Where you in the audience when Stevie did Red Rocks, etc...

[BellaDonna93]

As I know, there's lots of fans here that has been following Stevie and The Mac since the 70's (it's awesome!!!) and I was wondering if anyone of you, here on The Ledge, was in the audience when they recorded Red Rocks, or US Festival, or other old videos or clips that are well known (don't have to be but it's fun if they are)...??????
You'll know that it would be totally awesome if someone out there went to one of those concerts 20 years ago Because everytime when I watch like, let's say Red Rocks, I think "Well, all of those people who are in the audience have to be Stevie fans 'cause they went, you know, and why wouldn't they be on The Ledge now if they were fans then??? Some of you were younger then, you know". So, that's what I thought about Where you there? Are you knowing anyone who was there? Let us know

Have an awesome day everyone!
Love,
/Hanna, Belladonna93

[Enchanted_Stevi]

I wish I was...but sadly I wasnt even born yet HAHA

[BellaDonna93]

Originally Posted by Enchanted_Stevi

I wish I was...but sadly I wasnt even born yet HAHA

I wish I was too, Caitlin but I wasn't born either, haha

[BTFLCHLD]

Where you there?

No, I wheres not

[David]

Originally Posted by BellaDonna93

As I know, there's lots of fans here that has been following Stevie and The Mac since the 70's (it's awesome!!!) and I was wondering if anyone of you, here on The Ledge, was in the audience when they recorded Red Rocks, or US Festival, or other old videos or clips that are well known (don't have to be but it's fun if they are)...??????

There are actually scads of ledgies who were at a lot of those notable concerts. We're a varied & well-traveled group of ledgies here!

You can usually tell which ledgies went to which concerts in the olden days (anything three years ago or longer) even if they don't specifically say so because they state that it was the best this or that Fleetwood Mac ever played, blah blah blah. It's human nature, I guess, & you see it in ledgies all the time: The show you yourself saw was the best ever, blah blah blah. People look back on something they attended with an especially roseate hue. Objectivity or even accuracy isn't the focus -- nostalgia is.

Example: I saw the Rose Bowl Peace Sunday daylong concert in June '82 & I always believed & told everyone that Stevie got the loudest applause. Something must have stuck in my mind that night (she played at night) that she did, but looking back on it now, I have no idea whether she did or not. My nostalgia has quite probably transformed the experience in my memory.

There do seem to be a couple of notable concerts or other events where no ledgie (yet announced publicly) attended. These concerts include:

• May 15, 1975 El Paso --- First ostensible concert given by new lineup
• Sept. 23, 1975 Wallingford --- Recorded at Trod Nossel Studio for radio
• April 25, 1976 Oakland --- Big splashy appearance at Bill Graham's Days On The Green
• Feb. 28, 1977 Berkeley --- Kickoff date of the Rumours tour & benefit for Jacques Cousteau Society
• May 7, 1977 Oakland --- Headliner for Bill Graham's Day On The Green
• June 29, 1977 New York --- Garden concert reviewed by Rolling Stone; Stevie "reeled like a drunken sailor"
• March 20, 1980 New Zealand --- Infamous concert & radio broadcast with Lindsey drunken rampage incident
• Nov. 28, 1981 Houston --- Opening night of Bella Donna tour (although John Kinney attended the following night in Dallas)
• May 27, 1983 Las Vegas --- The unexplained "opening night" of the Wild Heart tour; nobody's even sure it actually took place -- no one who attended has ever stepped forward & said so
• June 12, 1987 Los Angeles --- Mick Fleetwood's Zoo with guest Stevie Nicks (why didn't anybody go to this? why didn't I go to this? I don't even remember any announcement)
• 1988 tour in Europe --- No ledgie has ever said he or she attended any of these concerts in Europe in the spring of 1988

And so on.

[gldstwmn]

I was at Red Rocks on the Mask tour over two nights when they filmed the Skies The Limit video.

[AliceLover]

I can spot myself several times on the Live in Boston DVD.

[EnchantedKiwi]

Originally Posted by David

There are actually scads of ledgies who were at a lot of those notable concerts. We're a varied & well-traveled group of ledgies here!

