My Spokane/Ridgefield Reviews + Pictures/Video

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SPOKANE 7/3/04

To start things off I’ll begin with the silly parking attendants at the arena. As I was paying one of the attendants to park she asked me what the lady singer in the band’s name was. I told her Stevie, of course. So then, the other lady says “Well, who’s Lindsey?” And I say, “he’s a guy. He’s the guitarist. Stevie’s a girl” So the first lady goes, “oh yeah that’s right.” Apparently, the second lady didn’t hear me because she says in a know it all voice “Lindsey’s not a guy.” So again, I have to say. “Yeah, Lindsey’s a guy.” So then they both start giggling away. Hardy har har. I rolled my eyes and just drove on through.


I was worried about security finding my camera hidden in my purse. That was a waste. They didn’t even check anything and I just walked right to my seat. My seats were by two very cool fans who I chatted with until the concert started (Hi, if you are reading this!) My seat was on Lindsey’s side more towards the center. As soon as the crickets started we ran to the stage. I got a spot to the right of Lindsey’s mic. I’m not really good at remembering the specifics of the songs or Stevie’s clothes etc so unfortunately I can’t go into much detail on that. So if you want to read a review about the songs and the interaction b/w S/L, this isn't the review. I've forgotten already!

I think after I Know I'm Not Wrong, Lindsey finally looked down at where I was and he recognized me!! I didn’t think he would since the last concert I went to was in October. But he did, he pointed and was like “hey, it’s you.” LOL! I was so excited.

I thought Lindsey seemed a little cranky. He didn’t seem to be as happy or as flirty as he usually is. I attribute the low flirtation level to his wife at the side of the stage most of the night! But that was ok, because it gave me a chance to pay more attention to the concert and I really watched Stevie a lot. All I have to say is she is so funny and cute when she first walks on the stage and does this little dance with her arms spread out. She seemed to be having a great time.

I think it was during Rhiannon that LeeLee came out and sat on the side of the stage. Kristen had a video camera and was filming her watch her daddy. The camera was pointed right in my direction so I’m just hoping I’m not in any of the Buckingham family videos. That’s all they need is to see my dorky self in the background. Lindsey finally saw them on the side of the stage and would make faces at LeeLee and she would put her hands on her cheeks and just laugh. It was really cute!! I was really impressed at how well behaved she was. She just sat there with her hands on her chin and watched intently for about 3 songs. My niece who is almost 5 (I don’t think LeeLee is even 4 yet) would have been running up and down the stairs, chatting and tugging at mom etc. Anyway she’s a very cute kid, I think she left after Sara.

Sara was great! Love the red and the hair clip on Stevie. Found it surprising that Lindsey sang a lot of the song facing towards Kristen. I thought that he probably did that because she was there, but then in Ridgefield he did the same thing and I didn’t see her there. So at this time, I decide it would be really cool to get some pictures and video of Sara. So I ask one of the friendly girls to save my spot and I move over to the center, in an open space, I might add. So I’m trying to take a picture and all of a sudden I feel someone grab me on the shoulder and yank back. I turned around and this raunchy woman says, “Excuse me, you’re in my spot!” Well, excuse me, I didn’t know that the spots were saved and I didn’t even see her there when I walked up. I said “Sorry” and moved over a little. She seemed annoyed and grabbed her husband and said “Here, move over, can you see now” like I was really blocking their view. They both gave me a dirty look. Raunch!! I took a few more pictures then moved back. I kept turning around and giving her dirty looks. Beyotch.

So there was a girl standing under Lindsey’s mic that was the “Come” girl. She had an empty plastic beer cup that she wrote on. I finally was able to read what she wrote, I thought she was writing her number or something LOL, but she wrote “It’s my birthday” so Lindsey kept squinting at it and trying to read it. He finally did and was like “oh.” So he later threw her his towel.

On my left I was standing next to another nice girl who I noticed had a picture of her with the entire band. I asked her where she got it and she told me that last year in Portland she was the girl that jumped on stage! She said that after she did that, someone came and got her after the concert and she got to meet the band! I can’t believe that. Knowing my luck, I would get kicked out or something. She kept showing it to Lindsey and he was like “oh yeah.” She later had him sign it. When Ray came over to adjust something, I yelled his name and no reaction. He seemed pretty cranky. In fact, in all the concerts I've been to, he seems very cranky. Poor Ray, Lindsey must put him through the ringer!

During “I’m So Afraid” which I think the guitar solo has gotten way longer, I was getting pretty bored. (I know that is horrible, but I've never been a big fan of that song!) Kristen was watching the front row and I felt bad because I know I looked bored and I was not paying attention to Lindsey at all. Before Stand Back, I glanced over at Sharon and Jana and let me tell you Sharon looked bored out of her mind. She had the funniest look on her face, like “oh hell, this is so boring!” It was kind of surprising. I can see how it would get pretty boring doing the same thing over and over again night after night.

I got to play the guitar during GYOW. Lindsey kind of smiled down and made some faces. It was pretty funny.

So during the World Turning solo I kept looking over at Lindsey and me and this other gal were snapping pictures. I would look and he was like “yeah ok, take a picture.” He just stared and didn’t smile or anything. Ha-ha. I think he thought I took too many pictures LOL. He kept turning around and saying things to Kristen. They are very cute, she would make faces and stuff. But she did not take her eyes off of him for the entire drum solo, wherever he would look, she would look.

Ok so now, Lindsey comes out for the little solo with Mick. I was worried that Mick would spit on me, but luckily he didn’t. Lindsey didn’t have that luck. Mick started doing his blubbering and I see this huge ball of spit fly out of his mouth and land right on Lindsey’s cheek. I literally cringed and made the most horrible face. I could see it glistening in the light and it started to drip down Lindsey’s face. It was awful. I didn’t see another huge glob come out of his mouth, but Lindsey was getting sprayed with little spurts. Poor Lindsey!! Anyone notice how the guy that wipes Lindsey’s microphone after Mick’s solo kind of crouches in a sprinter position for the entire solo?? It’s so funny. You would think he would relax and kind of just sit there, but no, he crouches the entire time like he is ready to sprint forward any second.

After Mick introduced Lindsey I held up my “Lindsey Rulz” sign. This one was a little different from last year. I put pictures of Lindsey on it. One of the pictures was of him wearing the cone head from around the Tusk days. Mick had to point it out to him. When he saw it he was like “what the hell?” He didn’t seem that excited to see it. LOL. Then when Mick introduced John I held up my John sign. I made a sign that looked like a sailboat and put “John McVie Sails” on the bottom and “John Rulz” on the sails. Of course he didn’t see it. Neil was trying to get his attention but he didn’t look. Then when they finished up, John was walking by and I was waving it and screaming. He finally looked at it and pointed and laughed. So that was cool. I was taking pictures and I got one of Lindsey looking at me like “is she taking pictures again?” He is just kind of staring at me. LOL.

Well, overall it was a great concert. Lindsey seemed a little tired and not as happy as usual. But I had a blast.

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oh why of why can't I ever get a good picture of Stevie? It's like she has an invisible shield around her that reflects my camera. Almost all of her turned out blurry. I really, really tried to keep the camera still, I even rested my arms on the stage for most of them. I just don't understand what I am doing wrong. But anyway, the reason I have so many Lindsey shots is because of that. My goal in Bozeman is too figure out the blurry factor and get some good ones of Ms. Nicks.


Tracy at Burnish was kind enough to upload my videos on her site. Go check them out - I got one of Lindsey doing his Pre Stand Back Dance. LOL.
http://burnish.net/audio.php