MacNuggets

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by vivfox

"I recently jammed with a couple of heroes of mine — Mick Fleetwood and John McVie — when we were down in Maui, and that's not to say, 'Hey, let's get a band together,' or anything like that, but it's just fun to do these things and see where they take you, you know," he told VH1 Radio Networks' Dave Basner.

Mick AND John, eh? That's interesting.

Michele

[vivfox]

Series: New band of the day
Lissie: A guitar-toting Americana lovechild who belongs to the 1970s, and whose new single is more freeway rock than floaty folk

Paul Lester guardian.co.uk, Friday 12 February 2010

Driving down the highway spotting Stevie Nicks in a limo... Lissie

Hometown: Ojai, California.

The lineup: Lissie Maurus (vocals, guitar).

The background: It's a whole week on and we're still only just getting over the gig, one of the greatest we've ever seen – an hour-plus of beautiful, baffling, brilliant sonics and visuals that ran the gamut of emotions from laughter to tears, shock to awe. So much for Todd Rundgren's inspirational recreation of his comic/cosmic stream-of-consciousness 1973 masterwork A Wizard, A True Star last Saturday night at the Hammersmith Apollo.

The Lissie show that we caught at the Jazz Cafe in Camden the night before didn't quite reach those dizzy heights, but it was enjoyable enough. Rock Island, Illinois girl Lissie – not to be confused with that other new, highly touted American singer-songwriter Lissy Trullie – has the freckly face, flaxen hair and goofy-yet-wan demeanour of one of those acoustic guitar-toting Laurel Canyon lovechildren of the late 60s and early 70s. You won't be surprised to learn that Lissie – whose dad delivered her at birth and who got kicked out of high school, although these two facts aren't necessarily connected – currently lives by herself, with her dog, in a farmhouse in Ojai, California, where her neighbours are Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Peppered with celebs but also prime troubadour real estate. Actually, Johnny Cash (RIP) used to live there.

The latter's ghostly presence seems to have rubbed off on her, if indeed ectoplasm is tactile: there's a twang in her voice, an occasional croak, that suggests she may be more than a little familiar with the folk, blues and country oeuvres. Little Lovin', from last year's Why You Runnin' EP, produced by Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses, is sufficiently yee-haw, boot-tappy and hand-clappy that you could imagine Lissie playing Annie Oakley if her music career goes south. Oh Mississippi is so steeped in trad US folk you can smell the wild mountain thyme (she even references Appalachian farmers and Georgia pine in Little Lovin'). Wedding Bells – not the similarly-titled Laura Nyro song – is a darker and more haunting example of soulful Americana, her voice echoing as though in a desolate church after the groom and party have bolted. Everywhere I Go is a showcase for her really quite powerful, crystal-clear voice while Here Before is her most complex and affecting melody.

In Sleep, her forthcoming major-label debut single, is something completely different. Her most commercial venture to date and the first taste of her summer 2010 album (recorded in Nashville late last year with Jacquire King, who did Kings of Leon), it's a superbly smooth addition to the LA freeway rock canon, so much so that, were you to hear it blast out of the radio, you'd swear it was 1977 and you were hitching down the Ventura highway and, oh look! There's Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham gliding past in their limo! And they're splashing us with mud, even though, as we know from that song written by the bloke from the Strokes' dad, it never rains in southern California! Thanks, Stevie. Cheers, Lindsey. Nice one, Lissie. At least now she won't have to suffer the ignominy of touring with Lenny Kravitz, as she did in 2008, and we can look forward to a whole album of sun-baked, coked-out MOR. Not that she takes drugs or even condones the reference to same in daily new-artist online music columns.

The buzz: "She has the voice, the songs and the image – barefoot prairie girl transported to an LA canyon in 1972 – to be huge in 2010."

The truth: Fancy a more ragged Rumours? Join the queue.

Most likely to: Do a Tusk for the follow-up.

Least likely to: Be plagued by rumours about white powders being ingested through unexpected orifices.

What to buy: The single In Sleep is released by Columbia on 5 April.

File next to: Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Neko Case, Lissy Truille.

