Tusk Tour: 1979-1980

[David]

Originally Posted by vivfox

(snip from blog)McVie can always be turned to for a good pop song.

(snip from blog)McVie's straight-out pop numbers anchor the album.

One of these days, I'm going to write a reappraisal of Chris McVie & prove she was more than a churner-outer of "good pop songs" or "straight-out pop numbers." I hear that all the time & it really reduces her particular, effective & yes even sometimes slightly weird talent. "Pop" is used with a slight air of condescension when applied to Chris.

Here's an audio clip of a bunch of Los Angeles TV news bites of Fleetwood's five nights at the Forum. They ran on KTLA & KTTV, the local TV stations.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1vyfbz

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by David

One of these days, I'm going to write a reappraisal of Chris McVie & prove she was more than a churner-outer of "good pop songs" or "straight-out pop numbers." I hear that all the time & it really reduces her particular, effective & yes even sometimes slightly weird talent. "Pop" is used with a slight air of condescension when applied to Chris.

Here's an audio clip of a bunch of Los Angeles TV news bites of Fleetwood's five nights at the Forum. They ran on KTLA & KTTV, the local TV stations.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/1vyfbz

I'm very excited to hear these! I'm so thrilled that you saved them for all these years. Thank you for posting!!!

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by David

One of these days, I'm going to write a reappraisal of Chris McVie & prove she was more than a churner-outer of "good pop songs" or "straight-out pop numbers." I hear that all the time & it really reduces her particular, effective & yes even sometimes slightly weird talent. "Pop" is used with a slight air of condescension when applied to Chris.

You go for it!

Gail

[vivfox]

the 27th show of the Tusk Tour
December 9,1979
San Diego, California
Venue: Sports Arena

One night in San Diego in between the first 3 and the last 2 shows in LA.

Stevie singing Sara live somewhere on the Tusk Tour


Stevie in the Village Recorder studios sometime in early 1979


from BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
December 9,1979
San Diego, California
Venue: Sports Arena
Headliners: Fleetwood Mac
Opening Act: Danny Douma
Produced By: Larry Vallon Presents
Ticket Prices: $11.50-$12.50
Tickets Sold: 11,748 (sellout)
Gross Receipts: $143,278.00

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by vivfox

the 27th show of the Tusk Tour
December 9,1979
San Diego, California
Venue: Sports Arena

One night in San Diego in between the first 3 and the last 2 shows in LA.

and this then was the first time I ever saw Fleetwood Mac live ..The moments I remember best where the entire performance of SOTM and the Charleston dance that Nicks did at the end of Angel and Nicks leaping off of the ground into the arms of a large man ,presumably a roadie when she left the stage and Christine's Songbird..I was in high school and this was the 4th major concert I had ever been to and the last one of the 1970s ..really the end of an era .It may sound cheesy but when I think of a time when the innocence ended it was not long after this ..Reagan ..AIDS .unbridled greed and so much more were just around the corner .When the 1970s ended that last gasp of what the counterculture meant to me .. .of free love and actually believing that we could change the world and that there would be peace on earth kind of ended for me as well ..this show will always be burned in my memory ..seeing that era of the band at their creative peak in that place and time is very bittersweet and for that reason I will always love them .

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

and this then was the first time I ever saw Fleetwood Mac live ..The moments I remember best where the entire performance of SOTM and the Charleston dance that Nicks did at the end of Angel and Nicks leaping off of the ground into the arms of a large man ,presumably a roadie when she left the stage and Christine's Songbird.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful memory with all of us. I love stories like this. I can, through you, envision concerts I'd never been to. I can totally picure Stevie jumping into Bubba's arms the way you described it.

[vivfox]

the 28th show on the Tusk Tour
December 10,1979
Los Angeles, California
Venue: The Forum
this was the 4th of 5 nights in LA






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[vivfox]

the 29th show on the Tusk Tour
December 11,1979
Los Angeles, California
Venue: The Forum
this was the last of a 5 night stand in LA




After this show Stevie took Jim Ladd back to her home and gave one of the best interviews ever. Get a copy of this if you can. It's called INNERVIEW. Even though it was a great interview, looking back I'm suprised it was all
about Stevie and not about the rest of Fleetwood Mac. However this allowed
Stevie, amongst other subjects as well, plenty of time to discuss the meanings of her songs on the Tusk Album.

from BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
Headliners: Fleetwood Mac
Opening Act: Danny Douma
December 10 & 11,1979
LA, Calif.
Produced by: Avalon Attractions
Ticket Prices: $10.35--$14.35
Tickets Sold: 26,658
Gross Receipts: $356,108.00

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[David]

Originally Posted by vivfox

After this show Stevie took Jim Ladd back to her home and gave one of the best interviews ever. Get a copy of this if you can. It's called INNERVIEW. Even though it was a great interview, looking back I'm suprised it was all about Stevie and not about the rest of Fleetwood Mac.

It was a two-part radio show: one segment with Stevie Nicks & one segment with Mick & Lindsey together.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

It may sound cheesy but when I think of a time when the innocence ended it was not long after this ..Reagan ..AIDS .unbridled greed and so much more were just around the corner .When the 1970s ended that last gasp of what the counterculture meant to me .. .of free love and actually believing that we could change the world and that there would be peace on earth kind of ended for me as well .

It all ended December 8, 1980. Rest In Peace, John, we STILL miss you.

[vivfox]

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[DavidMn]

I believe the San Francisco Cow Palace shows are coming up in the next couple days if memory serves me right. I know I heard a hilarious story where the band put a bunch of chickens in John Courage's room and then they shoved them all into and elevator afterwards and sent them to first sloor. I cant imagine the looks on the faces of whoever tried to get on that elevator when it opened on First floor!

[vivfox]

Stevie onstage at The Forum in December, 1979



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[vivfox]

the 30th show on the Tusk Tour
December 14,1979
San Francisco, California
Venue: The Cow Palace
this is the 1st of 3 SF shows



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[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by vivfox

I have the December 11,1979 Forum show on cassette. Here is my review from that show: During DON'T STOP Lindsey seems more into it than Christine. I rated SARA as the best performed live song of the first 15 songs they performed. The USC Trojan Marching Band plays on the song TUSK with FM. In YOU MAKE LOVING FUN the ending vocals are very pretty and the ending guitar parts are very pretty too. In the 2nd half of the show the best songs to listen to are WORLD TURNING, SISTERS OF THE MOON and 2nd HAND NEWS.
SETLIST: Say You Love Me, The Chain, Don't Stop, Dreams, Oh Well, Rhiannon,Oh Daddy, What Makes You Think You're The One, Sara, Not that Funny, Save Me A Place, Landslide, Tusk, Angel, You Make Loving Fun,I'm So Afraid, World Turning, Blue Letter, Go Your Own Way---ENCORE---Sister's Of The Moon, Second Hand News, and my tape has just the beginning only of Songbird.

It's curious to note that none of Christine's new Tusk songs are included in the initial tour set. At what point did they start performing Over and Over and Think About Me? (Even more surprising is that Brown Eyes turned up in the Mirage tour set. ) Never Forget could have been a nice song done live.