Sunday, January 30, 2011

FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE IN NASHVILLE 1977 by Bob Lefsetz

Really great write up published today on the "Lefsetz Letter".  
"GOLD DUST WOMAN"
[He's ultimately speaking about the stellar May 21, 1977 Live in Nashville Bootleg]
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I saw Fleetwood Mac open a stadium show back in ‘75, before Anaheim had bleachers in the outfield, back when the Angels sucked and no band ever emerged from Orange County.

It was a summer of stadium shows. Today only Taylor Swift can sell 50,000 tickets, anybody else who says they can lies, or plays with a plethora of other acts. But back in the day, these giant clusterfucks were de rigueur. How many Days On The Green did Bill Graham have?


And I knew the act as a blues band. And there was that great latter day record, from "Kiln House", featuring Christine McVie on harmony vocals, "Station Man", which I heard intermittently on the radio and cranked back when you couldn’t hear your favorite music on demand unless you owned it, back when being a rock chick didn’t mean showing your tits but being so cool as to be a goddess, who was the last true rock chick, Chrissie Hynde? She’s STILL cool!

And that afternoon Christine sat at the keyboard and played my favorite new track, "Over My Head", and it sure sounded nice, but I did not buy the album, because I wasn’t buying anything, I was on the road, in L.A. for the summer, between winters in Salt Lake.

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FLEETWOOD MAC & STEVIE NICKS CHART ROUND-UP: AUSTRALIA, IRELAND & UK



Top 100 Albums Chart - UK
Week ending 5th February, 2011
  • Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" moves up on the Top 100 UK Albums Chart to # 79 from # 81 last week.
Top 100 Albums Chart - Ireland
Week Ending 27th January, 2011

  • Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" moves down to # 75 from # 56 last week.  Total of 23 non-consecutive weeks on the chart.
Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart - Australia
Week of 31st, January, 2011
  • Fleetwood Mac remain at # 1 on the Top 50 Catalogue Chart with "The Very Best Of" for the 6th consecutive week. Total weeks on this chart - 44.  
  • Stevie Nicks "Crystal Visions The Very Best of Stevie Nicks" moves down the chart to # 43 from # 33 last week.  Total weeks on this chart - 30. 

Top 40 DVD Chart - Australia
Week of 31st, January, 2011
  • On the Top 40 Music DVD Chart, Stevie Nicks re-enters the Top 40 DVD Chart at # 40 with her 2009 "Live in Chicago" DVD.  Fleetwood Mac's 8x Platinum "The Dance" moves up to # 14 this week from # 19 last week. Total non-consecutive weeks for "The Dance" on this chart 221.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Updated: AWESOME NEWS! STEVIE NICKS FILMING VIDEO FOR "SECRET LOVE"

With Dave Stewart in the directors chair... a video shoot is scheduled beginning January 30th to shoot the first video for single "Secret Love".... Should be really great!!

Dave Stewart:
"just woke in Sunny California getting ready to
 Direct Stevie Nicks Video for Secret Love , 
shooting tomorrow :)"


VIDEO SHOOT DAY
[updated Jan 30th]

  • Directing Stevie Nicks Video and Dressed appropriately ;)
  • Ha Mick Fleetwood is gonna look Stellar :) A Real Gentleman (which he is )
  • this video and other Stevie videos are all part of a 90 minute film I'm directing been filming on and off for a year Stevie fans will :):)
  • Update: January 31, 2011 - Video should be ready in 3 weeks... so around the week of February 21st

"SECRET LOVE" SINGLE RELEASED FEB 8TH

STEVIE NICKS
"Secret Love"
The Dave Stewart produced first single from Stevie Nicks off her upcoming May 3rd release 
"In Your Dreams" 
will be made available for download on Amazon on February 8th.  The album can be pre-ordered through Amazon or through Warner Bros. directly.  The Warner Bros. pre-order includes a free download of "Secret Love".

So far it's only listed on Amazon in the US.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks Add 2nd Hollywood Bowl Show April 17th


The Heart and Soul Tour
Second show added due to overwhelming demand!

American Express Presale
Start: Tue, 02/01/11 10:00 AM PST

Onsale to General Public
Start: Mon, 02/07/11 10:00 AM PST

Event Date
Apr 17, 2011

Ticket Information
Price: 57.50 - $295.00 + fees

TICKETMASTER

MICK & JOHN ALONG WITH STEVEN TYLER AT TOMMY LEE'S STUDIO

Recording a previously reported about track for a ZZ Top Tribute CD.  No information on what track they recorded or what city this is...presumably LA.  But it took place over the last couple of days.


Pictured: Jonny Lang, Tommy Lee, Steven Tyler, Mick Fleetwood & John McVie.
More photos here at Tommylee.com

In one of the photos on the site, it almost looks as if Brett Tuggle is sitting in on key boards.  Check out the photo, the one with John McVie's back to the camera.