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November 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 211 – Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, Wellington, 2016
By the time of this show – April 2016 – my relationship with most promoters had deteriorated. So much so I pretty much couldn’t get in to the ‘big’ shows. And the Dominion Post expected a review but didn’t expect to have to do anything about it – they wouldn’t even ask for review comps; […]Archive
June 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie: Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie Atlantic/Rhino Records Add another chapter to best (and ongoing) rock’n’roll soap opera that is the versions and vestiges of Fleetwood Mac. This time it’s a duo/duets album between Buckingham and McVie.Archive
April 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 561
V/A, Happy To Be Part of The Industry of Human Happiness (1969) Today is Record Store Day. I go to record stores for many reasons – but obviously to buy records. And to find things like this…things I never knew existed, or that I needed, or wanted, until I find them…Here’s a late-60s compilation of […]Archive
March 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Sad Story of Bob Welch: Fleetwood Mac’s Most Undervalued Member
Bob Welch killed himself in 2012. It’s hard to eulogise a suicide; beyond sad, utterly devastating. Welch was a singer/guitarist/songwriter. He had a solo career and was in a band called Paris. But he had also been a member of a band called Fleetwood Mac – and though history seems to have conveniently forgotten about […]Archive
March 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
A Bunch of Rumours: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours
Christine McVie believes it was her estranged husband John who made the call that the new record Fleetwood Mac was creating sounded like “a bunch of rumours”. And so, Rumours was what it was called. Rumours came into my life when I was about 11 years old; by that stage it had been out a decade […]Archive
January 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
She-Bop – All The Best Tunes From The Best Women Making Pop Music: DJ Set
I’m a fan of the 1980s – I’m sure I’ve made that known plenty of times. So for a slight twist on an 80s DJ night I’ve decided to feature only the women. Solo artists, duets, lead singers in bands, cameos – it’s all about the female voice and those soaring anthems and power ballads […]Archive
November 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Stevie Nicks: Bella Donna (Deluxe Edition)
Stevie Nicks Bella Donna (Deluxe Edition) Rhino Entertainment Company It was an interesting time – and very creative – for Fleetwood Mac and its members post-Rumours. The popular narrative suggests they never bettered it, but they did something much better in a way, they diversified. Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood both made solo records in […]Archive
October 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 622
Fleetwood Mac, Bare Tree (1972) I grew up with the Fleetwood Mac of the stadium tours and greatest hits comps and classic albums and then I learned about the blues years and I dug that stuff too. But the most interesting part of the puzzle, these days, is the middle years – when the rhythm […]Archive
May 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Britta Phillips: Luck Or Magic
Britta Phillips Luck Or Magic Double Feature For the last two decades Britta Phillips has partnered with Dean Wareham to provide a great range of music across the “dream-pop” spectrum, first as half of Luna, and then as the duo Dean & Britta. There they mixed covers and originals and worked on commissioned soundtracks for […]Archive
April 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band (Wgtn, April 1)
The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Opera House Friday, April 1 Just a few months after Fleetwood Mac wrapped a nearly two-year world tour, the band’s leader and spirit-animal, drummer Mick Fleetwood, is back on the road with his side-project dedicated to the original Mac’s blues years, the Peter Green-era. Though Mick Fleetwood is clearly the […]Archive
February 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman