Lindsey Buckingham: 'I Would Love to Do' a New Fleetwood Mac Album

elle · #1 11-02-2012, 03:13 PM

Lindsey Buckingham: 'I Would Love to Do' a New Fleetwood Mac Album

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Lindsey Buckingham: 'I Would Love to Do' a New Fleetwood Mac Album

Singer-guitarist talks possible studio reunion and his solo tourComment2By Steve Baltin
November 2, 2012 3:05 PM ET

Lindsey Buckingham performs in Orlando, Florida.Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for VEVOLindsey Buckingham hasn't always felt comfortable balancing Fleetwood Mac with his individual releases. "There was a period of time where there was a level of frustration because the Fleetwood Mac agenda seemed to loom a lot larger . . . I would try to put together material [for] a solo album and there would be some kind of intervention," he tells Rolling Stone, laughing at the last part. "If you are gonna participate in a band, you've got to be a band member in good standing, and you've got to think about the needs of the whole."

The past few years have been kinder to the singer-guitarist's solo wanderlust. Following the release of Fleetwood Mac's last album, 2003's Say You Will, Buckingham requested time off from the folk greats to work on music alone and released an album, Seeds We Sow, last year. This month, he concludes a solo acoustic tour and digitally releases a live album on November 13th. (Rolling Stone will premiere one cut, Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love," next week.) After that, he will return to the Fleetwood fold for the band's massive 2013 tour.

"[In] the last eight or nine years, I've had a lot of growth. I sort of caught up on the need to explore the more esoteric side of the palette," Buckingham explains. "Fleetwood Mac is gonna start rehearsing probably the beginning of February and I'm actually looking forward to it. I miss those guys."

Buckingham is also interested in recording with the band again, a project he says is on the "back burner" for now but not overruled. "Absolutely, absolutely I would," he says of creating a new album. "In fact, about six, seven months ago, John [McVie] and Mick [Fleetwood] were over here and we actually cut some tracks, and we did enough for maybe half an album. But you gotta get Stevie [Nicks] on board with that, and at the time, she was really quite caught up in what she was doing . . . but I would love to do that because John and Mick were playing their asses off."

Still, his band's famously contentious dynamic has left Buckingham with a sense of humor, not to mention an appreciation for other argumentative artists. "Sometimes I wish we were the Eagles. That's one thing they've always been able to do is want the same thing for the same reasons," Buckhingham says with a dry laugh. "They probably don't share the same sensibilities as people and they may not spend much time together, but somehow they're able to put that aside and get on with the business of doing business, and there's something to be said for that."

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louielouie2000 · #2 11-02-2012, 04:29 PM

It's great to hearing Lindsey so positive when speaking of Fleetwood Mac & it's prospects. Unfortunately, Stevie totally shut down the idea of recording with Fleetwood Mac last month when asked point blank at her Documentary Q&A in New York. She pretty much said she never wants to record with Fleetwood Mac again because she's getting old & her time is limited, and that she will likely record a new solo album when this upcoming Fleetwood Mac tour is done. Perhaps she'll have a great time touring next year & change her mind, but I'm not holding out hope for that. In any event, I hope Mick, John, and Lindsey release something new... I don't care under what name. If they're having a good time making great music, I'd love to hear it.

BLY · #3 11-02-2012, 05:00 PM

So true.... At this point as much as I would like a new Fleetwood Mac album, I will take any new music within any form. I think Buckingham /Nicks will release the CD next year. I love that I got so much new music from Buckingham and Nicks the last 11 years. As a fan since from the 70's who would've thought. I will take it any way I can get from these guys. Sorry Chris isn't in the fold.

KindOfWoman90 · #4 11-02-2012, 05:03 PM

Aww! I love his positive attitude! So cool that they cut some new tracks!

Maybe they can get her to change her mind

Never say never

Even if it's an EP, I'd be cool with that.

fairydust75 · #5 11-02-2012, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Perhaps she'll have a great time touring next year & change her mind, but I'm not holding out hope for that. In any event, I hope Mick, John, and Lindsey release something new... I don't care under what name. If they're having a good time making great music, I'd love to hear it.

