MICK FLEETWOOD (Fleetwood Mac) BLUE AGAIN (CD REVIEW)

CD Review for Blue Again - by J. Blake
American Blues Blog

In 2008, in the midst of Fleetwood Mac’s 40th anniversary, drummer Mick Fleetwood decided that it was time to revisit the blues years and took to the road with formidable blues line-up, fronted by onetime Fleetwood Mac guitarist/singer Rick Vito and accompanied by bassist Lenny Castellanos & keyboardist Mark Johnstone. The mostly live album BLUE AGAIN was recorded in February of 2008 at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Lois, MO and features an even blend of Peter Green classics and bluesy Rick Vito originals; with a blistering encore of Elmore James’ Shake Your Moneymaker. In the CD’s liner notes Fleetwood explains, “Over my career I've been called a pop star and a rock star, yet in my inner heart, I will always be part bluesman. On my journey from blues to a life of rock n roll, I've always remembered where I started.”

Also, the word on the street is that a companion DVD of this 2008 performance will be released this fall.

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MUST HAVE MUSIC - FLEETWOOD MAC "RUMOURS"

Drive with David Iliffe

ABC.net.au

What's the pride and joy in your music collection? Could it be Fleetwood Mac's 1977 release, "Rumours"?

The album was one of the highest sellers in the world. In fact, it had 31 weeks at number 1 on the US Billboard charts.

The band has just announced that they are touring Australia in December, so I thought it was fitting to pull out this album for the first in our series of "Must Have Music".

Every fortnight, our music man on Drive Col Clifford will join me for a yarn about what albums should appear in every good music fan's record collection. Listen to why this one should be included below.

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(VIDEO) STEVIE NICKS INTERVIEW BY DOMINIC BOWDEN

Dominic Bowden of TVNZ Interviews

Stevie Nicks Gets Frank:

TVNZ Link #1 (Stream Video)

Stevie Nicks Close Up:

TVNZ Link #2 (Stream Video)

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(VIDEOS) FLEETWOOD MAC in OTTAWA & UNIONDALE

[new on youtube]

March 13, 2009 - Uniondale, N.Y. (Nassau Coliseum)

March 23, 2009 Ottawa, Canada (Scotiabank Place)



(Wow! Is it just me, or does this crowd seem a little calm?)

TOM PETTY TO COVER FLEETWOOD MAC ON "LIVE ANTHOLOGY"

TOM PETTY and THE HEARTBREAKERS'

THE LIVE ANTHOLOGY

A multi disc set of recordings drawn from thirty years of live performances. The collection brings together material from 1978 - 2007 culled from hundreds of hours of live concert recordings covering every era of Tom Petty and The Hearbreakers' tours and represents the best tracks as chosen by producers Tom Petty, Mike Cambell and Ryan Ulyate.

Along with powerful interpretations of their own classic hits and originals, The Live Anthology features the band tackling some of their best-loved cover material, from classics to obscure beauties to unexpected adaptations. The theme from Goldfinger, the Zombies' "I Want You Back Again", the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil", early Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well", Booker T. and the MGs "Green Onions", James Brown's "Good, Good Lovin'" and many more. The Live Anthology is the band's story told through the music alone, the producers made no fixes or overdubs.

No Release Date Announced.

Continue to Tom Petty's site for the full announcement.

(VIDEO) STEVIE NICKS & TOM PETTY RUNNIN DOWN A DREAM SEGMENT

Just watched Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Runnin' Down a Dream Documentary".... Really great stuff! it's full of rare old footage of the band right from the beginning. If you haven't seen it, I would highly recommend it. The Documentary chronicles the history of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Petty’s epic battles with the record industry along with his collaborations with Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Roger McGuinn and the Traveling Wilburys.

One segment I cut out is with Tom describing how it came to be that Stevie recorded "Stop Draggin My Heart Around". This video includes Tom and Stevie in the recording studio putting the vocals on the track, Jimmy Iovine talking about how he knew the song was going to be a winner with Stevie singing a song from a guys perspective... and of course Stevie herself commenting on the song.