Thursday, January 28, 2010

A RUMOURS REUNION OF SORTS

With Mick Fleetwood and Colbie Caillat set to present awards in the pre-telecast Grammy awards ceremony this Sunday, and with Stevie Nicks being reported as a "surprise" performer on the big show... I'm sure Ken, Mick and Stevie will get a chance to see one another that night...

CAILLAT ASKS PRODUCER DAD TO BE GRAMMY DATE

Singer COLBIE CAILLAT reduced her producer father KEN to tears when she asked him to attend Sunday's (31Jan10) Grammy Awards as her date.

Ken Caillat is no stranger to the music industry, having produced Fleetwood MAC's 1977 album Rumours, but he was so flattered when his pop star daughter invited him to the prestigious event, he struggled to contain his emotions.

She tells People magazine, "He's really excited about it. He's been involved with this record and my music career the entire time, so I just knew it would mean a lot to him.
"He got all teary-eyed when I asked him to be my date. It was so cute!"

But Caillat, who is nominated for four Grammys including Best Pop Vocal Album for Breakthrough, admits she has an ulterior motive - she wants her dad to boost her self esteem if her nerves get the better of her.

She adds, "I'm sure (on the night) he'll remind me of how great I am. You know how parents are!"
The 52nd Grammy Awards will take place at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

CHART ROUNDUP: FLEETWOOD MAC "THE VERY BEST OF" AUSTRALIA AND UK CHARTS

AUSTRALIA:

ARIA TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART - Week of January 25th:
"The Very Best Of" still at No. 2 on the Australian Top 50 Catalogue Charts. Total weeks on the Catalogue Chart = 11.

ARIA TOP 50 PHYSICAL ALBUMS CHART - Week of January 25th:
"The Very Best Of" drops down to #46 from #38 on the Physical Albums Chart. Total weeks it's placed non-consecutively on the chart = 112

UK TOP 75 - Week of January 25th:
"The Very Best Of" is down 4 positions to #35 in the UK.

UK TOP 75 CHART RUN (2009 Best Of Version):
Week 1 #6 Debut
Week 2 #10
Week 3 #12
Week 4 #15
Week 5 #26
Week 6 #29
Week 7 #31
Week 8 #25
Week 9 #21
Week 10 #23
Week 11 #37
Week 12 #42
Week 13 #31
Week 14 #35

MICK FLEETWOOD INTERVIEW SUNDAY JANUARY 31ST 1PM

This week on Graveyard Blues, special guest - Mick Fleetwood!

Listen Sunday 1pm Central USA time on KCOR.

Listen live at kconlineradio.com

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

STEVIE NICKS REPORTED TO PERFORM ON GRAMMYS THIS SUNDAY

Stevie Nicks to Perform on the Grammys
US MAGAZINE

Stevie Nicks will give a surprise musical performance at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards, UsMagazine.com has confirmed.

The Fleetwood Mac frontwoman, 61, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. She nabbed a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1978.

Earlier Wednesday, it was announced that Mary J. Blige and Andrea Bocelli will take the stage to sing Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to fundraise for Haiti relief.

Beyonce, the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, the Dave Matthews Band and Taylor Swift -- who are all up for Album of the Year -- will also perform.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

STEWART COVERS STEVIE NICKS "STAND BACK" RELEASED IN NORTH AMERICA

ROD STEWARTS COVERS ALBUM INCLUDES STEVIE NICK'S "STAND BACK" Never Before Released in North America
If ONCE IN A BLUE MOON hasn't exactly been the Holy Grail for the Rod Stewart faithful, it's only because we didn't know what we were missing - until now. This unqiue collection of covers recorded in the summer 1992 is Maestro Stewart at his interpretive best - that magnificent voice yearning, pleading, and shouting in all its gravelly glory while serving as a lethal instrument for the legendary producer Trevor Horn. And though each of these ten tracks has been previously released in various forms in different mixes, together they form an exciting whole that places BLUE MOON squarely in the upper reaches of Rod's classic catalog.

Includes six tracks never-before-released in the U.S.

  • Contains two previously unissued hidden tracks
  • Features covers of the Stones' "Ruby Tuesday," Stevie Nicks' "Stand Back," Bob Dylan's "The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar" and many more
  • Specially designed vintage long box
  • 12 tracks
Available through Rhino.com

Monday, January 25, 2010

MICK FLEETWOOD WILL BE PRESENTING IN PRE-GRAMMY AWARD TELECAST

The 52nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards Pre-Telecast ceremony will take place on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 1 – 4 p.m. PT at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will be streamed live internationally on www.grammy.com beginning at 1 p.m. PT. Well-attended by nominees and industry VIPs, current GRAMMY nominees Tia Carrere and Kurt Elling will host the star-studded ceremony, which will feature performances by nominees including Montreal-based duo Beast (vocalist Betty Bonifassi and drummer/composer Jean-Phi Goncalves); jazz vocalist Elling; contemporary R&B singer Lalah Hathaway; classical guitarist Sharon Isbin; and R&B singer Charlie Wilson as well as a special bluegrass musical performance by nine-time GRAMMY-winning singer Ray Benson, country instrumentalist Alison Brown, two-time GRAMMY winner Jim Lauderdale, singer/songwriter Michael Martin Murphey, three-time GRAMMY winner Bryan Sutton and singer/fiddle player Gabe Witcher.

Presenting GRAMMY Awards in 99 categories will be current nominees Colbie Caillat, Mick Fleetwood, LMFAO, and Tonex as well as percussionist Sheila E., four-time GRAMMY winner Roberta Flack, and five-time GRAMMY-winning producer/songwriter and Recording Academy Chair Emeritus Jimmy Jam. The live stream of the Pre-Telecast will remain on GRAMMY.com as video on demand for 30 days following the event.

Presenter Caillat has four nods and presenters Fleetwood, LMFAO, and Tonex each have one nomination: Caillat for Album Of The Year (featured artist on Taylor Swift's Fearless), Best Pop Vocal Album for Breakthrough, and two nods in Best Pop Vocal Collaboration With Vocals (one with Jason Mraz for "Lucky" and one with Taylor Swift for "Breathe"); Fleetwood for Best Traditional Blues Album with the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Featuring Rick Vito for Blue Again; LMFAO for Best Electronic/Dance Album for Party Rock; and Tonex for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for "Blend."

KEN REGAN VINTAGE PHOTO - FLEETWOOD MAC 1976 OAKLAND STADIUM

CHRISTINE MCVIE 1976 OAKLAND, CA
Only one new shot so far up for grabs by Ken Regan on ebay. Another great shot of Christine McVie from 1976 in Oakland, CA - John and Lindsey visible in the backgroud.  This show looks so massive, yet the stage so small.



Christine McVie (link to auction)

If you missed the others in the series, hit this link to view
KEN REGAN

Friday, January 22, 2010

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM PART OF A&E SONGS FOR HAITI "PRIVATE SESSIONS"


A&E NETWORK AND BIO CHANNEL PRESENT "PRIVATE SESSIONS: SONGS FOR HAITI" SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 FROM 8-10AM ET/PT

On January 24 at 8 a.m. ET, A&E will air “Private Sessions: Songs for Haiti,” a two-hour special for Haiti relief. Proceeds will go to the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders and Save the Children.

Musical performers will include Lionel Richie, Brooks & Dunn, Twisted Sister, Mary J. Blige, Cyndi Lauper, Seal, Lindsey Buckingham, Boyz II Men, Blues Traveler, Annie Lennox Daughtry, Hall & Oates, Colbie Caillat, Vanessa Williams and Ringo Starr.

Host Lynn Hoffman will revisit the series' best performances highlighted by new messages from guests Barry Manilow, Black Thought and Quest Love from The Roots, Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Annie Lenox, Blues Traveler, Colbie Caillat, Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind), Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Matt Soren (Guns 'N' Roses, Velvet Revolver), Ryan Tedder (One Republic) and more. The special will air simultaneously on both A&E Network and BIO Channel.

A&E Jan 24 8am/7am C
BIO Jan 24 8am/7am C (simulcast with A&E)
BIO Jan 24 10am/9am C
BIO Jan 25 8am/7am C
BIO Jan 25 2/1C

FLEETWOOD MAC MELBOURNE, AU GROSS TICKET SALES

Billboard Boxscore once again have Fleetwood Mac at the top of the heap for the week at #1.  Ticket sales and Gross ticket revenues are in for the first and second shows of the Australian Unleashed Tour.
Fleetwood Mac with The Verses
Rod Laver Arena
Melbourne, Australia
Dec. 1-2, 2009
$2,906,690
21,855 / 25,000
2 / 0
$200.54, $97.70
Andrew McManus Presents

STEVIE DOES BUDDY
Oh... And Stevie Nicks is apparently working on a track for a Buddy Holly tribute album being put together by Peter Asher to mark the 50th anniversary of his death in February, 1959. (It'll be 51 years this February... Better get crackin'!)

The quote from the article:

“I’m in the studio producing a Buddy Holly tribute album for the 50th anniversary of his death,” he says of his current project. “For the last couple of days, I’ve been in the studio with Stevie Nicks doing a track with her.”

Asher seems so nonchalant about recording with Nicks that he may as well by talking about picking up his dry cleaning, but it’s just another testament to how many music legends he knows on a first-name basis.


The Gateway

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Fleetwood Mac Live in Sheffield: ARE YOU READY FOR SOME HANKY PANKY.... ??

Well Mick Fleetwood is!  About the midway point of this video.

Fleetwood Mac "World Turning"
Live at Sheffield Arena
November 2, 2009



Really nice collection of videos from this show can be found here

STEVIE NICKS PHOTO... RHIANNON AT HER MOST PASSIONATE

It's pretty cool when the origins of a photo you've seen numerous times over the years are finally revealed...

Awesome shot!!


Photographer: Bill Hansen (link to much larger version)
Location: Sept 1977 at the Seattle Center Coliseum
In the late 70's I worked at Tower Records Tacoma & Seattle. Used to take concert photos from the main floor. In those days, it was rare to have seats on the main floor, only festival seating. And you could take in cameras. I had a Minolta SRT 102 with a telephoto lens. This photo of Stevie is one of my favorites because in the early days when she sang "Rhiannon", she had so much passion and fire in her eyes. Today, it's a much tamer song. But to see her in the photo with all that emotion, it's what made her a star! I absolutely love Stevie Nicks!

Monday, January 18, 2010

MORE KEN REGAN ARCHIVAL FLEETWOOD MAC 70'S PHOTOS

MORE SHOTS OF FLEETWOOD MAC
FROM THE ARCHIVES BY
PHOTOGRAPHER KEN REGAN
UP ON EBAY...
3 of these appear to be from the out door '76 Oakland Stadium show
Not sure about the Lindsey Buckingham shot.