Thanks to helpful advice from Ledge members "FMLex", "juniper", and "elle", I was able to stand front and center at the stage for last night's Atlanta show. My favorite location for Fleetwood Mac. Thank you Ledgies!
I think it's awesome that the band wants and encourages fans to stand at the stage. Makes for a much better energy.
I'll leave it to others to review the set list song by song. A few thoughts from front & center:
- The band was tight. Gold Dust Woman in particular was intense.
- During a Stevie Nicks song, while Lindsey was standing front and center and he was looking at the audience in front, I made eye contact with Lindsey, and I motioned that he has heart. And we did that thing that guys do when they make eye contact and nod heads in respect to each other. Guys, you know what I mean.
Maybe it was my black v-neck tshirt that I was wearing - I wear them all the time, it's my signature shirt (not because LB wears them, but because I just like them), and it cracked me up wearing it to the show, knowing that LB would of course be wearing the same.
At one point between songs, Lindsey seemed to be having problems with his right hand - he had to shake it out. Not sure if that was a problem with the tips of his fingers (problem he had on his last solo show in Atlanta) or if his hand was bothering him. After he shook it out, he soldiered on.
- Stevie doesn't seem to make eye contact with or connect with the audience. But she was pure Stevie Nicks, and perfect just the way she was. Loved her top hat that she wore occasionally. I didn't notice as many women dressed like Stevie Nicks last night, as compared with other FM shows I've been to in the past. I noticed a few times between songs when she was pressing her hand into her lower back massaging it, seemed to me that her back was bothering her.
- Mick and John were exactly the same as I've always seen them since the first Fleetwood Mac show I saw many years ago. It's comforting to know that some things in life don't change. Best rhythm section in rock n roll.
- I am grateful to have had the opportunity to be front and center standing at the stage last night.
- In particular, grateful to have had the opportunity to get to briefly strum Lindsey Buckingham's guitar during his solo during "Go Your Own Way" - for a fifth time in a decade!! I got video of the entire song, including extreme close up video as I strummed his guitar, and I'll post it on The Ledge later today.
- Got some nice photos, too. I'll add them to an online photo album, and share them later.
- All in all, a very enjoyable show. The fans up front were very good, too. It was a treat to be at the stage again. Being up front, it's easy to forget there are many thousands of people in the stadium, and it was almost like having the band perform just for me.
- A question for everyone: A roadie was nice enough to give me a guitar pick after the show. On one side of the pick, it has a drawing with an icon of a guitar pick with a red circle and slash around it (as in "no guitar picks" - we all know Lindsey doesn't use them). On the other hand it is printed "L.B." on top and "T.I." directly under that. I'd assume that "L.B." stands for Lindsey Buckingham. Anyone know what "T.I." stands for??!!
Thank you Ledgies for being so awesome!
In Atlanta,
Deluge