Ummm.... Bob Brunning ????

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by chiliD

I dunno...I think Graham's was pretty darned good. Although it was SO long ago, he just needs to amend it to include the next 25+ years. His ended as Rumours had just started up the charts.

I think it was certainly better than the others, that's true. he didn't do a bad job.

--Lis

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Bob is a genuinely nice guy....though a bit confused at times.

I'm sure he is. But he does seem to be part of projects that latch on to Fleetwood Mac. Look at all of the new Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac retrospective coming out every so often that somehow features Bob Brunning (usually in Tramp). If it's not that, it's a new book (or DVD) that mangles the history of Fleetwood Mac. And, he does it under guise of being an insider. That's why I have an issue with Bob Brunning. Dave Walker was in the band longer, yet he doesn't sell out on his experiences with Fleetwood Mac.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

And, I got pretty mad when he said that no Mac fans would ever put any Bob Welch-era album in their top ten, which I know is not true. There are a lot of Mac fans who put some of those albums in their top ten.

Mystery To Me, Future Games, and Bare Trees are my three FAVORITE Mac albums!
Induct Bob Welch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by David

Plus, there's that photo of Lindsey & Stevie backstage on page 198 that Mick identifies as 1980 tour ... when everybody knows which tour it was really from!!

yeah, Mirage.....only us diehards could decipher that! There's also another photo somewhere in a book (i think it may even be one of Mick's books!) showing Mick coupled with his long scraggly 1977 beard and the old african talking drum at stevie's square mike....
and the caption reads, "don't stop 1980." hmmmm.

one of my favorites from too long ago was in Hit Parader magazine around 1983. I think it was a small feature on FM. The interviews were all recent, since they were discussing Mirage and the fear (or what i percieved was a general lack of forlorn, judging from the band's comments) that Stevie might leave the group to persue her blossoming solo career. The article reported that regarding Stevie's music, Christine said, "Her songs are like children to her, even though some of them are rubbish." I can actually hear Christine saying that in her distinctive accent. Similarly, Lindsey criticizes, "I've always thought her material was a little flaky." They may have really said these things, but obviously singling them out of the entire conversation like that seems quite scolding. Or, maybe that writer embellished a bit.

My whole point is....so they manage to dig up this photo of Stevie apparently backstage at the 1978 Grammy Awards talking, and she's holding her hand out in front of her, palm up, as if she's expecting someone to give her change. the caption reads: "this is the reaction Stevie gave after hearing former boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham say, 'i've always thought her material was a little flaky.'"

ummm......no.

flaky rubbish