Lindsey "Under the Covers"

[David]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

You're not a FAN!!!! *wink*

SUPAH FAN!!!!

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

You're not a FAN!!!! *wink*

Were you able to recognize his playing on the Trailerpark Troubadors album?

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

Were you able to recognize his playing on the Trailerpark Troubadors album?

I recognized his voice on Antsy's When Ruby Falls. How's that?

When I know Lindsey is there and I hear a guitar, I figure it's him. Also, at the concerts when I heard the acoustic stuff before the show, I knew it was him. But no. I can't recognize his fingers on stuff. If you played me 3 things and asked me to pick which was Lindsey, I could probably do that. I think I'd score high on a multiple choice.

But if I was just sitting listening to The Devil Gets More Credit Than He Deserves and I didn't know already, I wouldn't just say, "That's Lindsey. I'd know his sound anywhere!"

Michele

[michelej1]

From an interview with Susanna and Matthew

[I'm rather annoyed that Lindsey is called "one of the original guys" with no indication that he also wrote SHN. I mean, knock, knock, hello?]

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/0...matthew-sweet/

MAGNET: Why did you move to L.A. from New York, Matthew?

Sweet: I came out here to record Altered Beast with Richard Dashut, and Dashut severely turned me on to L.A. He was like this magic leprechaun that showed me all the groovy, classic L.A. factors. He took me to all the different areas. He showed me the old clubs on Sunset Strip and took me by where Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and him rented a house together (when Dashut produced Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Tusk). And Stevie would go down to Ben Franks on Sunset Boulevard and work all day, and they would sit at the house and smoke pot. He turned me on to the California dream sort of thing.

Any feedback from the original artists on your Under The Covers sets?

I know Mike Nesmith liked “Different Drum” from the first one. Who else? I’m sure the Raspberries will be thrilled (with “Go All The Way”). We met them when they played out here about a year ago. It would have been great to have had Wally Bryson and Eric Carmen play on that. We did get one of the original guys to play on the Fleetwood Mac song and the Yes song, and that was really fun. We got Lindsey Buckingham to play on “Second Hand News” and Steve Howe from Yes to play on “I’ve Seen All Good People.” He played a Portuguese 12-string and the crazy electric lead.

[Richard B]

Got the new CD 'Under The Covers vol 2', which so far is quite good.

The Second Hand News cover is interesting and Lindsey's lead guitar is super cool.

Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs had this to say on the CD liner notes for FM's cover:
"Speaking of sex...'lay me down in the tall grass and let me do my stuff'? We're there! Lindsey graces this with his guitar genius. Our friend, our inspiration, we bow at your feet. For yea it is written: the prophet Buckingham is a true rock god who wields the power of Zeus through his fingers and voice!"

[michelej1]

From an interview with Hoffs:

Pennsylvania Daily Times, July 24, 2009

http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2...7339108060.txt

To complete the latest “Under the Covers” dish, Sweet and Hoffs brought some pretty big name chefs to help out, like Lindsey Buckingham, who plays guitar on the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Second Hand News.”

“I know Lindsey because our kids play together, but also because Matthew and I both played with him on something back in the ’90s,” Hoffs said. “He just came over to the studio the day before he left for this recent Fleetwood Mac tour and was just such a sweetheart. He came in, put any guitar in his hands and it’s Lindsey Buckingham playing and it’s just sort of otherworldly.

“He doesn’t use a pick, I don’t know how he does it, it’s so natural to him, and we just said, “Go crazy.” And then he just does his thing and it’s magic.”

[Livia]

You can listen to it, and several other cuts also, on their myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/sidnsusie

[michelej1]

[Is Lindsey playing at childrens' birthday parties now? Do kids really prefer him to bouncy balls?]

http://www.masslive.com/entertainmen...thew_swee.html

Excerpt from interview with Hoffs and Sweet

The first "Under the Covers" CD featured songs from the 1960s, while the new one hits the 1970s. The record spans the wide range of styles that met in that decade, and includes such diverse offerings as The Raspberries "Go All the Way," George Harrison's "Beware of Darkness," and even a progressive rock track, "Your Move/All Good People" by Yes. Yes guitarist Steve Howe even sat in on the track, as did Fleetwood Mac's Lindsay Buckingham on a version of "Second Hand News."

"We both knew Lindsay a little bit, I met him in studio years ago and and one of Sue's kids goes to school with Lindsay's kids," Sweet said.

"And he ended up playing at Sue's birthday party, so we asked him if could do it."

[Nico]

Originally Posted by michelej1

[Is Lindsey playing at childrens' birthday parties now? Do kids really prefer him to bouncy balls?]

"We both knew Lindsay a little bit, I met him in studio years ago and and one of Sue's kids goes to school with Lindsay's kids," Sweet said.

"And he ended up playing at Sue's birthday party, so we asked him if could do it."

lol! I think it was Susanna Hoffs' birthday they were referring to, but apparently her son is best pals with William and they have been in school together since preschool. So Sue Hoffs and LB are close friends outside of the music sphere and they probably have play dates with their kids. Watch, one of her sons will end up dating one of his daughters...it'll be one of those chain effects "children of..." often get linked in to.

[Fannymac]

Originally Posted by David

Unless he does one of those screaming one-note solos.
Does Matthew Sweet still tour? I bet he does an occasional LB song in concert. He has listed Mac as an influence for years, & has done studio work with Dashut.

That's EXACTLY what he does!!!
One of the worst cuts on the album........do yourself a favor and get VOL. 1...MUCH better!!!!!

[michelej1]

Excerpt from Morning Call interview
http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/m...1.story?page=1

Getting guitarist Lindsey Buckingham for Fleetwood Mac's ''Second Hand News'' was easier. ''We know him from a ways back, both of us, and also one of Sue's kids goes to school with Lindsey's son,'' Sweet says. ''He was at Sue's birthday party last January and she's like'' -- his voice lowers to a whisper -- ''Ask him about playing on it.''

[Nico]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Excerpt from Morning Call interview
http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/m...1.story?page=1

Getting guitarist Lindsey Buckingham for Fleetwood Mac's ''Second Hand News'' was easier. ''We know him from a ways back, both of us, and also one of Sue's kids goes to school with Lindsey's son,'' Sweet says. ''He was at Sue's birthday party last January and she's like'' -- his voice lowers to a whisper -- ''Ask him about playing on it.''

I wish I hung out with Lindsey at parties. I'd be totally sane, of course.