Sunday, March 15, 2015

Hearing Some Rumours

Song 242: The playlist song for this week is Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac, written by Lindsey Buckingham. Fleetwood Mac had sounded pretty good to me the first time around with Buckingham and Nicks added to the mix, but I thought the next record they put together kicked it up a notch, and this track, as the first single from that LP, completely fulfilled the promises that their earlier efforts had hinted at. The match that lit the fire of anger in Buckingham's searing vocals and smoking leads on this cut came from the Rumours (U.K. spelling) of love entanglements swirling around the band. These whispers provided not only the title for their album but also the inspiration for the songs it contained, including one by all 5 band members. While I didn't often make it to major concerts back then, I did happen to catch the Mac on the Rumours tour, and they put on a very good show that summer, with each band member in turn showcasing their talents and creating a whole performance even greater than the sum of those very impressive parts. Lindsey B left the strongest mark, though, as he burned through the riffs of Oh, Well (an FM song that predated his membership in the band by about 6 years), deftly handling multiple guitar lines that the record version had needed at least 2 players to cover. My good friend and fellow music traveler Jeff Larson (who has appeared on this playlist a few times) recently visited the Record Plant in Sausalito, which is the place where FM began the Rumours recording and did much of the work. Jeff posted a picture on his Facebook page of himself standing at the door, but as he mentions in his post, it is sadly no longer a place where musicians craft magical recordings.

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