Rick Turner Original Model 1 Lindsey Buckingham Signature Guitar Auction

6th Annual TEC Awards Music & Sound Auction

The auction will support hearing health in the music environment through the House Research Institute's Sound Partners initiative, the outreach efforts of H.E.A.R. (Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers) and scholarships for students of the audio arts and sciences.

Our goal is to raise at least $100,000 at MSRP of pro audio hardware and software, musical instruments and other items of interest to our constituency, and we're asking for your help in meeting this goal. One of the headline items this year will be a Rick Turner Original Model 1 Lindsey Buckingham Signature Guitar, autographed by this year’s Les Paul Award recipient, Lindsey Buckingham.

The TEC Awards Music & Sound Auction will begin January 24th on eBay, with ending times for auction items ranging from 5-10 days. Promotion of the eBay auction will begin in the weeks preceding NAMM. As always, any donations will be tax deductible to the full extent of IRS regulations.

Named for one of the industry's most revered personalities, the Les Paul Award was created in 1991 to honor individuals or institutions that have set the highest standards of excellence in the creative application of recording technology.

The prodigiously talented Lindsey Buckingham, the singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer behind the most successful lineup of Fleetwood Mac—as well as a sterling solo career—is a natural choice for the Les Paul Award honor.

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26th Annual TEC Awards
Friday, January 14, 2011
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Exciting Announcement to Come This Thursday on Ellen With Stevie and Rod

ROD STEWART & STEVIE NICKS

Not just one, but two legendary musicians are stopping by! ROD STEWART and STEVIE NICKS are here, and they’ll both sing one of their classic hits. Plus, they’ve got an exciting announcement that you don’t want to miss!

This text was taken from the email notification from The Ellen show.

WHO WILL BE THERE:

What we know so far is that RICKY PETERSON - Stevie's keyboard player has confirmed he'll be there... WADDY WACHTEL, Stevie's lead guitarist and Musical Director, according to his facebook page, will also be performing on Ellen along with Stevie's bass player AL ORTIZ who will be playing bass for both Stevie and Rod...  Who's drumming? Jimmy Paxson? not sure... Percussion?  Not Taku - he's busy preparing for a Josh Groban tour... Lenny Castro possibly?  Is Carlos Rios back along with Sharon and Lori?

RUMOURS AND SPECULATIONS have Stevie and Rod announcing a joint tour or slate of shows together.  With Stevie's new album not expected now until late spring along with Dave Stewart still talking about doing shows with Stevie this Spring/Summer, and his own album now slated for a May release - plus the fact that Rod has Euro dates booked beginning June, one can only assume that IF Stevie and Rod were to announce a joint tour that it will be a short pre-album release tour.  We will have to wait and see this Thursday.

ALBUM CHART UPDATES FOR FLEETWOOD MAC & STEVIE NICKS

Top 100 Albums Chart - UK

Week ending 15th January, 2011

• Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" moves down on the Top 100 UK Album Chart to # 70 from # 64 last week.

Top 100 Albums Chart - Ireland

Week Ending 6th January, 2011

• Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" moves down to # 73 from # 72 last week.  Total of 20 non-consecutive weeks on the chart.

Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart - Australia

Week of 10th, January, 2011

• Fleetwood Mac remain at # 1 on the Top 50 Catalogue Chart with "The Very Best Of" for the 5th consecutive week. Total weeks on this chart - 42.  

• Stevie Nicks "Crystal Visions The Very Best of Stevie Nicks" moves up to # 33 from # 38 last week.  Total weeks on this chart - 27. 

Top 50 DVD Chart - Australia

Week of 10th, January, 2011

• On the Top 50 Music DVD Chart, Fleetwood Mac's 8x Platinum "The Dance" moves up to # 15 this week from # 16 last week. Total non-consecutive weeks on this chart 218.

RICKY PETERSON confirmed to appear with Stevie Nicks on Ellen Jan 13th

Recent update on keyboardist Ricky Peterson's website confirms his appearance next Thursday with Stevie Nicks...So we know the band is appearing!  Lots of speculation that Stevie and Rod Stewart are going to be singing together... Can anyone confirm or put this rumour to rest?  Ricky??  Jimmy??

"First off, I’m playing with Stevie Nicks on “Ellen” airing Thursday Jan. 13th! Be sure and catch that."

More on what Ricky is up to for the next couple of months can be found on his site

DAVE STEWART RESURFACES FROM A FEW DAYS OF QUIET

And Michelle Branch gets a first listen to the new Stevie Nicks CD.

Earlier today, Dave Stewart re-emerged on his Twitter page to proclaim that he's been away for a few days due to filming for Stevie Nicks upcoming album and documentary or in the exact words of Mr. Stewart "I've been absent 4 days of Stevie Filming er shall I say strange stuff !!!" (not sure what that means). Either he was filming, or doing some other strange stuff !! In any case...still hard at work on his project with Stevie...and that's a good thing!

Michelle Branch entered the picture today... She stated that she heard Stevie's new album...and wants it! saying it's absolutely fantastic!... Another positive! A lingering question with a lot of us regarding Michelle is when oh when are we going to hear her version of "Say You Love Me"?  The version she recorded and Stevie produced for a yet to be released country tribute album to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours?... Haven't heard a word on this other then what Michelle has put out into the ether, not even what other artists contributed to the disc.  Could be that the project is dead or on hold.

Both Michelle and Dave's exchange on Twitter along with Mr. David Wild of Rollingstone and The Huffington Post can be found in the Dave Stewart and Stevie Nicks Timeline (scroll to the bottom)

FLEETWOOD MAC AND STEVIE NICKS: 2010 End of Year Charts AUSTRALIA & UK

Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks both land on Australia's Top 50 Catalogue Albums 2010 End of Year Charts.

#   4 - "THE VERY BEST OF" FLEETWOOD MAC

# 46 - "CRYSTAL VISIONS... THE VERY BEST OF" STEVIE NICKS

The End Of Year Charts rank the top selling singles and albums for that year.

In the UK, Fleetwood Mac land at # 66 on year end sales charts selling approx. 197,000 units in 2010 of "The Very Best Of" for an accumulative total for the 2009 two disc release of 485,000.