You can usually tell which ledgies went to which concerts in the olden days (anything three years ago or longer) even if they don't specifically say so because they state that it was the best this or that Fleetwood Mac ever played, blah blah blah. It's human nature, I guess, & you see it in ledgies all the time: The show you yourself saw was the best ever, blah blah blah. People look back on something they attended with an especially roseate hue. Objectivity or even accuracy isn't the focus -- nostalgia is.

Example: I saw the Rose Bowl Peace Sunday daylong concert in June '82 & I always believed & told everyone that Stevie got the loudest applause. Something must have stuck in my mind that night (she played at night) that she did, but looking back on it now, I have no idea whether she did or not. My nostalgia has quite probably transformed the experience in my memory.

There do seem to be a couple of notable concerts or other events where no ledgie (yet announced publicly) attended. These concerts include:

• May 15, 1975 El Paso --- First ostensible concert given by new lineup
• Sept. 23, 1975 Wallingford --- Recorded at Trod Nossel Studio for radio
• April 25, 1976 Oakland --- Big splashy appearance at Bill Graham's Days On The Green
• Feb. 28, 1977 Berkeley --- Kickoff date of the Rumours tour & benefit for Jacques Cousteau Society
• May 7, 1977 Oakland --- Headliner for Bill Graham's Day On The Green
• June 29, 1977 New York --- Garden concert reviewed by Rolling Stone; Stevie "reeled like a drunken sailor"
• March 20, 1980 New Zealand --- Infamous concert & radio broadcast with Lindsey drunken rampage incident
• Nov. 28, 1981 Houston --- Opening night of Bella Donna tour (although John Kinney attended the following night in Dallas)
• May 27, 1983 Las Vegas --- The unexplained "opening night" of the Wild Heart tour; nobody's even sure it actually took place -- no one who attended has ever stepped forward & said so
• June 12, 1987 Los Angeles --- Mick Fleetwood's Zoo with guest Stevie Nicks (why didn't anybody go to this? why didn't I go to this? I don't even remember any announcement)
• 1988 tour in Europe --- No ledgie has ever said he or she attended any of these concerts in Europe in the spring of 1988

And so on.

For the New Zealand one, I know my mum's best friend went, my uncle, and my next door neighbor were all at the concert
It a small world if you live in nz.

[GODDESS6]

i didn't see the red rocks show, but i did attend a show that tour in lincoln, ne~
stevie was a hot mess that night~ it still is one of my favorite solo stevie shows tho~ the band opus opened for her, we weren't lucky enough to have frampton~ & people were horrible to opus, screaming & chanting for stevie their entire set~ <<~

[Moz]

Originally Posted by EnchantedKiwi

For the New Zealand one, I know my mum's best friend went, my uncle, and my next door neighbor were all at the concert
It a small world if you live in nz.

So... did Lindsey really go on a drunken rampage?

[Haunted_Song]

I was at the taping of the "Blue Denim" video in Milwaukee during the Street Angel tour ~ you can see me in the front row. I was also at all the Soundstage tapings Stevie has been involved with (Lindsey's, Chris Isaak's Christmas Special and her own) ~ and I can see myself in the audience. Fun times!!!

[ontheEdgeof17]

I'm on the LIB DVD and my screams and yells were used for the CD....I'm all over that CD.

[Musicman408]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I'm on the LIB DVD and my screams and yells were used for the CD....I'm all over that CD.

That's so so so cool!!!!!

[golddustdrummer]

Originally Posted by Enchanted_Stevi

I wish I was...but sadly I wasnt even born yet HAHA

lol I think that makes three of us

[wheart]

Originally Posted by GODDESS6

i didn't see the red rocks show, but i did attend a show that tour in lincoln, ne~
stevie was a hot mess that night~ it still is one of my favorite solo stevie shows tho~ the band opus opened for her, we weren't lucky enough to have frampton~ & people were horrible to opus, screaming & chanting for stevie their entire set~ <<~

I bow down to you! You witnessed a Rock a Little show!!! I wish I could go back in time!!