Article Recaps LB's Youtube Page

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Originally Posted by michelej1

This is from the Sioux Falls Classic Rock station:

http://www.b1027.com/content/view/3652/74/

Lindsey Buckingham has launched his own page on youtube.com. The site includes a series of numbered video episodes which show Buckingham answering in-depth fan questions, performing during his soundchecks, and live on stage.

Buckingham has already posted an acoustic rendition of Donovan's "Try For The Sun" filmed in one of his hotel rooms. A studio recording of the 1966 folk classic was included on Buckingham's last album, 2006's Under The Skin. More filmed acoustic performances are expected to be added in the coming weeks.

Buckingham, who is a without a record label following the release of his latest live CD/DVD, Live At The Bass Performance Hall, says that major acts becoming "indie" artists seems to be the only way for some veteran performers to maintain their artistic integrity while continuing to produce new work: "The model of the large company on some levels is breaking down, and it's going to force people not only find other outlets because the kind of blanket support system that used to exist for the broad range of artists doesn't exist as much anymore. It's more of a bottom line mentality. But I think also, by virtue of that, you have people who have the freedom to make the choice to just do what they want to do -- and even if it reaches a smaller audience. I think that mentality is fairly prevalent right now."

Live At The Bass Performance Hall features such solo favorites as "Trouble," "Go Insane," and "Holiday Road," as well as Buckingham's Fleetwood Mac classics "Big Love," "Second Hand News," "Tusk," "Never Going Back Again," "I Know I'm Not Wrong," and "Go Your Own Way."

Buckingham is putting the finishing touches on a new studio album which he hopes to have out by this summer. Special guests include Fleetwood Mac bandmates Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on what Buckingham is calling a "straight ahead rock album." No release date has been set, but Buckingham is planning to tour behind the still-untitled album.

Thanks for posting this Michele!