I agree, for any number of reasons...probably because Christine is retired, The Mac is not a happy place for her. She deserves to spend her golden years however she wants. It's been great to see her so happy and excited about her life. Let the guys do whatever they want. I can't see what Mick 's guilt trips accomplish except damage to their friendships. Let the guys be guys and relish in their testosterone and rock it out. Let Mama make us a new solo record with China Doll on it.....

elle · #6 11-02-2012, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

It's great to hearing Lindsey so positive when speaking of Fleetwood Mac & it's prospects. Unfortunately, Stevie totally shut down the idea of recording with Fleetwood Mac last month when asked point blank at her Documentary Q&A in New York. She pretty much said she never wants to record with Fleetwood Mac again because she's getting old & her time is limited, and that she will likely record a new solo album when this upcoming Fleetwood Mac tour is done. Perhaps she'll have a great time touring next year & change her mind, but I'm not holding out hope for that. In any event, I hope Mick, John, and Lindsey release something new... I don't care under what name. If they're having a good time making great music, I'd love to hear it.

i'm completely with you!

FM album with Stevie or Men of Mac album without Stevie won't make much money for them anyway, so why not just give us a great Men of Mac album?

SteveMacD · #7 11-02-2012, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

i'm completely with you!

FM album with Stevie or Men of Mac album without Stevie won't make much money for them anyway, so why not just give us a great Men of Mac album?

In that case, why not just get a new singer?

moon · #8 11-02-2012, 08:54 PM

Hi! Nice to read this!! Thanks elle for share

Well, I don't know about Stevie. Why she doesn't accept to record a new album when she's going to tour with FM??
I don't know the problems behind, but I think she should not be too far from accept to record with the rest.
And if the new album is only with Mick, John and Lindsey...well, obviously I'm going to listen it, but you know, FM was always a band of four members or more. Only three sounds new, strange and rare for me...

elle · #9 11-02-2012, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

In that case, why not just get a new singer?

i don't know whether you noticed this, but i think that curly-haired guy can sing and sounds better than ever these days?

i'd absolutely hate it if they would get a new girl (i assume that's what you mean?) singer. they wouldn't do it anyway.

elle · #10 11-02-2012, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by moon

Hi! Nice to read this!! Thanks elle for share

my pleasure!

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Originally Posted by moon

And if the new album is only with Mick, John and Lindsey...well, obviously I'm going to listen it, but you know, FM was always a band of four members or more. Only three sounds new, strange and rare for me...

hmm, that actually sounds even more interesting than i initially thought! i'd just enjoy to hear the sound of Lindsey with John and Mick backing him. his songs on GOS with John and Mick had great and full sound!

MacShadowsBall · #11 11-02-2012, 09:26 PM

It's so funny how a thread, article and a quote from Lindsey turns to Stevie. Gotta love the Ledge...

Anywho, I'm glad Lindsey wants to do another Mac album and since he, Mick, and John already cut several tracks(in demo form I suppose), that is a positive step forward. Plus the new tour!

If Stevie doesn't want to record - I hope she changes her mind - FM could recruit another singer or singers. Although Lindsey can surely handle the vocals by himself, Fleetwood Mac has always had at least two vocalists. Fleetwood Mac with just one vocalist, regardless of who that person is, just isn't Fleetwood Mac.

elle · #12 11-02-2012, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

It's so funny how a thread, article and a quote from Lindsey turns to Stevie. Gotta love the Ledge...

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Originally Posted by elle

"Buckingham is also interested in recording with the band again, a project he says is on the "back burner" for now but not overruled. "Absolutely, absolutely I would," he says of creating a new album. "In fact, about six, seven months ago, John [McVie] and Mick [Fleetwood] were over here and we actually cut some tracks, and we did enough for maybe half an album. But you gotta get Stevie [Nicks] on board with that, and at the time, she was really quite caught up in what she was doing . . . but I would love to do that because John and Mick were playing their asses off." "

from all their recent statements, i don't think Lindsey, Mick and John are considering anybody else but Stevie. i'm surprised so many here do... of course that's the [ancient] history of FM - replace people who left.

SteveMacD · #13 11-02-2012, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

from all their recent statements, i don't think Lindsey, Mick and John are considering anybody else but Stevie. i'm surprised so many here do... of course that's the [ancient] history of FM - replace people who left.

Well, she IS the one who said that she wouldn't be the one to break the band up. If things aren't being done because she doesn't want to anymore, but everybody else is on board, then isn't she basically breaking the band up? My attitude is if she doesn't want to be in the band anymore, well, there's the door.