Mark wrote: > I don't remember that skit but Sandra Bernhardt did a hilarious bit in her > show a couple of years ago where she played Christine McVie playing in some > lounge, chilling out after all those years with the Mac. She talks about > Stevie hitting her in the face with the fringe of one of her shawls while > Stevie was doing one or her twirling routines. You had to be there.
LOL - As you know Sandra performed at Don Henley's Walden Woods benefit '98 along with Joni and Stevie among others. Larry Klein was the musical director and Joni was poised somewhat as the star of the show, being the closer and all. Joni got the second biggest applause and standing ovations - Stevie brought down the house. I lucked into a good seat that night, right in front of Mick Fleetwood and Lindsay Buckingham. Believe me, Mick looked the youngest and heartiest of the group! > I never got into the pre-Buckingham Nicks Fleetwood Mac much so I don't know > that much about that phase of the band. I'd wager that you have heard the early Fleetwood Mac bit maybe didn't know it was them. Their songs in the early 70s were pretty big and well-played among the college crowds. The consecutive "Future Games," "Bare Trees" and "Mystery to Me" albums were incredible. Moody, bluesy, jazzy and a little psychedelic. To me, however, they sound nothing like the Buckingham Nicks FM. It's like two different bands in sound. Many of the early sings were written/performed by Peter Green and Bob Welch who departed the band before B-N. B-N revitalized the band but it metamorphized into something new. > But I always liked Stevie's voice & songs from the Lindsey/Stevie years better than anyone else's in the group. > (There were a few of Christine's that I liked almost as much but overall I > thought Stevie's writing was more interesting.) Especially 'Landslide' and > just about all of her songs off of 'Tusk'. 'Sara' used to reduce me to > tears every time I heard it. 'Beautiful Child' and 'Storms' are gorgeous > songs and that gravelly voice is an integral part of what makes them work, > imo. I definitely give Stevie the songwriting kudos over McVie. I am not immersed in Stevie like others but I like everything I've learned about her over the years. She can be a knock-out in some performances. Kakki
