Lindsey Buckingham: Alone and Kicking
Sunset Center, Carmel, CA, May 10, 2012
by Jason Warburg
Alone on a bare stage decorated only with an area rug and a sizable amp rig, two songs into a taut 90-minute set that epitomized words like “intensity” and “masterful,” Lindsey Buckingham paused to contemplate the long, twisting trail that has led the Palo Alto native to the top of the rock world, around the globe and back to Carmel's 800-seat Sunset Center as a still-vital solo act.
The “big machine”—the musical juggernaut Fleetwood Mac, of which Buckingham has been a part for 27 of the last 37 years—and the small machine—solo recording and touring—nourish and feed off of one another. After a long struggle to achieve balance between the two, Buckingham has concluded that both are necessary and each has a vital role to play in fueling his growth as an artist.
Check out the complete well written review at Dailyvault.com
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Lindsey Buckingham Live in Sacramento, CA - May 13th
(setlist photo by Jason DeBord)
Back to leather for this show...
"Lindsey Buckingham rocked the sold out, historic Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento tonight. Alone on the stage, with an endless arsenal of guitars, Mr. Buckingham put on an amazing performance, and more than anyone, he has such a deep emotional connection with his music that his passion truly drives his live show unlike any artist. He is simply an amazing musician."
Check out the full review and rundown of the show by Jason DeBord including some really great photos at Rocksubculture.
"Stevie Nicks & Band with special guest Waddy Wachtel performing Soldier's Angel at the Buffalo Chip in Sturgis, SD. Stevie Nicks is an American Patriot who genuinely cares about our Troops. Forward to all that you know so they know how much she cares."
Stevie Nicks performed along with Jeff Bridges and John Fogerty celebrating a night of appreciation for the US military hosted by The Bob Woodruff Foundation. The concert aired earlier this spring on HDNet Concerts.
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Greatest Hits are the only two entries found this week on the Billboard or Soundscan sales charts.
On the Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart for the week ending May 6th and for Billboard Chart date May 19th Rumours moves up 1% in sales to 1,847 units sold vs 1,824 last week moving from #117 last week to #116 this week. Greatest Hits drops 4% in sales to 1,433 vs 1,489 last week moving down the chart to #173 from #165 last week. Total sales for Rumours in the USA since November 1991 are 2,953,999. Total sales for Greatest Hits = 4,544,927. In Ireland, Rumours re-enters the Top 100 albums chart at #76. Fleetwood Mac's 2009 "Don't Stop" Documentary re-aired on a bunch of BBC stations beginning May 4th all over the UK and Ireland... Album sales likely spiked in the UK over the last week and we'll likely see the results on tomorrows published UK charts.
TOP 200 CATALOGUE ALBUMS
# 116 (117) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 173 (165) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
TOP 200 DIGITAL ALBUMS
# 27 (21) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 99 (104) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
IRELAND TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART - Week ending 10th May 2012
# 76 (Re-entry) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 83 (94) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
Photo below at The Fremont Theatre by Joe Johnston Photography
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM LIVE FRESNO, CA - MAY 9TH
It was a suit jacket night for Lindsey Buckingham at The Tower Theater in Fresno Wednesday night for those keeping score. Here's Go Your Own Way from the show.
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM LIVE CARMEL, CA - MAY 10TH
Frustration ensues as Lindsey dismisses one guitar for another during the beginning of Big Love. Something technically went awry with the amp according to twitters @___A__J___ and he sort of just threw the guitar down and picked up another and on with the show he went, The video captures the ending of it all with a brief explanation before he moved on. He throws a little humour into the situation to lighten his mood... To the untrained I'm sure you wouldn't have noticed the difference... But to Lindsey, being somewhat of a perfectionist, it's likely a big deal. Technical glitches happen and have happened at a number of shows... But it's par for the course when you are alone up there playing back to back to back to back shows, with no other band members to fall back on or cover up any mistakes... It's all good though - this is like a marathon run!... It's real and it doesn't take away from any of the shows or the power of his playing.
A couple of cool shots below by Ron Emery
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM LIVE SANTA CRUZ - MAY 11TH
Santa Cruz gets the suite jacket! This is a record third night in a row! - Setlist intacked minus "Dancing".
The influence The Beach Boys had on popular music is undeniable. Here are seven tracks directly influenced by Brian Wilson and company.
1. Lindsey Buckingham: “The D.W. Suite” (from Go Insane, 1984)
There may be no bigger Brian Wilson fan among rock stars than Buckingham, who convinced Fleetwood Mac to cover the Beach Boys’ “The Farmer’s Daughter” for the 1980 Live album and who co-wrote “He Couldn’t Get His Poor Old Body To Move” with Brian as the B-side of the latter’s 1988 solo single, “Love and Mercy.” Buckingham’s 1992 Out of the Cradle, may well be the best Beach Boys’ album of the ‘90s. But Buckingham’s most direct tribute is this suite, named after Dennis Wilson and structured like the complex song suites Brian created for Smile.
For nearly 45 years, Lindsey Buckingham has been writing and performing songs with an indelible impact on rock'n'roll; and several of those tracks are nearly universally considered to be among the pillars of the classic rock pantheon.
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