Small club, 'small machine,' big sound: Lindsey Buckingham rocked solo at One Eyed Jacks
By Alison Fensterstock, The Times-Picayune
The stage at One Eyed Jacks Saturday night, in anticipation of Lindsey Buckingham, looked surprisingly bare. There was no forbidding security team, no extra sound personnel, no barriers at the stage’s edge, not even a chair by the microphone – just a spotlight and a couple of bottles of water. A rack of half a dozen very nice guitars in the wings stage right was the only hint that the night’s featured entertainment was a bona fide rock legend, veteran of inaugural balls, multi-platinum albums and one of the most complicated and dramatic band soap operas in musical history.
Steven Tyler and friends to rock Lahaina Aug. 23 Special big bash at Fleetwood’s a benefit for Childhelp on Maui
By JON WOODHOUSE Maui News
After a soft opening on Aug. 2, Fleetwood's on Front St. is gearing up for a big bash. The restaurant owned by Fleetwood Mac's legendary drummer will host a series of grand opening benefit parties Wednesday through Aug. 25 featuring the Mick Fleetwood's Island Rumours Band, with some celebrity guests jetting in for the occasion.
Probably the most eagerly anticipated event will see Aerosmith's charismatic lead vocalist, Steven Tyler joining his Fleetwood Mac mate, along with blues great Johnny Lang for some major rocking with the Island Rumours Band on Aug. 23.
The special concert on the 23rd will benefit Childhelp on Maui. This non-profit organization seeks to meet the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children.
The next night is all for Lahainaluna High School. There will be our regular menu with a $50 cover and Mick will play with Willie K and Island Rumours. All entry proceeds go to Lahainaluna."
The final opening event, on the 25th, will include entertainment with King Paris (aka Rick Vito) and The Hypnotics, featuring the Gentle Genie Giant on percussion. "There's no cover, it's open to the world, for people who love rock n' roll and want to be there," says Todd.
* Tickets for the Aug. 23rd benefit are $500 and $350, and include food and drink. There is a $50 cover charge for entertainment on the evening of the 24th, and a $25 donation for lunch on the same day. No cover on the 25th. There is also a private party on the 22nd with the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band. Call 669-Mick for more info. and reservations.
No mention of Stevie or John being there... Might Stevie fly over for the opening? She's got a bit of time before her road trippin' begins again mid-September?? John McVie's only one island over from Maui... Nonetheless, it's a big week ahead for Mick and his new restaurant.
Buckingham brings big sound to solo concert
BY JOHN WIRT
Music critic The Advocate
In the company of his Fleetwood Mac bandmates, Lindsey Buckingham typically performs for thousands of people in arenas. But he stood alone with his guitar Friday night on the stage of the 325-seat Manship Theatre.
Make that 11 guitars. In the course of a one-man show that lasted about an hour and 15 minutes, Buckingham played a different guitar for nearly every selection.
Not sharing the spotlight with such formidable singer-songwriters as Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie, Buckingham gave himself plenty of acoustic and electric guitar solos. His florid accompaniment style is a marvel. Buckingham’s brilliant thumb-and finger-picking velocity recalls such classical guitar masters as André s Segovia and the furiously intense strumming and arpeggios of flamenco guitarists.
Lindsey Buckingham The Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA, 08/17/12
By Leslie Michele Derrough Glide Magazine
Standing on a stage alone can be a very intimidating thing for a human to do. It takes courage and confidence to stand vulnerable with just a guitar and your voice. It also takes self-control, knowing when to wail and when to whisper.
Within the coziness of the 300-plus seat Manship Theatre, Lindsey Buckingham walked out with a seriousness that normally proceeds a symphony performance, picked up one of the dozen guitars he had lined up behind him, and took the audience on a carousel of notes with a staunch authoritativeness. If you were expecting a rock concert, you guessed wrong. Tonight Buckingham was in artiste mode, creating masterful chord changes with his bare fingers, forgoing a pick in favor of the intimacy a piece of flesh can convey.
Connoisseurs of Fleetwood Mac have known for years that there was more to Buckingham than his good looks and harmonically high lead vocals on such hits as “Go Your Own Way” and “Don’t Stop.” So for those expecting big hits brought out in a big way, Buckingham handed out instead delicacies from his oeuvre, songs both known and obscure, and remolded them on a different plane of existence within his usual musical realm.
Take for instance the Mac tune “Come.” Originally a mechanical adventure in steampunk bings and whistles, dipping into Mac-isms with a wink to the surreal, Buckingham took it apart and reorganized the chromosomes to become an aching beating heart of raw emotion, featuring a breathtaking solo.
“So Afraid,” another post-apocalyptic emotional breakdown that scorches in a Mac live show, has always been a Buckingham solo staple, and on this turn he seemed to bring it down just a half-beat slower for psychic emphasis on each note, building to a boiling point of pent-up soul sacrificing, exhausting it’s creator. It was simply – to pen an overly used word – amazing.
