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Live Review: Fleetwood Mac 4.0 Descends on Sacramento The band seem happier on stage together than they have in years, and there's a reason.
by Joshua B. Porter
The Good Men Project
Photo: by Serena Marini - More Photos Here
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 2018
GOLDEN 1 CENTER, SACRAMENTO, CA
by Joshua B. Porter
The Good Men Project
Photo: by Serena Marini - More Photos Here
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 2018
GOLDEN 1 CENTER, SACRAMENTO, CA
I have a confession to make: I have a bit of a crush on Stevie Nicks. My lovely wife tolerates this, as long as I’m a few thousand people back while in the same room with Ms. Nicks.
So it was with a bit of excitement that Fleetwood Mac descended on the new(er) Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA on November 23rd, 2018 to perform a sold-out show to celebrate their 50th anniversary as a band. Never immune to drama, the missing member of the band added a bit more for their golden anniversary.
To say in those five decades that there has been a bit of turbulence in the line up would be an understatement. Onl
y two of the original members – namesakes Mick Fleetwood and John McVie – remain from the original band that released their self-titled bluesy first album in 1968. That original lineup with Peter Green on guitar and vocals, produced hits such as 1968’s “Black Magic Woman” (later covered by Santana) and “Oh, Well” (1969). Green left the band in 1970.
The version of Fleetwood Mac that the layman would know didn’t come into existence until 1974; when, after nine previous albums, the band added the talents of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks after Mick Fleetwood heard a demo of a track off their “Buckingham Nicks” (1973) album. The pair officially joined Fleetwood Mac on New Years eve, 1974.
Declaring this incarnation of the band “successful” would be an understatement. Recording mega-hits such as “Gypsy,” “Dreams,” “Say You Love Me,” as well as ,” “You Make Loving Fun,” “Go Your Own Way” and “The Chain” propelled them to one of the best selling bands of all time. Their second album with Nicks and Buckingham, 1977’s “Rumours,” is the eighth best selling album of all time with over 40 million copies sold worldwide.