Links: www.myspace.com/lissiemusic.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010...ew-band-lissie

[vivfox]

The Running Man
By Neil Pedley
Other frankly bizarre casting choices include Mick Fleetwood, drummer of seventies blues rockers Fleetwood Mac, as leader of a ragtag revolutionary band, aided by poodled haired teen Dweezil Zappa, who help Arnie to smash the state long ...
All - http://www.justpressplay.net/

[vivfox]

so much to tell you: we love cat party and cat party loves...
By zoe
Tusk by Fleetwood Mac Tusk is one of those records that grows on you, especially if you've listened to it ten thousand times like we have. And the outfit that Christine McVie is wearing in the weird neo-surrealist photo on the interior ...
so much to tell you - http://www.somuchtotellyou.co.nz/

[vivfox]

'A SHRINE TO THE WASTED HOURS'
Music, Memorabilia, Myth and Ticket Stubs

Saturday, February 13, 2010
FANFARLO @ THE BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS 11 February 2010

If Fanfarlo never stop touring, it doesn’t appear to be wearing them down. They may not be the smiliest of bands when performing but their live versions of songs old and new is passionate, precise and a joy to behold. The constant touring does however show in their well-drilled performance: singer/guitarist Simon reaches his hand out during ‘Luna’ and violinist/mandolin-player Cathy is already putting the clarinet in his grasp. It was like watching Olympic relay runners passing the baton perfectly.

For a five-piece they recreate the different rhythms, the subtle orchestrations and passion of “Resevoir” beautifully. Three-fifths of the band may quite slight in build but there isn’t anything diminutive about their presence or their performance. As much as I enjoyed the supports, I could have watched them all night. My only disappointment was when final song - I was expecting 'Drowning Men' - was announced as a Fleetwood Mac cover. As well as several older songs (not sure 'Tuesday (You Come When We Call)' was actually played although on the set list below) the two new ones 'Atlas' and 'Waiting in the Wings' sounded very promising.

The Set List:

The Walls Are Coming Down
Fire Escape
Atlas
Waiting in the Wings
We Live By The Lake
I‘m A Pilot
Tuesday (You Come When We Call) [on set list but not sure if played?]
Finishing Line
Luna
Comets
Harold T Wilkins
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You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us
What Makes You Think You’re The One? (Fleetwood Mac cover)

http://follyfollyfolly.blogspot.com/...-leeds-11.html

[vivfox]

Brit Pope: Oasis named in Vatican's top ten albums
By Nick Pisa
Last updated at 4:56 PM on 14th February 2010


It's the ultimate accolade for the bad boys of Brit pop - Oasis album 'What's The Story Morning Glory ?' has been named in a Vatican Top Ten of essential listening.
The Ten Commandments of Music were listed in the Vatican's official newspaper L'0sservatore Romano and also included Pink Floyd, the Beatles Fleetwood Mac.

Fellow Brit band Pink Floyd with their album 'Dark Side of the Moon' was also listed and described as 'extraordinarily enjoyable' where the 'ability of the musicians combined with the mastery of production.'

The other albums were Micheal Jackson's 'Thriller,'' the Beatles ''Revolver, Paul Simon 'Graceland', 'Supernatural' by Carlos Santana, David Crosby's 'If I Could Only Remember My Name', 'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac, Donald Fagen's 'Nightfly' and U2's ''Achtung Baby.''

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...bums-time.html

[michelej1]

http://www.ferret.com.au/c/Jands/VAR...oncert-n880628

VARI-LITE lighting from Jands used at Fleetwood Mac concert

Jands ' Vari-Lites have been chosen to be used at recent Fleetwood Mac concerts. Lighting designer Paul ‘Arlo’ Guthrie chose to use:


Arig of 6 VL3500 Spotlights

6 VL3000 Spots

2 VL3000 Truss Spotlights

8 VL1000 TS

14 VL3500 Washes and

7 VL500 80V
Guthrie prefers VARI-LITEs because he likes their colours, the beam quality, their accuracy and the dimming. He finds it smooth which he feels lends an organic feel to a show. Because of the trim heights and throw distances Guthrie needed a super bright beam like the VL3500 Wash. All of the VL1000 tungsten units are at the side on ladders to try and replicate an old school kind of feel with a tungsten colour temperature. The band really wanted something that was very simple yet classic and without any haze or atmosphere there was more focus on the quality of the light.

[vivfox]

I hate Valentine’s Day as much as the next feminist – actually, as much as the next media-savvy human being – and for all your usual reasons: corporate scam, greeting card holiday etc. blah blah. But this V-Day I had a special reason.

In the last few weeks in the UK there have been adverts on the TV trying to sell me Fleetwood Mac’s The Very Best Of as “the perfect Valentine’s Day gift”. This comes equipped with an irony so intense that it’s almost the greatest advertising joke ever. Anyone with Wikipedia (which is anyone with the internet, which is everyone) can find out that Fleetwood Mac have had more relationship break-ups, make-ups, divorces, tantrums, bitterness and resentment towards each other than probably any other group of people IN THE WORLD. (How romantic.) They’ve also written some of the bestest songs and most famous riffs in the world, which is why the connotation seems to have been rendered irrelevant by the bigwigs.

The worst part about it is that I have this CD, it is a very good CD, and the sum of their efforts – their greatest body of work – has been promoted and shopped as nothing more than a Valentine’s present. It irks me to think that clueless and unimaginative men have bought this CD for no other reason than that the advertisers assured them it would be a well received gift. Well not in my book. I’m a Mac fan and any other day of the year I’d love someone to give this to me but like I said, there is zero romance in being given this on Valentine’s Day. In terms of love songs there are maybe… 3? (I’d like to point out to any shallow and idealistic sensitive types that what sound like love songs aren’t. They are actually laments of lost love.)

This seems to sum up the lack of respect for music in general. CD’s are flogged rather than advertised: “This will make your mum happy. This is perfect for Christmas. Can’t think of what to buy your son? He’ll love this! Dad’s favourite CD…” Sigh. I could be taking all this too seriously but then again, I could be on to something. Music is for life, not just for Valentine’s Day.

Vicky

http://vickyanddre.wordpress.com/201...s-day-bullsht/

[vivfox]

Sunday, February 14, 2010
Honey Hi

Magic seems to come up frequently on this blog of feminist goings on. I think I’ll have to add a new tag. And this inevitably leads to (slightly embarrassing) thoughts of Stevie Nicks.

I love Fleetwood Mac. Who doesn't? Some of their albums, like Tusk are generally accepted as unparalleled, brilliant pop songwriting. But I realize that I what I hear in albums by Mariah Carey (decidedly less generally accepted) and other R&B pop divas is very similar to what I appreciate about Fleetwood Mac at their best.

Before Aaliyah and Timbaland, before Mariah Carey and all her brilliant producers on The Emancipation of Mimi, before Beyonce and her shrewd genius to hire whomever she needs to get the sounds she wants, there was the amazing combination of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It takes some complex structure building to harness all that wild vocal energy well. [Which may or may not relate to the Dargis quote in the previous post about certain dazzling actresses overpowering, or sharing authorship of, some male-made movies that they're in.]

Buckingham’s solo albums are unbeatable; they’re unbelievably good productions. But, like Timbaland’s solo stuff, not quite as listenable as you'd like them to be be. And Stevie Nicks on her own is hard to take. But combine the two, especially with a little time and upheaval and some Marin County views, and you have the best kind of album magic. As Nicks wails so hazily, “Thunder only happens when it’s raining.” Totally, whatever that means. Then add Christine McVie and it gets unreal. (Sorry, music's not my usual beat.)

Also on this same list?
Ronnie Ronette and Phil Spector.
Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux.

But it’s Fleetwood Mac especially—with shimmering, deep, complex, insane, sometimes tense layers of pop—that remind me most of what, I think, is the best music being made in the last ten or fifteen years: r&b pop.

http://thenibbler.blogspot.com/2010/02/honey-hi.html

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Brit Pope: Oasis named in Vatican's top ten albums
By Nick Pisa
Last updated at 4:56 PM on 14th February 2010


It's the ultimate accolade for the bad boys of Brit pop - Oasis album 'What's The Story Morning Glory ?' has been named in a Vatican Top Ten of essential listening.
The Ten Commandments of Music were listed in the Vatican's official newspaper L'0sservatore Romano and also included Pink Floyd, the Beatles Fleetwood Mac.

Fellow Brit band Pink Floyd with their album 'Dark Side of the Moon' was also listed and described as 'extraordinarily enjoyable' where the 'ability of the musicians combined with the mastery of production.'

