For all you B/N fans. I used to know a guy named Frankie M. who was an excellent guitar player. He had known Lindsey from way way back when they were both kids. Years ago now he told me Lindsey was into doing recording and engineering his own demos from the very beginning. So there are probably tons of B/N studio and live stuff that exists because Lindsey made sure of that. Thats the good news. The bad news is no one in the entire industry is more of a perfectionist as Lindsey's own self produced albums testify too. This would mean that he wouldnt consider anything from his early days ever to see the light of day. Thats my bet. B/N played tons of clubs in the San Jose area which is where FM found them. There werent alot of fan tapes made in those days because in the small clubs people arent there to get music necessarily (they are looking for luuuuuv) and the hand held recorder didnt exist like they do now. I worked with several great bands even in the 80's and I never saw anyone ever tape anything. I saw more people leave clubs holding underwear in their hands than I saw live music tapes. before that no one (except me of course) cared. I had to carry an old Wollensak with a power chord into places when I was makin' mine. I never saw B/N until fleetwood mac although I was told about them by Frankie. Lindsey and Stevie didnt evolve into their career slowly. They jumped right from the clubs to the major leagues. As I understand it. Ciao. marcel deste.
