Little Big Town Remembers The Thrill
 

Here's an excerpt from an interview with LBT:

http://www.theshorthorn.com/index.ph...025&Itemid=188

The Short Horn, October 30, 2008

Who are some people you’ve yet to work with that you still hope to?

I love John Mayer, his songwriting and vulnerability.

Dolly Parton — I’m a huge, huge fan and would love to meet her and sing with her.

And Emmylou Harris. One of the best things we got to do was a show with Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac for CMT’s “Crossroads.” We spent five days with him and he’s electric — just oozes talent and energy.

The show lasted an hour but we could’ve done that for a whole week.

I wonder if LB asks them about their obvious The Chain rip -off "Bones"?

Well, he might not have asked them about it, but since they all sang both songs together (and Kimberly added vocals that made it sound almost as good as it did when Christine was here), I guess everyone involved was acknowledging the comparison.

Michele

I love when Karen looked over at Lindsey during the interview portion of the Crossroads show and said...."and God said you shall play guitar." That is the truth, his talent is just in my opinion.

I just watched that show for the first time and I was blown the f away.

It's wonderful whenever I read people recognizing Lindsey's talent and not necessarily the obligatory album review or magazine article preceding or following the release of new material. He's an extraordinary artist and it does make me a little sad when he isn't given the full recognition and credit he deserves. But quite like fine wine he only gets better, and perhaps like many artists of old the total impact of his work as a whole will be fully appreciated many years after the fact.

I'm just proud to be a fan in the here and now.

And Little Big Town show was just OK to me. I was really, really not impressed by them or their music. Lindsey? Goes without saying how I feel. But their stuff just left me cold. What can I say...I like what I like. But they do seem like nice people. :nod:

This is from a Houston Chronicle review of Carrie Underwood's show:

http://blogs.chron.com/handstamp/arc..._underwoo.html

Underwood and her band were surprisingly fierce during a cover of Guns 'N' Roses' Paradise City, but her take on Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way was marred by the reappearance of Little Big Town, whose opening set made Underwood seem like Loretta Lynn. (OK, not really, but you get the point.) It was like pouring processed cheese over a perfectly serviceable fast-food lunch.

I thought Lindsey & Little Big Town were great together.
In some ways better than the "other band" he toured with
on the Say You Will Tour.

Ok, ouch. Btw, by "band" do you mean LBT's actual band or just that you liked their vocals better than Stevie, Sharon, Jana, Brett and Neale? Cause it's not like Kim and Karen are actually playing anything and two guitars does not a band make...

well at least they didnt SAMPLE it. "the Chain" inspired? Maybe. Nothing wrong with that.

I hate it when people do that (ESPECIALLY that new Kid Rock song). Are people these days too bad/lazy/untalented to write there own stuff? Their lyrics most of the time stink and then they just steal old melodies.

Not only did he "borrow" from one song, he actually "borrowed" from two; Sweet Home Alabama (of course) and Warren Zevon's Werewolves Of London which, for folks who may not know, John and Mick provided bass and drums respectively.

Matt

I know! I hate that he stole from a dead man! Zevon with his ties to at least three of the five FM'ers (He was the roomate of LB, I think) and was an amazing musician. The first time I heard that song, I was so mad. I love getting people on the Mic/John trivia.

Don't you think the fact that he's using the song is a sign of respect for the man's music? I'm not a fan of Kid Rock but sampling is quite a fashionable thing to do at the minute and it can be done with artistic integrity or it can be bland and boring and offer nothing new.

Man, are you ever looking in the wrong places if you think that's true! :confused: