A Year In Review: Fleetwood Mac | Stevie Nicks | Lindsey Buckingham

Happy New Year

On this day, New Years Eve 1974/75 Mick Fleetwood asks Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to join Fleetwood... and there changed their lives.. and ours!

Healthy, Happy wishes to everyone in Fleetwood Mac, past and present... 

2011 Highlights:

I was going to put together a "Highlights of 2011" post today similar to what I did last year on New Years Eve to sum up the year. Once I started to go through the over 1,400 posts on the site from 2011 I realized this WHOLE YEAR was basically a hi-light (with a few low-lights) and an absolute dream for Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham fans.  The spill over from 2010 when both new albums from Stevie and Lindsey were announced to be released in 2011 made this a year like no other.  Even Mick and John showed up in the mix of all things Stevie and Lindsey.  

With new albums/DVD's coming out it seemed like everyday there was something exciting happening.  All the Dave Stewart tweets about the making of Stevie's album from 2010 carried on in 2011 giving us tidbits of info about videos & Documentary making - which made for some exciting following along, all the press Stevie and Lindsey did, radio interviews, the multiple TV appearances from both, the Glee episode and effect on Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey's Awards, new official videos from each, Lindsey's Live DVD Release - plus tours. First Stevie toured with Rod Stewart in the US and UK, then solo with Michael Grimm, Stevie's Birthday Bash show in L.A., Lindsey's tour all over the US and Canada and Stevie ending the year in Australia with Dave Stewart & Brian McFadden.  All this just made it a little overwhelming to consider such a post - I could go on for days.  

If you were there for the ride this year, it's been fun. If you are just checking in I've compiled a list of links below for you to sift through if you like.  Of course 2011 wasn't a complete breeze, there were bumps along the way for both... but all in all, I think they both succeeded in delivering what many believe to be their finest albums to date, and some really exciting live shows and events!

Thank you to all the live show reviewers, all the album and single reviewers and thank you to all the great photographers (professional or amateur) that photographed the shows.  It was a pleasure reading and looking at your work, good or bad.  With out you, this site would be pointless.

Here's hoping 2012 is as exciting as 2011.  Have fun!

Happy New Year Everyone!!

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Review: Lindsey Buckingham "Seeds We Sow" "It cascades, works up a rhythm, thumps & thrashes"

The Dallas Morning News December 31, 2011

Top 10 Albums of 2011 - TMAK World Style #5 Lindsey Buckingham - "Seeds We Sow"

Top 10 Albums of 2011 - TMAK World Style 

#5 Lindsey Buckingham - "Seeds We Sow" The two front line personalities in Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are comfortable revisiting their fabled Rumours glory when The Mac go on tour every few years. In their down time....

For the rest and the full top 10 of 2011 check out T Mak World

Street Sounds: Fleetwood frontman farms a winner - Lindsey Buckingham "Seeds We Sow" Review

Despite fronting a mega-band in his off-time, singer/guitarist Lindsay Buckingham excels in under-the-radar releases.

Seeds We Sow is Buckingham’s sixth solo album and it offers a glimpse into the musician’s creative drive. He doesn’t let his high profile alter his style.

There are Mac-isms throughout Seeds We Sow, but they’re representations of Buckingham’s personality, not derivative attempts at past creations.  Illumination and That’s The Way Love Goes are pieces of classic Buckingham-influenced Fleetwood Mac, fueled by the guitarist’s slightly wild edge.

The stately guitar work of Buckingham marks him as a premier stylist; a heavy hitter who’s also a singer/songwriter of some renown.

Guitarist/singer? Singer/songwriter? Singer who plays guitar? All of these and more.

Buckingham’s one-two punch carries over onto his instrument of choice. His spidery acoustic lines crackle along at a manic, angular pace (Stars Are Crazy, Rock Away Blind) that’s at home in Appalachia.

His soaring and skewed electric work is singular and unpredictable and hasn’t showed signs of rust. 

One Take updates Buckingham’s borderline frenzy against a straight ahead rhythm that’s cliché but tough.

There’s an under-current that mixes the melodic sunburst of The Beach Boys with the suggestive imagery of ‘80’s era Dylan and late ‘60’s Leonard Cohen.

When She Comes Down and Gone Too Far float this direction into both corners and She Smiled Sweetly connects the two sonic dots with cool logic.

Seeds We Sow = passion + precision.

By Dean Gordon-Smith

Vernon Morning Star

TOP 10 BEST OF 2011: Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" # 9

Top 10 Records You May Have Missed While You Were Listening To Bon Iver

9: Stevie Nicks / In Your Dreams

In Your Dreams, Stevie Nicks‘ first truly great solo album since 1981’s Bella Donna, boasts one of the most ridiculous and simultaneously beautiful songs she’s ever sang. If you know the record already, I’m sure you can guess which track I’m talking about. It’s “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)” and if you’re unfamiliar, well then I’ll just say it, it’s a love song about two star crossed vampires. It is wildly absurd and yet Nicks pulls it off and it becomes the record’s most memorable moment not because of its subject matter, but because of its gorgeous chorus. The rest of the record more than lives up to the high of “Moonlight”, becoming one of the most surprisingly cool records released this year. If you bypassed In Your Dreams because you thought it was a disposable late period record from a 70’s relic, rethink your position and get lost in it’s dreamy sweep.

Words by Patrick Driscoll
Full Top 10 at Drawuslines.com

Exciting News for Stevie Nicks Fans... YOU could be in her documentary!

"In Your Dreams" Documentary Fan Video Submission

Weapons of Mass Entertainment is looking for an additional element to compliment the nearly complete In Your Dreams Documentary... They are looking for fan submitted video clips telling Stevie what she or the album "In Your Dreams" mean to you.  This is an exciting opportunity for anyone really, but most especially Stevie's fans!  Your video, which Stevie will likely see in the selection process could be included in the documentary!  So get crackin'...and get filming...  

Deadline for fan video submissions is 

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Full details at Stevie's official website The Nicksfix

Chart Update: Fleetwood Mac | Stevie Nicks + Some GREAT Amazon Deals!

Published by @Nickslive nickslive.blogspot.com for Fleetwood Mac News and Reviews

Australian Charts - December 26, 2011
(Previous week in parenthesis)

Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks continue to sell well into Christmas in Australia. One title drops off the catalogue chart this week Fleetwood Mac's "Greatest Hits" which re-entered last week at #49.  All others pretty much hold their ground from the week prior.

Top 100 Albums Chart

# 37 (38) Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of"

# 82 (74) Stevie Nicks "Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of"

Top 50 Catalogue Chart

#  3 ( 5) Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of"

# 11 ( 8) Stevie Nicks "Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of"

# 47 (50) Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"

 Australia Top 40 DVD Chart
# 32 (34) Fleetwood Mac "The Dance"


UK Charts - December 17, 2011

UK Top 40 Catalogue Chart
# 31 (26) Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"

Also... Check out these great after Christmas Deals at Amazon!

Full albums available for $5.99 or less! 

MP3 Downloads

Lindsey Buckingham "Seeds We Sow" (includes 2 bonus tracks not found anywhere else) $4.99
Lindsey Buckingham steller 1992 album "Out of the Cradle"  $5.00
Dave Stewart "The Blackbird Diaries" (Stevie appears on "Cheaper Than Free") $5.00
Buddy Holly "Listen To Me: Buddy Holly" (Stevie appears on "Not Fade Away") $4.99
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" $5.99

 

Best Concert Photos 2011 - Stevie Nicks / Rod Stewart Chicago, 2011

Soundspike have compiled what they believe to be the best 100 photos from the nearly 11,000 concert shots published this year.  Stevie Nicks with Rod Stewart made the list at # 87 with the above from Chicago in April, 2011.

Full list at Soundspike Photo by: Daniel Boczarski

Review: Lindsey Buckingham has lived a charmed life "Songs From The Small Machine"

A really wonderfully written review of Lindsey's "Songs From The Small Machine" 
by: Gary Pig Gold

"For all intents and purposes, Lindsey Adams Buckingham has lived a charmed life.

Raised in the comfy Bay Area opulence of 1950′s Atherton, California, a handsome, athletic golden boy suddenly and forever sidetracked by his elder brother’s Elvis and Buddy Holly 45s. He quit the school water polo team, moved with his guitar into a local hotshot band called Fritz, left for L.A. with their singer Stevie, produced with her the magnificently understated Buckingham Nicks album, was soonafter asked to join Fleetwood Mac with whom he helped craft a 40-million-plus-selling album called Rumours and, by 1978 at the age of twenty-nine finally found himself at the very tip-top of his game.

For all intents and purposes, that is."
Read the full review here

Xmas Eve Mick Fleetwood & Neil Sedaka LAX

MICK FLEETWOOD & NEIL SEDAKA When David Met Goliath ...

Two music titans came face-to-face at LAX on Xmas Eve ... Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) and Neil Sedaka (ask your parents) ... and it's clear from the video ... MICK IS HUUUUUGE!!!!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone!

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season... Stay safe, drive safely, eat lots and enjoy your family and friends! 


And a special Merry Christmas to all the members of Fleetwood Mac! 

Stevie Nicks Included in 30 Underrated List

Published by @Nickslive nickslive.blogspot.com
Mick LaSalle today listed 30 people (so far) he thinks are underrated.... Here's what he had to say about Stevie.  Check out his full list HERE and contribute if you think he's left someone out >  (Lindsey Buckingham Guitarist/Chrstine McVie?). He's shooting for a list of 50-75 people.

"Stevie Nicks: When I was a teenager photos like the one above would make my jaw drop, and I'd just stare with devouring lust. Stevie Nicks looked like what everyone wanted their girlfriend to look like in 1976. But as a result of being so pretty, she was always written about as the lightweight of Fleetwood Mac. Lightweight? She was the best songwriter by far and put the others in the shade." 


By Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle