Lindsey will receive a Les Paul Award

[carol7lynn]

Getting excited. They threw in a badge to the Namm show just cause. Lots of people I want to see at the Namm show too including Jeff Pilson (Foreigner), Rick Vito (FWM), Phil Collin (Def Lep), and Leslie West (Mountain.) Hope the venue is camera friendly. Anyone else going?

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal

[elle]

Originally Posted by carol7lynn

Getting excited. They threw in a badge to the Namm show just cause. Lots of people I want to see at the Namm show too including Jeff Pilson (Foreigner), Rick Vito (FWM), Phil Collin (Def Lep), and Leslie West (Mountain.) Hope the venue is camera friendly. Anyone else going?

i live on the east coast, so no. it should be good i think, looking through latest write-ups about the show. please let us know how was it afterwards.

[Lindsfan]

Originally Posted by elle

i live on the east coast, so no. it should be good i think, looking through latest write-ups about the show. please let us know how was it afterwards.

And, PLEASE someone get some video

[HomerMcvie]

I just saw this, in one of my pro audio publications.
http://www.prosoundnews.com/article/32560

Lindsey Buckingham To Land Les Paul TEC award.

2010-10-29-buckinghamWalnut Creek, CA (October 29, 2010)--Multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Lindsey Buckingham will be presented with the Les Paul Award at the 26th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards in January.

The event will be held Friday, January 14, in the Pacific Ballroom of the Anaheim Hilton during the 2011 NAMM Show. Presented by the TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio, the TEC Awards recognizes outstanding achievement in professional audio production and product design.

The Les Paul Award, named in honor of the reknown musician and inventor who passed away last year, is presented annually to an artist or studio professional whose passion, originality and skill in music and recording has made a lasting impact on the world. Past recipients have included Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Al Kooper, Robbie Robertson and other musical giants since the award was instituted in 1991. According to TEC Foundation president Hillel Resner, “The prodigiously talented member of Fleetwood Mac and exceptional solo artist Lindsey Buckingham is a natural choice for the Les Paul Award honor.”

Lindsey Buckingham's career began to take off when he and Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac’s core lineup of drummer Mick Fleetwood, bassist John McVie and keyboardist/singer Christine McVie in early 1974. The former blues band, with the addition of "Buckingham Nicks," immediately morphed into a pop hit-making wonder. The group’s eponymous album, produced by Keith Olsen, contained smash singles including Buckingham’s “Monday Morning,” “World Turning” and “I’m So Afraid.”

However, it would be their next album, 1977’s Rumours, that would launch the group into the pop stratosphere, propelled by Lindsey’s tunes, “Go Your Own Way” and “Second Hand News.” This time, the band produced—along with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut—with Buckingham taking an increasingly active role in the studio, spending hundreds of hours crafting the songs and arrangements. Rumours remains one of the best selling albums of all time.

Over the next several years, Buckingham was the principal producer on all of Fleetwood Mac’s projects, including the experimental double-album, Tusk, Mirage and Tango in the Night. In the early ’80s, Buckingham launched his solo career with Law and Order, which spawned the Top Ten hit “Trouble.” Other solo hits included “Go Insane” and “Holiday Road.”

Buckingham’s career has continued to flourish—his critically acclaimed Under the Skin came out in 2006 and was followed by the exceptional DVD, Live at the Bass Performance Hall. His latest release, Gift of Screws, came out on September 16, 2008, which will be followed by his new solo project, scheduled for release in early 2011.

The TEC Awards will be held on Friday night of the NAMM Show and is expected to attract more than 1,000 audio and music professionals from around the world. Proceeds of the ceremony provide scholarships for students of the audio arts and sciences, and support outreach programs promoting hearing health in the sound production industry.

TEC Foundation
www.tecfoundation.com

[sywlindseyfan]

Originally Posted by carol7lynn

Getting excited. They threw in a badge to the Namm show just cause. Lots of people I want to see at the Namm show too including Jeff Pilson (Foreigner), Rick Vito (FWM), Phil Collin (Def Lep), and Leslie West (Mountain.) Hope the venue is camera friendly. Anyone else going?

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal

Carol Lynn, how did you get your ticket tot he award ceremony, from ticketmaster? I have been to NAMM so many times to peform with a free badge, but not this year, isn't that how life works? Sucks. = (

[elle]

Originally Posted by sywlindseyfan

how did you get your ticket to the award ceremony (

here:
http://26thannualtecawards.eventbrite.com/

[carol7lynn]

Originally Posted by elle

here:
http://26thannualtecawards.eventbrite.com/

Thanks for posting the info. Been busy and haven't had a chance to check in lately.


I'm sure they still have GA tickets-that's how I'm going. Event info is posted here. Long story short the award show is only two hours long with a pre-award show reception starting at 6:00 P.M.

http://tecfoundation.com/tec/2011ticketinfo.html

Anyone else going? I know I keep asking but I figure I'd give it one more try. Turns out I have to work today so I won't be able to make the Namm show but I never really planned on that part anyway.

As for video-won't happen on my part as my camera only takes 35mm film (old school.) However, they may have footage on the Namm web-site. Check this link out tomorrow.
http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2011

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal

[CADreaming]

Any update on Lindsey's award presentation?

[elle]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Any update on Lindsey's award presentation?

been checking for updates on twitter and didn't see anything. there was a tweet from some guy entering the venue and nothing after. maybe they have no tweeting rule...

EDIT: i can RT what i see, and just delete later. same guy just said he's at the pre-show mixer.

[CADreaming]

Best I can tell the awards aren't being streamed. bummer.

Edit: Award has been presented.

[sodascouts]

Originally Posted by carol7lynn

Thanks for posting the info. Been busy and haven't had a chance to check in lately.


I'm sure they still have GA tickets-that's how I'm going. Event info is posted here. Long story short the award show is only two hours long with a pre-award show reception starting at 6:00 P.M.

http://tecfoundation.com/tec/2011ticketinfo.html

Anyone else going? I know I keep asking but I figure I'd give it one more try. Turns out I have to work today so I won't be able to make the Namm show but I never really planned on that part anyway.

As for video-won't happen on my part as my camera only takes 35mm film (old school.) However, they may have footage on the Namm web-site. Check this link out tomorrow.
http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2011

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal

Looking forward to hearing more. BTW, folks are looking for you on The Border, CL!

[elle]

not much from twitterland:

@SennheiserUSA
Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac wins Les Paul Award at 26th Annual TEC Awards

@Nickslive
@FrozenLove @CA_Dream The TEC Awards Youtube channel will get the video up of Lindsey's win of the Les Paul Award. http://bit.ly/hNKOVV

@amycondit
Saw lindsey buckingham get his les Paul-2 minutes left & they're begging him to do big love. He hasn't performed yet

@Nickslive
Soooo... What happened? RT @amycondit: Saw lindsey buckingham get his les Paul-2 minutes left & they're begging him to do big love

@amycondit
Lindsey picked up his award & didn't play!

[Lindsfan]

Originally Posted by elle

not much from twitterland:

@SennheiserUSA
Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac wins Les Paul Award at 26th Annual TEC Awards

@Nickslive
@FrozenLove @CA_Dream The TEC Awards Youtube channel will get the video up of Lindsey's win of the Les Paul Award. http://bit.ly/hNKOVV

@amycondit
Saw lindsey buckingham get his les Paul-2 minutes left & they're begging him to do big love. He hasn't performed yet

@Nickslive
Soooo... What happened? RT @amycondit: Saw lindsey buckingham get his les Paul-2 minutes left & they're begging him to do big love

@amycondit
Lindsey picked up his award & didn't play!

So happy he got the award! I don't know, but I bet they wouldn't allow time for him to play since it is a tech. awards ( and not a music awards ) I can't believe, as much as Lindsey enjoys playing live, that he wouldn't have played if given the OK.

Thanks for the info elle!

[carol7lynn]

Lindsey got his Les Paul award and I got a wave!

The award ceremony got started a wee bit late, around 7:15 p.m. Of course they saved Lindsey's award until last and no, I'm sorry to report he did not perform. The house band, Larry Batiste & the 2Cold ChiliBone Tec Band (quite a name isn't it) and a couple session guys from LA, David Pack (Ambrosia), David Jenkins, and Larry Cartlon (Toured with Steve Lukather from Toto), gave a rousing rendition of Holiday Road to introduce the Les Paul Award segment. Why they chose that song I have no idea. Maybe because the Anaheim Hilton is right next to Disneyland (aka Wally World.)

Next up was seventeen time Grammy award winner sound engineer par excellence, Al Schmitt who gave a nice little speech about the Les Paul award and Les Paul himself. Then came the actual award presentation itself.

Ken Cailat went first. He talked about the making of Rumours and what a perfectionist Lindsey was-what a shocker! Told a nice story about how they spent all day recording a song Lindsey called, Brushes, which Lindsey decided the next day should be re-recorded in a completely different key. LOL Cailat said Lindsey taught him how to layer guitar tracks. A visionary indeed.

Larry Carlton went last and he also talked about what a hard task master Lindsey was during the making of the Dance video. Said he and Lindsey spent three months working seventeen hours a day seven days a week putting that video together.

And, then came Lindsey. He thanked everyone and talked about his dual careers essentially saying that FWM was the "Big Movie" that helped fund his solo career or his "Little Movie." And, that was it.

I lucked out getting a seat in the front row of the cheap seats that all the award recipients, including Lindsey, had to pass by on their way out of the ballroom. There were only 4 of us in the front row and Lindsey knew the couple sitting a couple of seats down from me at the end of the row. Lindsey stopped and hugged the woman and the guy then turned to me and gave me a big wave before exiting the ballroom.

Hi Nancy! Tell the Border-Babes I'll be checking in soon. Been crazy busy.

FYI pix will follow in a couple of days.

Carol-Lynn

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by carol7lynn

Lindsey got his Les Paul award and I got a wave!

The award ceremony got started a wee bit late, around 7:15 p.m. Of course they saved Lindsey's award until last and no, I'm sorry to report he did not perform. The house band, Larry Batiste & the 2Cold ChiliBone Tec Band (quite a name isn't it) and a couple session guys from LA, David Pack (Ambrosia), David Jenkins, and Larry Cartlon (Toured with Steve Lukather from Toto), gave a rousing rendition of Holiday Road to introduce the Les Paul Award segment. Why they chose that song I have no idea. Maybe because the Anaheim Hilton is right next to Disneyland (aka Wally World.)

Next up was seventeen time Grammy award winner sound engineer par excellence, Al Schmitt who gave a nice little speech about the Les Paul award and Les Paul himself. Then came the actual award presentation itself.

Ken Cailat went first. He talked about the making of Rumours and what a perfectionist Lindsey was-what a shocker! Told a nice story about how they spent all day recording a song Lindsey called, Brushes, which Lindsey decided the next day should be re-recorded in a completely different key. LOL Cailat said Lindsey taught him how to layer guitar tracks. A visionary indeed.

Larry Carlton went last and he also talked about what a hard task master Lindsey was during the making of the Dance video. Said he and Lindsey spent three months working seventeen hours a day seven days a week putting that video together.

And, then came Lindsey. He thanked everyone and talked about his dual careers essentially saying that FWM was the "Big Movie" that helped fund his solo career or his "Little Movie." And, that was it.

Thank you for this report. I'm so sorry I couldn't go. I planned to, but it just didn't work out. I'm so grateful for the details and it feels so good to know that the people who worked so closely with Lindsey have such respect for him, even though I can just imagine Ken's groan when he came in and learned that they were re-recording NGBA and all his previous day's work was going right down the drain!

I really appreciate your telling us what happened.

Michele