Mick Fleetwood: "Stevie Nicks working on country version of Rumours album." - Page 5

louielouie2000 · #61 04-23-2010, 10:05 PM

We're pissed because she's piddling and wasting time. We want NEW material. NEW! It's been 9 years since we've had a new solo album! 7 years for Fleetwood Mac! There have been plenty of Mac cover songs! There's a FANTASTIC Rumours tribute album that came out 13 years ago. Enough of the Rumours rehashing! We don't need a box set of Rumours. We don't need to hear "George Jones does the Gold Dust Woman!" We've heard nothing but Rumours every Mac/Solo tour since 1977! Seriously Stevie, stop lollygagging. Stop with the friggen lame ass excuses. Stop piddling with adding tracks to somebody else's solo album. We need to hear from you, Stevie! The world is **** right now, has been for a long time! Come take us out of it, just for an hour's worth of album time!

Musicman408 · #62 04-23-2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

We're pissed because she's piddling and wasting time. We want NEW material. NEW! It's been 9 years since we've had a new solo album! 7 years for Fleetwood Mac! There have been plenty of Mac cover songs! There's a FANTASTIC Rumours tribute album that came out 13 years ago. Enough of the Rumours rehashing! We don't need a box set of Rumours. We don't need to hear "George Jones does the Gold Dust Woman!" We've heard nothing but Rumours every Mac/Solo tour since 1977! Seriously Stevie, stop lollygagging. Stop with the friggen lame ass excuses. Stop piddling with adding tracks to somebody else's solo album. We need to hear from you, Stevie! The world is **** right now, has been for a long time! Come take us out of it, just for an hour's worth of album time!

And then the Gospel Choir sang, and it was good!

Right on the money here dude!

tilthefirefades · #63 04-24-2010, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

We're pissed because she's piddling and wasting time. We want NEW material. NEW! It's been 9 years since we've had a new solo album! 7 years for Fleetwood Mac! There have been plenty of Mac cover songs! There's a FANTASTIC Rumours tribute album that came out 13 years ago. Enough of the Rumours rehashing! We don't need a box set of Rumours. We don't need to hear "George Jones does the Gold Dust Woman!" We've heard nothing but Rumours every Mac/Solo tour since 1977! Seriously Stevie, stop lollygagging. Stop with the friggen lame ass excuses. Stop piddling with adding tracks to somebody else's solo album. We need to hear from you, Stevie! The world is **** right now, has been for a long time! Come take us out of it, just for an hour's worth of album time!

Haha, even my friends that don't know her too well said this.

It's so strange that they are getting so old, yet slowing down with new material. How am I going to explain to my kids that Stevie Nicks was such a great woman, when I am left with this turd to show them. All day I have been thinking about this country thing, and it makes me more and more angry. The only reason this is happening is because country is safe. Look at Jewel. She was perfectly fine until she went country. Once you go country....

Nikolaj · #64 04-24-2010, 12:54 AM

A little surprised at Mick. It may be true, but Mick's a bit of a cad for the insinuation that Stevie won't face the public in broad daylight and that's why The Eagles cash-cow tour didn't happen for Fleetwood Mac. It may be part of the reason, but it also may be that Stevie deservedly decided after 'Unleashed' that she might like to see what else she might be able to do, while there's a little time left. I'm so glad that she- and Fleetwood Mac will not be a part of The Eagles tour about to happen.
I don't believe the country 'Rumours' project is taking up a lot of Stevie's time- hey, I can be wrong- but I think her involvement is not overseeing or producing the entire album. I found the comment kind of sour grapes, I think he knows Stevie is working on a solo cd that has nothing to do with the country 'Rumours' release. Could be he is ticked that Stevie wouldn't go into the studio with Fleetwood Mac or say 'yes' to the huge money Eagles pairing, and blamed it on natural light, not maybe that Stevie is a tad sick ( I hope) of the Fleetwood Mac oldies she just spent a year doing, earning Mick a fortune, as well as herself.
But, on the other hand, Mick's keeping the tradition alive, a member of Fleetwood Mac being a bit less than charitable about another member, unless they're working together at the moment. Haha, Mick, no Eagles tour money for you!

LittleCharmer · #65 04-24-2010, 01:00 AM

I really want to comment on this but I just can't find the words. A little piece of me just died with the whole 'country Rumours' and 'Men of Mac' thing. Not to say I wouldn't enjoy seeing just the blokes doing their thang.. but it really does sound like Stevie can't be bothered to make the effort anymore. Sad times.

DavidMn · #66 04-24-2010, 01:13 AM

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As posted first on nickslive.blogspot.com via the Maui News

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content...4&showlayout=0

Mick Fleetwood: the big picture

By JON WOODHOUSE, Contributing Writer POSTED: April 22, 2010

Beginning in the early days of Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood would often snap pictures of his band mates. Over the years this hobby morphed into a more serious artistic endeavor. Two years ago his photographic work was included in American Photo magazine's "Photography Rocks" traveling exhibition, along with images by musician like Bryan Adams, Lenny Kravitz, Lou Reed and Graham Nash. And just this week, his photos were exhibited at Wailea's Celebrities Gallery.

"Way back in England I got into it by always having a camera with me to take pictures on the road," Mick explains at the opening. "Unbeknownst to me (Fleetwood Mac's bassist) John McVie was the silent photographer, who, unlike me who was a snap merchant, would take 30 pictures with his Leica and never tell anyone. We shared a house in Hampshire and he put in a dark room. He took the picture of Bare Trees in the mist (the Fleetwood Mac album cover), and actually won an award. In a way he was a mentor. John taught me to think about what I was taking. We're trying to persuade him to have an exhibition with me."

Fleetwood's Celebrities Gallery exhibit focuses on archetypal English pastoral scenes - images of poppy fields, a country lane, swans and his mom's house - that have a strong emotional connection for the legendary musician.

"About three years ago, before I moved my mother here, I was in England in Salisbury for a while," he continues.

"She was having a hip operation and I was getting ready to move her to Hawaii. While she was in hospital I would drive around and find a place to sit and wait for the so- called artistic moment. I have fun doing that. I really enjoy it, it's very calming. All these pictures were not snapshots. The poppy field totally caught me. I went back and took pictures on two different days. Salisbury Plain was where I came home to for years. A lot of this is around my mother leaving England and taking shots that had an empathy with her leaving, parts of her garden, river shots and villages."

Pleased that his photo work is finding an audience, he notes: "We're going on a tour of some galleries with an extend version of this. Some of it is celebrity driven and once you get over that, why not? The worst that's going to happen is people are going to say, it sucks, which is probably a good thing to get whacked down."

One can't imagine Mick Fleetwood has ever been told his artistic endeavors suck. He's more used to reaping laudatory reviews. Touring last year with Fleetwood Mac, a U.K. Guardian newspaper review praised: "Fans of Fleetwood Mac's blues-rock band incarnation are sent into rapture when the band piles into 'Oh Well,' so electrifying it could power a small town."

Following the Mac shows, Mick recently completed a tour of Australia and New Zealand, opening some concerts for Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald with his Maui-based Mick Fleetwood Blues Band.

"It was fantastic," he reports. "Boz used to tour with us in the old days. I met Michael here and spent some time before we went on the road. He's absolutely the sweetest, totally not a rock 'n' roll star. It was a fun tour - they remember the old Fleetwood Mac stuff, because of the English thing. When you play 'Albatross' in the States, no one knows what it is; there we played it as an encore."

With a live CD and DVD (shot in England) out, various Blues Band gigs are in the works, including some European festivals and, "maybe opening up for Meatloaf," he says. And later in the year, they are booked to play some dates with Texas rockers ZZ Top.

"That's totally great," he enthuses. "Billy (Gibbons) is a huge Fleetwood Mac/Peter Green fan. He's itching to get out and play. He's aware of Rick (Vito) and loves his playing."

Then there's the possibility of hooking up with Joe Walsh in between his Eagles' dates.

"I'm thinking about people to do it with, and it struck me that Joe Walsh has played religiously, and I thought it would be a great combo because he's a real rock 'n' roller," he says. "What a great bill, two guys, one from Fleetwood Mac and one from the Eagles, getting together."

In December the concert website Pollstar reported plans were brewing for the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac to join forces this year for a historic, massive stadium tour.

"We were supposed to be doing it now," Mick explains. "We were open to doing it, but there were some timing and lighting issues. Stevie (Nicks) didn't want to go on for the whole thing in daylight. Sadly it fell apart. I think it should happen."

