FM's life on the road 2013

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by gypsy-sara

I was just noticing that there seems to be no information about the bands life on the road yet.

Where are / were they staying?
How do they travel?
Has anyone met them besides Mick's meet and greets?
Did anything noteworthy happen besides the concerts?
etc...

This would be the place for sharing information about that matter.

I wonder how similar to the Tusk tour is this (and the Unleashed). Probably not that fancy extravaganza and excesses, but sure enough luxury to be comfort on their "style" but also make good revenue anyway. Mick's book about Tusk:

Each band member had his/her own limo. Even Dashut and Grant had their own limo on this tour, as befitted their exalted responsibilities of son et lumiere. Our contracts with promoters carried an exhaustive refreshment rider, specifying in minute detail what kind of food and drink we required backstage. It was on this tour that Fleetwood Mac acquired its image of being a de lure organisation; yet it was a reputation we cultivated without apology, and it was true that whenever possible, we went first-class all the way.

....

We spent a fortune on the road, running a fat ship. We decided to be comfortable, and we lost control. If Stevie wanted a hotel suite painted pink with a white piano in it, what are you gonna do? Say no? You can't do that in a Holiday Inn! Pink rooms and pianos cost real money. These were my decisions, because they had to be. There was no management company as a buffer between me and the band. To complain about anything, as musicians love to do, they had to address a band member me. People were honest with their feelings under this system, but they didn't like complaining about money. Even so, early in the tour I tried to change to cheaper hotels. All the others complained and I said the hell with it. From then on we went first-notch. We had everything.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Villavic

We spent a fortune on the road, running a fat ship. We decided to be comfortable, and we lost control. If Stevie wanted a hotel suite painted pink with a white piano in it, what are you gonna do? Say no? You can't do that in a Holiday Inn! Pink rooms and pianos cost real money. These were my decisions, because they had to be. There was no management company as a buffer between me and the band. [/FONT]

I was reading a Christine interview and she was asked about Judy Wong. She said that that was Mick's secretary and when Mick stopped being in charge of everything then Judy no longer had a place. There was no central office. Everyone had their own separate staff after that and managers and assistants who competed with each other to protect their own person's interest.

Michele

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by michelej1

. Everyone had their own separate staff after that and managers and assistants who competed with each other to protect their own person's interest.

Michele

That's right, Mick told so in his book too.

About Judy, I don't know her latest role in the band, but they dedicated the Tango album to her (when probably she wasn't working with them anymore).

[The Catdancer]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I was reading a Christine interview and she was asked about Judy Wong. She said that that was Mick's secretary and when Mick stopped being in charge of everything then Judy no longer had a place. There was no central office. Everyone had their own separate staff after that and managers and assistants who competed with each other to protect their own person's interest.

Michele

Do you know where I could find that interview? I'd love to read it.

Stevie had an assistant as early as Mirage. When they were recording in France she had Debbie Alsbury and after her came Rebecca Alvarez. I'm not sure who it was after Rebecca. She left in the late 80's and started working for Joan Rivers. She only accompanied Stevie on the overseas tours (I have no idea why her assistant, whoever that was, couldn't travel with Stevie). I guess after her, Karen became her assistant. Chris had an assistant too back in the late 70's early 80's named Chris Kable.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by The Catdancer

Do you know where I could find that interview? I'd love to read it.

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?p=1052386

[Fireflies]

Originally Posted by The Catdancer

Do you know where I could find that interview? I'd love to read it.

Stevie had an assistant as early as Mirage. When they were recording in France she had Debbie Alsbury and after her came Rebecca Alvarez. I'm not sure who it was after Rebecca.

i'm pretty sure karen's sister (who's name i can't recall) worked for stevie after rebecca.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by Fireflies

i'm pretty sure karen's sister (who's name i can't recall) worked for stevie after rebecca.

I had to dig deep for it... but I think it's Kelly.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by Nathan

I had to dig deep for it... but I think it's Kelly.

Yeah, that's right. Kelly Johnston. But, something I've wondered - is Karen her sister in law? Sometimes her full name is listed as Karen Williams Johnston.

Glen was also her assistant for a while.

[The Catdancer]

Originally Posted by michelej1

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?p=1052386

Thanks, Michele!

[bombaysaffires]

Robin essentially was Stevie's assistant during the Rumours era. Not sure about during Tusk. Stevie would often call Robin her "speech therapist" though I think real speech therapists would balk at that as she had no formal training or credentials in speech therapy; it was just a title Stevie gave her because she helped Stevie do her steam routine and various other routines to try and preserve her voice on the road.

Danny Goldberg referred to Robin as Stevie's aide-de-camp during that time which is a really fancy way of saying assistant/trusted confidante.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

Robin essentially was Stevie's assistant during the Rumours era. Not sure about during Tusk. Stevie would often call Robin her "speech therapist" though I think real speech therapists would balk at that as she had no formal training or credentials in speech therapy; it was just a title Stevie gave her because she helped Stevie do her steam routine and various other routines to try and preserve her voice on the road..

Mick mentions Robin during the 1977 tour:
There were also concerns for Stevie's instrument. Singing with her throat rather than her diaphragm, she began to have problems, and her voice changed into a lower register. Was this caused by overwork? I don't know, but we took her friend Robin Anderson, a voice therapist, on the road with us to try to train Stevie to use her voice differently. But it was like trying to tame a wild thing. Every night, at the climactic end of "Rhiannon," Stevie would rip her voice to shreds. It was a sacrifice she chose to make for her art.

And he also mentions her during Mirage days:
The U.S. Festival was also the last time I saw Robin Anderson.
Robin had been Stevie Nicks's best friend for years and years, and I had known and loved her ever since the wild days in Sausalito recording Rumours. Robin was a voice therapist, and had often accompanied Fleetwood Mac on the road to work on preserving Stevie's voice. One of the most beautiful and beloved members of our extended family, she was married to Kim Anderson, a Warner Bros. promotion guy. She had also been ill with leukemia for the past two years, beginning around the time of the Tusk tour. Although she had been in and out of hospital, and against the advice of her doctors, she became pregnant and was determined to bear her child before she left this earth. The baby boy she bore definitely shortened her young life, but that was part of the heroic nature of Robin's determination.

[jenniferuk]

Mick was out shoe shopping at Halls Kansas City (pic posted on Halls twitter and FB)

https://mobile.twitter.com/HallsKC/s...223168/photo/1

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by jenniferuk

Mick was out shoe shopping at Halls Kansas City (pic posted on Halls twitter and FB)

Those are too traditional, Mick. Uphold your image, dude.

Michele

[SaidSomething]

Hey,
Are Sharon and Lori on tour with Fleetwood Mac 2013? I missed the Boston show and will probably see them 2nd leg in LA (working in my field again, with my best friend to boot YAY) I am a backup singer cultie...well, you know...they are so myserious but we've known sharon and lori forever. I respect Sharons privacy but, that doesn't stop me from going, hmmmmm I wonder if.....
Anyway, this was brought on by running across Jana...and the whole the band told her not Stevie that Lori was back and she was out of her temp job...and she will be Fleetwood Mac touring...is this true?
I have been knocked out by some great quality youtubes but, haven't seen or really heard them.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by SaidSomething

Hey,
Are Sharon and Lori on tour with Fleetwood Mac 2013?

Yes, Sharon and Lori are with FM this tour.

Michele