm sure you remnember.

I was sick as a dog, and was going to the show with my older cousin. Mom didn't want to let me go, being sick, but I INSISTED that I HAD to go!!!!!!

I'll bet the codl didnt help.:o I remember the Dance show the previous October there the weather was beautiful!! Go figure!! BTW, that place, whatever its called now, is my favorite outdoor venue I've ever been to.:thumbsup:

Christopher Cross was a bore & a half at the Hollywood Bowl. The only cool thing was that Nicolette Larson came out & sang with his band. She was dressed in a long, flowing dress & her hair was Pre-Raphaelite & she played a tambourine -- so it was a little "Stevie" before Stevie came out. They did do a Nicolette song: Lotta Love.

That would have been cool to see Christopher Cross and Nicolette Larsen as a bonus! I always loved that song Lotta Love.

I really enjoyed Boz Scaggs for Enchanted. I even went out and bought his Greatest Hits soon after and still enjoy it to this day!

Yeah, that one was my fav too. I have seen a lot and remember none.

For me, Jeffrey Gaines on TISL tour has been the only opening act I've seen, but I loved him. I'm now a big fan--I own all his albums and have seen him in concert. :)

Adam