From all reports the Mac's 2009 "Unleashed Tour" was a resounding success, which has whetted appetites for a new album.

"John's game, I am and Lindsey (Buckingham) is. Stevie was not so keen to make the commitment," he says. "I really feel we will do another album. I plan to spend some time with Lindsey in L.A. and explore some producers."

Nicks, he reports, is currently teamed with Grammy- winning producer Don Was, compiling a country version of Mac's epic "Rumours" album. "There will be another version of 'Rumous,' with some fairly well-known country artists," he adds.

And he's talked with Buckingham about doing something. "I asked if he ever wanted to get together and play, and do a corporate gig or something. He said, 'I will,' which is sort of unusual. I pitched him, what about you, me and John, without Stevie, we could do some great old rock 'n' roll stuff. I said we could call it the Men of Mac. So the Men of Mac are available to play your bar mitzvah."

Among other musical projects, Mick might get together with one of the Mac's early members - guitarist Jeremy Spencer - for some show dates.

"Jeremy has a new album out, and he's said he would really like to do something," Mick reveals. "There's some tasty stuff on it. Jeremy likes floaty instrumentals and the album has several. His voice has totally come back and he's playing great. If I knew I was going to do a productive tour in Europe, the Jeremy Spencer Band could open up."

Heading out with the Blues Band reminds Mick of his early days with Fleetwood Mac, long before their transformation into global rock stars packing arenas and stadiums.

"We're not at all plugged into a production, we don't even have a lighting guy," he explains, chuckling. "It's all about playing, and it's freer."

In a recent interview he reported that at the age of 62, he was playing louder and harder than ever.

"It means I'm more desperate the older I get," he says breaking up laughing. "I've put some weight on and that's got something to do with it, and I keep pretty fit. I'm really enjoying playing and it's still there. My Fleetwood Mac drum tech is going. 'What the **** are you doing?' I have aluminum sticks and I've never done stuff to them, but on the last Mac tour, every other song (he indicates he had to keep replacing them). Something happened, I'm taking Hulk pills or something," he jokes. "The whole downtime from Fleetwood Mac I got away from playing because of my lifestyle. Then before I moved here, I was on the track to playing again because I was not completely out of my gourd all the time. The whole ethic of getting back and playing has really been a good thing."

The allure of Maui has helped Mick attract some heavyweight musical friends to join him at his island home. Neighbors of his Kula estate may have heard the distinctive vocals of Paul Rodgers, the legendary singer of Free (of "All Right Now" fame) and Bad Company, and most recently touring as Queen's front man.

"I had a great time playing with Paul Rodgers and Rick and John at the farm," he explains. "I was in London in the same hotel. I love his singing, he's one of the greatest English singers; there's Rod, Joe Cocker and him. So I phoned him up and invited him to Maui, and he came for two weeks. Something quite interesting might come out of it. We're looking at trying to put some kind of bluesy/rock 'n roll, Traveling Wilburys thing together. It could be on a small level or quite a grand level with Fleetwood Mac's rhythm section and some fairly well-known people all getting together."

Running Friday through Sunday the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel will host the second annual Henry Kaleialoha Allen Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival. A celebration of music created on the Hawaiian steel guitar, the festival features a bunch of free workshops and concerts. It's presented as part of the 2010 Maui Invitational Music Festival, which culminates with a concert extravaganza on the Fourth of July.

"This festival is produced, managed, and staffed by Hawaiian people to promote the Hawaiian steel guitar," notes fest producer Sherron Allen. "We are thrilled to be able to showcase Henry's years of dedication to the Hawaiian steel guitar and to bring all these wonderful players together. This is a specialevent - there is so much continuous talent and entertainment all for free."

Entertainers performing include Alan Akaka and The Islanders, Danny Akaka, Jr., Duke Keolani Ching with Greg Sardinha and Gordon Freitas, Brickwood Galuteria, Aloha Kekoolani, Kiyoshi "Lion" Kobayashi, Bill Noble and special guest Dr. Neil Scott.

The gala event of the festival will be held under the stars in the hotel's Tiki Courtyard at 7:30 p.m.on Saturday with Henry Kaleialoha Allen playing steel guitar, ukulele, and jazz guitar.

Recognized in 2009 by the Hawaii State Senate as "Hawaiian Musician Extraordinaire" and a "Living Treasure," Allen is the last living Hawaiian steel guitarist who played on the legendary "Hawaii Calls" radio show. During the early Hawaiian Territorial days, he performed with local greats such as Alfred Apaka and Ren Paulo. His recent albums include the tropical swing/ jazz/Hawaiian CD, "A Lei of Stars," "Live in Tokyo," "Long Song of Hawaii" and "East of The Sun, West of The Moon," recorded live at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, with saxophonist Gabe Baltazar.

* A complete schedule of festival events is available online at www.aecg.org, or by calling 669-6189.

You know, I'm reading some of those highlighted comments, and "resounding success" is simply not true, at least here in the states it wasnt at several of the shows I went to. In my opinion, which I might add isnt based on any factual info just an educated guess, I think the band would've gone out this year similar to their 2003/2004 tour, I.E secondary markets and sheds and the like, but the promoters lost alot of money at certain shows so they were reluctant to garauntee the Mac's price. just a guess on my part.

iamnotafraid · #67 04-24-2010, 01:29 AM

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I swear, if this had been posted on April 1 instead of April 22, I would have assumed this was another April Fools joke by iamnotafraid. It ranks right up there with Miley Cyrus covering Bella Donna. Really. It's not that far off.

Say what???

As some other intelligent Ledgie (WildHeart69) said
"iamnotafraid's post tend to be more like prophecy".

Which would Ledgies consider worse,
Cyrus' Bella or Cyrus' Rumours?

ButterCookie · #68 04-24-2010, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

Which would be Ledgies consider worse,
Cyrus' Bella or Cyrus' Rumours?

Cyrus' Rumours. If she touched that she'd be trashing Chris' songs and again, my favourite phrase springs to mind.

Back off Montana

louielouie2000 · #69 04-24-2010, 02:15 AM

Ok y'all, I think it's high time we burned the old witch!!!

tilthefirefades · #70 04-24-2010, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Ok y'all, I think it's high time we burned the old witch!!!

omg hahaha

Nikolaj · #71 04-24-2010, 02:44 AM

I'm upset that Stevie is being made a villain in this. Unfair. And why? Because Mick's pissed he's not getting tour money with The Eagles. He has his side projects, and good for him.
I think Stevie is the hero here. No-way is she holding up progress with Fleetwood Mac by not doing another rehash tour, this time with the freakin Eagles!

Even if Stevie had said 'yes' to recording with Fleetwood Mac right away, there wouldn't have been time (how?) to finish a new Fleetwood Mac cd before The Eagles tour starts- Lindsey, brilliant as he is, isn't exactly smooth sailing in the studio, and they never did settle on an outside producer for the cd. The Eagles tour starts any minute, now. So, Mick just seems pissed he missed out on another mega tour, where, likely, Fleetwood Mac would have revisited a shorter version of their 'Unleashed' set.

I didn't read anywhere that Stevie will be singing (!) on the entire 'Country Rumours' album, where did that come from? We knew months ago of Stevie's involvement with Michele Branch on the project. There was no indication, ever, that Stevie was involved with working on the entire 'Country Rumours' album. Did Mick even say that in this interview?

Stevie actually showed more integrity than anyone here seems to have noticed, by saying NO to Fleetwood Mac so soon after Unleashed ended! You think Mick's all upset they didn't get into a studio right away for a new Fleetwood Mac album? F*** No- he wanted the Eagles tour money. Why else would he rag on her about lighting and performing in daylight? Such issues are recording-studio related? He's disappointed, and after Stevie and Lindsey just earned him a fortune on Unleashed.
No way will any of Stevie's solo dates be as many dates as The Eagles tour. So, she may actually be able to finish her solo cd, which has nothing to do with the 'Country Rumours' project, do some dates without fully depleting herself, and we may even get 2 or 3 new songs at her solo shows, who the hell knows.
Stevie then may be ready for Fleetwood Mac in 2011, with no tour with The Eagles to interfere with the recording.
I think the criticism leveled at Stevie in this thread has been too severe. I wouldn't blame her if she told Mick to shove Fleetwood Mac and go perform in natural light with Bekka Bramlett and Dave Mason. Really, Mick went too far with the comment, the gal soon turns 62, and without her (and Lindsey) he wouldn't have made the MANY millions he has on the last two tours. You're a cad, Mick Fleetwood.
Louie, your fire graphic; even though likely a joke, I kind of want to cry. I know, time to get the meds checked again, go ahead, laugh. It's kewl

APerfectLie · #72 04-24-2010, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Nikolaj

I'm upset that Stevie is being made a villain in this. Unfair. And why? Because Mick's pissed he's not getting tour money with The Eagles. He has his side projects, and good for him.
I think Stevie is the hero here. No-way is she holding up progress with Fleetwood Mac by not doing another rehash tour, this time with the freakin Eagles!