The other albums were Micheal Jackson's 'Thriller,'' the Beatles ''Revolver, Paul Simon 'Graceland', 'Supernatural' by Carlos Santana, David Crosby's 'If I Could Only Remember My Name', 'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac, Donald Fagen's 'Nightfly' and U2's ''Achtung Baby.''

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...bums-time.html

tokyo Nambu
15 February 2010, 8:07 pm

I have a secret guilty pleasure Fleetwood Mac thing going. But, making it rather cooler, mostly centring around a thirty year obsession with the album Tusk, which was always way cool and now is being seen for the masterpiece it is. It came out at about the same time as London Calling: together they make for the perfect album, and have a lot more in common than you might think (Jimmy Jazz and Hateful and Not That Funny and That’s All For Everyone would make quite an EP).

I’m not sure what to make of the Pope’s enthusiasm, though. A bunch of people who may possibly not have stuck to their marriage vows and might on the odd occasion have taken some cocaine, singing songs mostly about not sticking to their marriage vows and taking cocaine. Very Catholic.

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/02/15/vox-pope-uli/

[michelej1]

A little additional talk re: the Paul Rogers piece, B 102.7
http://www.b1027.com/music/rock-repo...c-members.html


Paul Rodgers shed some light on his run-in last year with Joe Perry in which Perry threw out an offer for Rodgers to replace Steven Tyler in Aerosmith. Rodgers, who politely refused the offer, does have plans to do some studio work with Perry later this year.

We asked Rodgers if under any circumstances he would ever reconsider the offer to front Aerosmith: "I think not, y'know, really. I've never really joined a band other than joining forces with Queen during which we were playing my songs and their songs. And I did speak to Joe at the awards ceremony in London. Y'know, he discussed some of the problems and we talked about music. I mean, the upshot is that he's gonna be bringing his solo band in support of the Bad Company tour in the UK. I have enormous respect for all those guys and I really hope that they iron out their problems and Aerosmith sticks together because they're such a great band."

Although a team-up with Aerosmith is off the table -- Rodgers recently connected musically with some old friends from London's legendary late-'60s blues scene: "I was just down in Maui and I had a jam session with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. We just did whatever came to mind -- a lot of blues, actually. I remember watching Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac at the Marquee and clubs all over London way back in the old days when I was very much fledgling and was really absorbed (in) what they were doing. And we did exactly that thing. We just played and jammed. So, y'know, maybe it is on the cards to do something very stripped down and basic."

JUST OUR OPINION

Paul Rodgers teaming up with Fleetwood and McVie is a great idea. Joining the trio was guitarist Rick Vito who played lead guitar for Fleetwood Mac after Lindsey Buckingham left in 1988.

Vito -- a blues virtuoso -- and Fleetwood currently perform in the Mick Fleetwood Band, which heavily dips into the early blues-based Peter Green material. Adding Rodgers to the mix can only lead to good things.

[vivfox]

This song was written by one member of a broken relationship (Lindsey Buckingham) and co-sung by the other (Stevie Nicks), which makes this easily one of the most surreal songs ever. That Lindsey is the dude and Stevie is the girl makes it more surreal.

http://www.inkkc.com/node/18014

[vivfox]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...805954&ps=cprs

Unification Church Woos A Second Generation
NPR
They leap to their feet and wave their arms as a rock band plays a mix of Fleetwood Mac and worship music with a thumping beat. ...

[vivfox]

Dancefloor Mayhem: Big Love - DeLooze covers Fleetwood Mac
By Dancefloor Mayhem
DeLooze is a two person group from the UK that makes brilliant Electro-Pop. They have recently been signed to Gash Digital who gave us this song to share with you - DeLooze remaking "Big Love" by Fleetwood Mac. ...
Dancefloor Mayhem - http://www.dancefloormayhem.com/

[vivfox]

Over the course of his four-decade career, Ralph Lauren has made many looks his own—equestrian, country club, ski-lodge chic. Bohemian gypsy is a little more unexpected, but there were definite strains of that in today’s show, and not only because Stevie Nicks was singing Fleetwood Mac’s “Sisters of the Moon” on the soundtrack.

http://www.askjoeygarr.com/?p=20461