YES.
Lindsey Buckingham at the Record Plant in Sausalito with producers Ken Caillat (left) and Richard Dashut, 1977
via Sound on Sound
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Fleetwood Mac — That’s All For Everyone
from Tusk (1979)
I know, I know, you’ve heard Fleetwood Mac… but how familiar are you with this amazing Lindsey Buckingham tune? I, for one, am now very familiar with it, after listening to it on repeat for ten or eleven rounds the other day. It’s that fucking good. As is the album—a classic worth revisiting.
Not a lot going on in the chord department, it’s what happens in between that counts. Buckingham’s plaintive humming, the toy xylophone mallet hits on the third and fourth beats, the soaking wet vocal reverb. It’s all there, perfectly produced.
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Lindsey Buckingham — Trouble
from Law and Order (1981)
Oh hell yeah.
Here’s a little backstory on Buckingham’s big solo hit:
“Trouble” was the only song on the album that Buckingham didn’t play bass or drums on; his Fleetwood Mac bandmate Mick Fleetwood was brought in to do the drums. Things didn’t work out very well in the recording session, and a taped loop of the drum track, about four-seconds long, was used over and over for the song.
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The Tony Castles — Untitled
live on WFMU, 11/25/10
The Tony Castles busted out an as-yet-untitled new tune in their performance at WFMU a few weeks back. It still needs some work, especially on the vocals, but get a load of this guitar. I love how those sweet 11th or 13th chords on the guitar are rattling the snares in the snare drum. (An aside: I never knew what those little metal things in the snare drum were called until I wanted to say they rattled…file that in the painfully obvious category) These guys make a lot of noise for a three piece. And I love how this isn’t cleaned up at all — you just get to sit in for band practice. Nice.
In the interview following the session, The Tony Castles talked about their collectively huge hard-on for Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk, confirming once again that Tusk is in the throes of a huge renaissance these days among a certain crowd. The lead singer said they “went through a Fleetwood Mac kick on a recent tour.” Someone else in the band put it more succinctly: “Band’s good…they’re cool.”
Jump right to the Fleetwood Mac adoration portion of the interview here.
Download the whole set of music at the Free Music Archive.
NYC folks this is concert season. See The Tony Castles open for Bear Hands, with Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, next Friday 12/17 at the Bowery.
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Buckingham/Nicks — Without A Leg To Stand On
from Buckingham/Nicks (1973)
I think I’m on my 14th repeat of this song this weekend. It reminds me of Richard & Linda Thompson, if they had more California in them. This song really reminds me of California. Not sure why. If you pressed me I’d say it’s the jangly guitars and the odd shuffle beat. The chorus is so great, kind of comes at you from nowhere with this elaborate unfolding conveyor belt of bass and drums. A real headbanger, if you like this sort of thing.
Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, looking all doey-eyed. What man would NOT be inspired by this mustache.
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Buckingham/Nicks — Stephanie
from Buckingham/Nicks (1973)
Beautiful finger-picked track from the album Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham recorded on an analog four-track in 1972. Then they drove to LA to hunt down a record deal.