Even if Stevie had said 'yes' to recording with Fleetwood Mac right away, there wouldn't have been time (how?) to finish a new Fleetwood Mac cd before The Eagles tour starts- Lindsey, brilliant as he is, isn't exactly smooth sailing in the studio, and they never did settle on an outside producer for the cd. The Eagles tour starts any minute, now. So, Mick just seems pissed he missed out on another mega tour, where, likely, Fleetwood Mac would have revisited a shorter version of their 'Unleashed' set.

I didn't read anywhere that Stevie will be singing (!) on the entire 'Country Rumours' album, where did that come from? We knew months ago of Stevie's involvement with Michele Branch on the project. There was no indication, ever, that Stevie was involved with working on the entire 'Country Rumours' album. Did Mick even say that in this interview?

Stevie actually showed more integrity than anyone here seems to have noticed, by saying NO to Fleetwood Mac so soon after Unleashed ended! You think Mick's all upset they didn't get into a studio right away for a new Fleetwood Mac album? F*** No- he wanted the Eagles tour money. Why else would he rag on her about lighting and performing in daylight? Such issues are recording-studio related? He's disappointed, and after Stevie and Lindsey just earned him a fortune on Unleashed.
No way will any of Stevie's solo dates be as many dates as The Eagles tour. So, she may actually be able to finish her solo cd, which has nothing to do with the 'Country Rumours' project, do some dates without fully depleting herself, and we may even get 2 or 3 new songs at her solo shows, who the hell knows.
Stevie then may be ready for Fleetwood Mac in 2011, with no tour with The Eagles to interfere with the recording.
I think the criticism leveled at Stevie in this thread has been too severe. I wouldn't blame her if she told Mick to shove Fleetwood Mac and go perform in natural light with Bekka Bramlett and Dave Mason. Really, Mick went too far with the comment, the gal soon turns 62, and without her (and Lindsey) he wouldn't have made the MANY millions he has on the last two tours. You're a cad, Mick Fleetwood.
Louie, your fire graphic; while nicely done, even though likely a joke, I kind of want to cry. I know, time to get the meds checked again, go ahead, laugh. It's kewl

I agree. I hope this all turns out well, and I am rather pleased that Stevie did not want to tour with the Eagles. That being said, I have to accept the fact that this may just end up being another rehash that will never amount to anything new. We will just have to wait it out.

jedw · #73 04-24-2010, 06:43 AM

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Ok y'all, I think it's high time we burned the old witch!!!

Dude, your photoshop skills! how did you get it to look so realistic?

Obviously she melts outdoors anyway - or she would be touring with the Eagles.

vivfox · #74 04-24-2010, 07:09 AM

I think Mick's comment about Stevie not wanting to perform in daylight really means Stevie resisted the idea of Fleetwood Mac being the opening act.

Musicman408 · #75 04-24-2010, 07:27 AM

I know this is a pretty elementary idea, but I just don't get it. I do not understand FM's pure obsession with only doing things for the money, as they have MORE than plenty. They are a group of musicians who have/ had great talent and ability. There is no reason why they couldn't do an album and tour with that and make some great money. Why they are relegating themselves to this kind of.... mediocrity is beyond me.

I know they've been doing this for 40 years, but apparently some of them still somewhat enjoy being creative, so I just don't see why they don't dedicate a few months to knocking out an album in the studio. It's frustrating because if I were ever given an opportunity to record, release, and promote and album, and then go on tour with it, I'd ADORE the opportunity. Then to be able to start the cycle again, slightly redefining yourself and whatnot- it would never get old, and if it did, I would have to stop wholeheartedly, and not continue to do this relishing in past glory, greatest hits stuff.

Just my take.