“Not Too Late,” “Shut Us Down” and the instrumental “Stephanie” harkened up folk-inspired melodies while “Go Your Own Way” and “Never Going Back Again” pleasantly pleased the more Mac pop hit loving oriented fans in the audience.
Buckingham wasn’t completely alone on stage. Although his fingers and voice provided 98% of what echoed through the room, there were some pre-recorded drums and backing instruments that enhanced several of the tunes. They never interfered with
Buckingham’s choral interpretations; they merely added some flavor to an already marinating piece of music. “Big Love,” another one of Buckingham’s trademark concert spotlights, albeit done a bit more friskier than usual, and an electrifying “Go Insane,” brought the crowd to their feet, as did the aforementioned “Go Your Own Way.” Ending his barely over an hour set with a lovely “Trouble” and a confessional “Seeds We Sow,” he left the audience craving more, which is what any great artist hopes to accomplish.
SETLIST: Cast Away Dreams, Bleed To Love Her, Not Too Late, Stephanie, Come, Shut Us Down, Go Insane, Never Going Back Again, Big Love, I’m So Afraid, Go Your Own Way ENCORE: Trouble, Seeds We Sow
The Lutcher Theater’s 2012-13 Season opens Sunday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m. with An Intimate Evening with Lindsey Buckingham.
by Brenda Cannon Henley The Examiner
You might recognize this legendary performer from his years as the lead guitarist and soloist of Fleetwood Mac, a member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, winner of countless awards, and as helping to define the sound of rock for the last three decades. He is the predominant musical force behind such popular Fleetwood Mac albums as “Rumours” and “Tusk.” His solo work has created such hits as “Trouble,” “Go Insane” and “Holiday Road.” Buckingham was with Fleetwood Mac from 1975 until 1987 and from 1997 to the present. Aside from his work with the group, Buckingham has released six solo albums and two live albums, and is known for his finger picking guitar style and wide vocal range.
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Hot Pick: An Intimate Evening with Lindsey Buckingham
by Beth Rankin Beaumont Enterprise
He was ranked as one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists, has been inducted into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame and on Sunday night, the former Fleetwood Mac member will bring his signature finger-pickin’ guitar style to the Lutcher. If we’re lucky, he’ll tell some juicy between-song anecdotes from his days of tumultuously dating Stevie Nicks.
Lindsey Buckingham opens Lutcher Theater season Sunday
Tommy Mann Jr. panews.com
ORANGE — A man, his music and an arsenal of guitars await this weekend.
American singer-songwriter, musician and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Lindsey Buckingham will perform in concert at 8 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 19, at the Lutcher Theater. Tickets are $35-$65 and available at the box office, by phone at 409-886-5535 or online at www.lutcher.org.
Buckingham, who will perform a special, one-man show Sunday night, is best known for his time as a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1975-19875 and again from 1997 to the present. Also, during this time, he has managed to release six solo albums and two live albums. This Sunday’s showcase will feature Buckingham performing solo with only his voice and an array of guitars to give the music life.
Throughout his 40 year music career as a member of British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac and a solo artist, Buckingham has been a part of some of the most notable songs in music history. He will be performing many of those and others at Sunday’s concert.
Mick jamming with his band mates from the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, Lenny Castellenos and mark Johnston at Micks new restaurant Fleetwoods on Front Street.
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Saturday night 8/18 at One Eyed Jacks, Aquarium Drunkard presents an evening with Lindsey Buckingham. They’re giving away a few pairs of tickets to AD readers. To enter, leave you name, an email we can reach you at and your favorite Mac album. Winners notified via email; tickets held at will-call.
Pushing it to the Mac: Tribute CD reinvents Fleetwood
CD finds fresh magic with new interpretations of hits like 'Dreams,' 'Oh Well' and 'Rhiannon' New York Daily News ★★★
Like the Bible, people can read into Fleetwood Mac whatever they want.
With a storied, 45-year history involving 16 musicians and seven key songwriters — each of whom had a turn at the helm through five distinct incarnations — there’s an uncommonly deep trove of material to interpret to your heart’s content.
Fleetwood tribute album is less than Mac-nificent USA Today ★★1/2 (out of four)
USA Today 8/14
How do you bring fresh insights to some of the most accomplished, infectious pop recordings of the past 50 years? That's the main dilemma plaguing Just Tell Me That You Want Me, a new tribute album pairing mostly alt-pop artists with Fleetwood Mac songs.
“Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac”
With few exceptions, multi-artist tribute albums are irritatingly patchwork, too sympathetic or too perfunctory, overthought or underthought.
But here’s such a tribute album that might claim your attention for a little longer. “Just Tell Me That You Want Me,” with 17 tracks by 17 artists — mostly indie-ish, rock and electronic, many-striped, individually produced and organized into a whole by Randall Poster and Gelya Robb — has Fleetwood Mac as its subject. What’s the spirit there, exactly?
'Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac' (7 out of 10)
Each generation discovers the brooding magic of the Mac anew NME
Fleetwood Mac were always cool. Their recording sessions had more sexual tension than a book club reading of Fifty Shades Of Grey. The band members treated private jets like Boris Bikes. They tried to credit their dealer on an album sleeve. They recorded an album, 1977’s ‘Rumours’, that’s sold over 40million copies. Always, always cool.
Of ‘Just Tell Me That You Want Me’’s 17 tunes, only seven weren’t written by Stevie Nicks. Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham gets a couple of dedications as Tame Impala faithfully replicate ‘That’s All For Everyone’ with a psychedelic hue and The Crystal Ark take on ‘Tusk’, which fails to out-weird the original, which was recorded live with a marching band in an empty football stadium. Keyboardist Christine McVie is given some love from The New Pornographers, who make ‘Think About Me’ sound dirtier than it is.
The last thing the world needs is a Fleetwood Mac tribute album with a hand-drawn penguin on the cover staring back at us every time we order an iced caramel macchiato. Still, here it is: the Starbucks-sanctioned "Just Tell Me That You Want Me," which sees a diverse group of performers - young, old, indifferent - take on the hirsute songs of heartache and treachery that fueled the 1970s.
Just Tell Me That You Want Me A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
The 1970s are long gone, but Fleetwood Mac’s influence lives on.
★★★ 3 stars Washington Times
“Just Tell Me That You Want Me” pushes the band’s music into the 21st century by rounding up a dozen or so modern acts — including MGMT, Best Coast and Lykke Li — and asking them to put their own stamp on the group’s classics.
The album skates by on the strength of its diversity. There’s something jarring — and slightly fun — about hearing Miss Faithfull’s wizened croak immediately after the New Pornographers’ bright harmonies, and the disc’s stronger covers tend to carry the weaker ones.
Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac
This collection offers a beguiling mix of different takes on a timeless cannon of songs. DIY
Fleetwood Mac’s influence on alternative music seems to be becoming ever greater as they are cited by innumerable musicians from across the musical spectrum. As well as a large number of name checks, 2012 has seen yet more Fleetwood Mac interest generated by the announcement that the group will reconvene for a 2013 tour. It is therefore an extremely apposite time for ‘Just Tell Me That You Want Me’, a tribute album recorded by a disparate mix of alternative musicians young and old to be released.
Even when Fleetwood Mac was one of the most popular bands in the world, its sound wasn’t always easy to pigeonhole. Hailed (and in some cases dismissed) as the epitome of laid-back SoCal soft rock in the mid-’70s, the Fleetwood Mac of Rumours and Tusk relied on three songwriters with differing visions. While Christine McVie delivered bright, AM-ready pop, Stevie Nicks served as McVie’s mystical, FM-after-midnight counterpart, and Lindsey Buckingham ranged toward the arty, trying to see if Brian Wilson, Donald Fagen, and David Byrne could co-exist within a song. And even before Buckingham and Nicks joined the band, Fleetwood Mac had Peter Green penning some of the fiercest blues-rock in a competitive English scene, and Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch (among others) filling in the gaps with solidly middle-of-the-road hippie soul.
So it’s not all that surprising that the Fleetwood Mac tribute album Just Tell Me That You Want Me fails to do justice to the diversity of the band’s output. Of the disc’s 17 tracks, 10 are Nicks songs, leaving only three by Green, two by Buckingham, and one each from McVie and Welch.
Just Tell Me That You Want Me: Tribute To Fleetwood Mac
★★★★★/6 Pitchfork
The fact that the collection is a bit of a mess is a shame, but also a tribute to the band in its own way. I think of that line from "Storms", rendered here as a lovely, creaky lament by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney, which rings true as ever: "I've never been a deep blue sea/ I've always been a storm."
‘Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ Boston Globe
There have been several tribute albums to the classic UK-American rock band that is Fleetwood Mac, but this especially eclectic 17-track collection features a clutch of indie hipsters — and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top — dipping deep into the Mac catalog (including the bluesy pre-Buckingham-Nicks era) and taking some interesting liberties with the source material.
Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Hear Music/Concord Under The Radar
Diario De Noticias 8/14
It's a bit of a curiosity that in the past year or two, Fleetwood Mac has turned into a cornerstone of influence in indie-rock. Certainly many of those in their 30s grew up with their parents playing Rumours and Tusk, but 20-somethings today would be lucky to even have been born by the time Fleetwood Mac released the last of their first run Buckingham/Nicks-era albums, Tango In the Night.
Acaba de ser lançado ‘ Just Tell Me That You Want Me’, um tributo aos Fleetwood Mac
Online Listening Party Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac
Public Event · By Concord Music Group
Concord Music Group is celebrating the release of Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac featuring Best Coast, Lykke Li, The New Pornographers, MGMT and many more! Come hang out at Shaker’s Club53, Facebook’s first digital music venue, to listen to the whole album, meet other Fleetwood Mac fans and answer Fleetwood Mac trivia for a chance to win free copies of Just Tell Me That You Want Me!
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