Musician Magazine - great FM history

[OldTimer]

I found an old article from Musician Magazine, a very long and in-depth feature about FM, written by Timothy White. It's not scanned -- it looks like someone laboriously copied the whole thing (with only a few spelling and formatting errors here and there). It's dated Feb. 1989 but mostly deals with earlier history -- in great detail. Does anyone here (historians that some of you are) have a copy of the magazine?

It starts with Stevie in July of '87, fuming about Lindsey opting out of the Tango tour -- and traces backwards from there. A fascinating writing style to say the least. Be warned, it's a very long article!

http://snow.prohosting.com/crasio/fl...etwoodmac.html

The writer, Timothy White, became the Editor-In-Chief of Billboard after Musician folded. He died in 2002, and this obit mentioned that Fleetwood Mac article:
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/...s/02346178.htm

Timothy’s work always included small revelations that were a result of the depth and commitment of his research and reporting. His Rock Lives: Profiles and Interviews brims with them, as did the Fleetwood Mac feature that first brought us together. This story explored the rat’s nest of sexual and emotional relationships within the band in unprecedented detail, but as a way of explaining how it fed their music and created songs.

I also noticed White's book 'Rock Lives' on that obit page, with Stevie one of the faces on the cover. Anyone recommend that book?

[michelej1]

Thanks for that. The article was here: http://fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/archive/rocklives.htm

But I'd never seen that piece on the end describing the equipment the musicians were using. I don't even understand any of that stuff, but for some reason I still love to read about it. Very nice.

Michele

[David]

Originally Posted by OldTimer

I found an old article from Musician Magazine, a very long and in-depth feature about FM, written by Timothy White. It's not scanned -- it looks like someone laboriously copied the whole thing (with only a few spelling and formatting errors here and there). It's dated Feb. 1989 but mostly deals with earlier history -- in great detail. Does anyone here (historians that some of you are) have a copy of the magazine?

I have a copy. Nice read with good photos, including a live shot of the group on the Tango tour.

The writer, Timothy White, became the Editor-In-Chief of Billboard after Musician folded. He died in 2002, and this obit mentioned that Fleetwood Mac article:
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/...s/02346178.htm

White of course also write the cover article on Stevie Nicks for Rolling Stone.

I also noticed White's book 'Rock Lives' on that obit page, with Stevie one of the faces on the cover. Anyone recommend that book?

Nice big picture book. The article on Nicks by White is just a Readers Digest condensed version of the "Out There With Stevie Nicks" article from Rolling Stone, with some graphs added at the end about "The Wild Heart" & Stevie's marriage. The photos (including 1983 live shots) have all been published on this forum.

White had a lot of respect for Nicks as songwriter.