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The Big CD: Lindsey Buckingham - Gift of Screws

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The Times
September 13, 2008
John Mulvey

It is rarely edifying to hear a multimillion-selling rock star whinge about lack of credibility. But on his previous solo album, Under the Skin, Buckingham just about got away with it. Buckingham, remember, was the man who had propelled Fleetwood Mac to their commercial zenith in the mid-1970s. And consequently, he was also one of the prime musical enemies of anyone who had invigorated their record collections with punk rock.

In the past few years, however, Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac have undergone something of a critical rehabilitation. Buckingham’s obsessive perfectionism in the studio, his occasionally deranged sonic experiments, and the excruciating emotional honesty that he shares with all his old bandmates are seen as fine things. On Under the Skin, a little bit of praise seemed to have pushed Buckingham into a doggedly solipsistic display of his leftfield chops. The album began with him noting: “Reading the paper, saw a review/ Said I was a visionary, but nobody knew,” and mainly consisted of him constructing nervy guitar loops in what may well have been his bedroom. A lovely album, but one of strategically limited appeal.

Gift of Screws is a more varied affair. There are fantastic solo workouts, such as Time Precious Time, on which Buckingham yelps harmoniously over some frantically intricate acoustic guitar. But then there are also pop songs - Love Runs Deeper and Did You Miss Me - that are blessed with the same combination of stadium thump and spiritual fragility that proved so lucrative for Fleetwood Mac.

Since that band’s venerable rhythm section - Mick Fleetwood and John McVie - contribute to Gift of Screws it is tempting to wonder why Buckingham did not save these songs for the next Fleetwood Mac album. But then an earlier solo album, also entitled Gift of Screws, was aborted, and a good few songs from that turned up on the Mac’s Say You Will in 2003. Maybe this time, Buckingham anxiously wants to prove that he can do it all himself, from avant-garde guitar noodles to fabulously airbrushed pop. The critical acclaim is in the bag these days. Now, if only he could sell millions without the Fleetwood Mac brand name.

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Fleetwood Mac will tour in 2009

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Fleetwood Mac are definitely reforming for live dates to take place next year, the band’s guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has said.

The legendary band will reform for a tour in early 2009, their first since 2003, and they are also planning on making a new studio album too, once they have played together for a while.

Buckingham has said in an interview with US publication Billboard.com: “I think maybe there was even a sense that we would make a better album if we went out and hung out together first on the road …Maybe even sowing some seeds musically that would get us more prepared to go in the studio rather than just going in cold. It takes the pressure (off) from having to go in and make something cold.”

As previously reported here on uncut.co.uk, Buckingham has enlisted the help of Fleetwood Mac members Mick Fleetwood and John McVie for two tracks on his forthcoming solo album ‘Gift of Screws’, due for release on September 16.

Fleetwood Mac Reunite in the Studio

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Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham has enlisted the help of band members Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on at least two of the tracks for his forthcoming fifth ’solo’ album ‘Gift of Screws.

The three of them have worked on tracks, including the album’s title track and one called “Wanna Wait For You. “Buckingham, who earlier this year spoke of the possibility of a Mac reunion tour in 2009, has commented on his forthcoming album, saying: “This album distills several periods of time. It has false starts to make albums, songs that go back a number of years that took a while to find a home and brand-new songs. I wanted to bring it all together in one place. As an artist I’m still, for better or worse, clinging to my idealism and to my sense that there is still much to be said. This album is a culmination of that.”Gift of Screws was originally titled way back in 2001, after songs were being written and recorded between 1995 and 2000. Some of the tracks were orignially recorded live by Fleetwood Mac and subsequently used on The Dance tour.

There is no more comment on news of a full band reunion tour, but recording together is a pretty auspicious start.Buckingham’s Gift of Screws, due out in September, full track listing is:

“Great Day” 
“Time Precious Time” 
“Did You Miss Me” 
“Wanna Wait for You” 
“Love Runs Deeper” 
“Bel Air Rain” 
“The Right Place to Fade” 
“Gift of Screws” 
“Underground” 
“Treason” 

- http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/fleetwood_mac/news/11911

Lindsey Buckingham to deliver ‘Gift’ during fall tour

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By Tjames Madison / LiveDaily Contributor

Lindsey Buckingham has added a pair of dates to the upcoming tour behind his latest album, “Gift of Screws,” which now has a release date set for later this year.

The Fleetwood Mac singer/songwriter kicks off the run Sept. 7 in Saratoga, CA, with the new additions both coming in October: an Oct. 7 show in Hamilton, Ontario, and an Oct. 12 appearance in Lebanon, NH. In all, Buckingham will now hit 29 cities on the headlining trek. Dates are below.

Buckingham recorded “Gift of Screws,” due in stores Sept. 16, with members of his touring band, along with longtime Fleetwood Mac bandmates Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, who both appear on several tracks. “I’d say this album distills several periods of time,” Buckingham said in a press statement about his newest studio creation, which follows 2006’s “Under the Skin.”

“It has false starts to make albums, songs that go back a number of years that took a while to find a home, and brand-new songs,” he added. “I wanted to bring it all together in one place. As an artist I’m still, for better or worse, clinging to my idealism and to my sense that there is still much to be said. This album is a culmination of that.”
The singer has also told various interviewers in recent months that he hopes Fleetwood Mac will mount a tour behind a new studio album next year.

Earlier this year, Buckingham released “Live at the Bass Performance Hall,” a live DVD documenting his performance last year at the Fort Worth, TX, venue. The package is available in a bonus set that includes more than 45 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage, and an accompanying audio CD with the same track listing as the DVD.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

September 2008
7 - Saratoga, CA - Mountain Winery
9 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
10 - Portland, OR - Newmark Theatre
12 - Lake Tahoe, CA - Harrah’s Casino
13 - San Francisco - Venue to be announced
14 - Los Angeles, CA - Royce Hall @ UCLA
16 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey’s Concerts By the Bay
18 - Phoenix, AZ - The Orpheum Theatre
19 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove of Anaheim
20 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
22 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
24 - Denver, CO - Opera House
26 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theatre
28 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre
29 - St Louis, MO - Pageant

October 2008
1 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
2 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
4 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
5 - Indianapolis, IN - Eygptian Theatre
7 - Hamilton, Ontario - Hamilton Place Theatre
8 - Toronto, Ontario - Music Hall
10 - Reading, PA - Sovereign Performing Arts Center
11 - Atlantic City, NJ - Trump Taj Mahal
12 - Lebanon, NH - The Lebanon Opera House
14 - Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre
15 - Ridgefield, CT - Ridgefield Play House
17 - Boston, MA - Berklee Performing Arts Center
18 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theater
19 - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre

Fleetwood Mac Plots Return — With Or Without Crow

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Fleetwood Mac Plots Return — With Or Without Crow

Billboard
March 25, 2008, 2:25 PM ET

Gary Graff
Detroit
Fleetwood Mac — with or without Sheryl Crow in tow — is planning to be active again.

Singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham — who’s just released a new concert DVD, “Live at the Bass Performance Hall,” from his 2006-07 solo tour — tells Billboard.com that the group is “looking at the idea of touring sometime in the first half of 2009,” possibly with some new material to play.

In recent weeks Crow, who’s friendly with Mac’s Stevie Nicks, has talked about joining the band, which Buckingham acknowledges is a possibility, though he adds, “I don’t think anything is written in stone yet.”

“I think we were all a little surprised (Crow) was announcing that to the world with such certainty,” Buckingham says with a laugh. “We have talked about the possibility of bringing another woman into the scene to kind of give Stevie a sort of foil and shake it up a little bit. (Crow) was certainly a name that has come up. We’ll have to see.”

Nicks has been the group’s sole female member since Christine McVie retired from the band in the late ’90s. Buckingham says that he has “a ton of new stuff” that could be used for a new Fleetwood Mac album, though he adds that he might want to step back from the production role he’s had in the band.

“I don’t think I want to produce again ’cause it takes so much,” he explains. “Whatever happens we’ll all sit in a room and make something work as a group. a little more like we used to, sort of try to open it up and get everyone sharing the activity a little more.”

Buckingham, meanwhile, is also planning another solo album — the follow-up to 2006’s “Under the Skin” — for this summer. Recorded with members of his touring band as well as Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, it “has a little more of a rock feel to it” than “Under the Skin,” according to Buckingham. “It’s just another group of tunes that hopefully will translate to stage, and hopefully we can get some more (solo) dates this summer.”

