[So, Mick is just like, "Hey, Lindsey write a song with a marching band, pronto!"]
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The 10 best bands in college football
By: Alan Siegel, USA TODAY SportsOctober 23, 2014 1:39 pm
http://college.usatoday.com/2014/10/...lege-football/
“Mick Fleetwood, the drummer, the head of the group, he was in Germany touring. One of the German brass bands marched by the window [of his hotel] and when he came back to the United States, he decided that he wanted a marching band on his next album. Believe it or not, he called the band office directly and said, ‘Would you guys be interested in being on our next album? We’re gonna write a tune especially involving the band.’ He got his guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, to write the tune, ‘Tusk.’ We went into the studio, and I went in with my arranger, and my drum guy, we fleshed out the tune. And they laid down a track.”
“And we went into Dodger Stadium of all places and we recorded — the full band — that track, to give the ambiance of a marching band. And four months later I’m driving to school and then I hear on the radio, ‘Here’s Fleetwood Mac’s latest hit, featuring the USC marching band.’ I mean I was like, ‘Whoaaa.’”
“Over the years we have stayed in touch. They’ve been down to our halftime show, we’ve been to their concerts, I’ve talked to Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham … and I’ve gotten Mick some tickets for football games. So yeah, through the years we’ve stayed in touch. I mean, they made the band famous with a whole different group of people. So why not?”