Formerly signed to Reprise, Buckingham says he’s a “free agent” now, without a label deal as a solo artist. “We’re gonna figure out who wants to put it out,” he says of the as-yet untitled album. “I’m keeping an open mind. People need to hear the music and we’ll see what they think and what the best situation for it will be.”

Originally posted on Billboard.com

Stevie Nicks Downsizes Life - Upsizes Charity Work

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Larry Rodgers
The Arizona Republic
Jul. 26, 2007 12:00 AM

With her 60th birthday looming, Stevie Nicks is making some changes.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has put the Paradise Valley home she has owned since 1981 up for sale, and has expanded her charitable efforts beyond benefits for the Arizona Heart Institute, a favorite of her late father, Jess.

She’s also selling a house in Los Angeles to move to a smaller place on the beach in Santa Monica.

“I’m downsizing,” Nicks said in a call last week. “I’m moving into a rock-and-roll penthouse where I can do my work. I don’t want to worry about if the pool is taken care of and the grass is right.”

Nicks, who performs in Phoenix on July 28, said she’s spent only a few weeks annually at her Valley home in recent years. In addition, her brother, Chris, and his family, who shared the two-winged home at the foot of Camelback Mountain, have moved.

“I’ve written many famous songs there, so I hope somebody buys it who appreciates the amazing rock-and-roll history and the legendary behavior that’s gone on in that house,” said Nicks, who successfully underwent rehab for drug abuse in the ’80s.

With the 2005 passing of Jess Nicks, who headed Armour/Greyhound before becoming a concert promoter, the singer has found a new outlet for her charitable side - providing encouragement and music to U.S. servicemen hospitalized in the Washington, D.C., area after tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“They are so banged up. If anyone ever needed help, it’s these guys,” said Nicks, who has visited Army and Navy medical centers since 2004.

Nicks came up with the idea of giving song-filled iPods to the hospitalized servicemen.

“I call it a soldiers’ iPod. It has all the crazy stuff that I listen to, and my collections I’ve been making since the ’70s for going on the road,” Nicks said. “When I’m sick . . . or the couple of times in my life that I have really been down, music is what always dances me out of bed.”

She hit up fellow musicians and friends for money to buy the iPods and has given away hundreds.

Nicks is setting up a foundation that will allow her to accept donations on a wider scale for iPods and medical aid such as prosthetic limbs. The non-profit group will be called Stevie Nicks’ Band of Soldiers.

The voice behind such rock classics as Edge of Seventeen, Rhiannon, Landslide and Stand Back said she still has plenty of energy left over for her music, which is celebrated on her new CD, Crystal Visions: The Very Best of Stevie Nicks.

She acknowledged that the thought of turning 60 next May “blows my mind,” but quickly added, “I think age is definitely a state of mind. Our mothers and grandmothers . . . at 60 were really looking at slowing down. If anything, I’m looking at adding in a lot of stuff.”

Nicks is including video shots of the artwork she has created since the ’70s in her stage show, which features a seven-piece band led by Los Angeles guitar wizard Waddy Wachtel.

She’s also working on a screenplay based on the Menologion, a collection of myths and stories that inspired Rhiannon.

“I want it to be a movie or miniseries. It’s such a fantastic group of stories,” said Nicks, who plans to talk to directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson about the project.

Plus there’s her idea for a cartoon based on a song she wrote called The Ladybug and the Goldfish:

“It will be the love story of this interspecies, interracial kind of thing.”

Nicks’ creative side doesn’t extend to making radical changes to the hits she has recorded with Fleetwood Mac and on her own. She won’t take a page from the Police’s ongoing tour, in which the British band has redone some of its biggest hits.

“We don’t mess with the actual arrangements too much, because people aren’t crazy about that,” Nicks said.

“You can’t change the solo in (Eric Clapton’s) Layla. Lindsey (Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac) can’t change the solo in Go Your Own Way, as much as he’d like to.”

Nicks’ unmistakable smoky vocals and her dramatic stage presence are a combination that needs no refinement, in the eyes of XM Satellite Radio’s Mike Marrone.

“She’s a true rock-and-roll icon,” said Marrone, who programs the Loft, which spotlights singer-songwriters.

“I think it’s her voice . . . and her spirit. People genuinely like her, almost as a member of an extended family.”

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