It may have flopped nationally, but where I was at the time it was pretty good. It was played on the FM stations in Florida, and that’s where I first heard it. It’s raw and not well mixed, by today’s standards, but you can hear the beginnings of what would later became the Fleetwood Mac ‘sound’..................
I’m not sure what we are disagreeing on, I never once denied the talent of Buckingham, my point was Fleetwood Mac would not be the Fleetwood Mac we know today with him and Stevie joining the band.
I have heard the Buckingham Nicks album, and there is no debate to be really had about the talent of them both... though Nicks is an absolute whackadoo.... Talented yes, but she’s out there....
Lindsey is no picnic either... but I don’t think anyone seriously would argue they are or were not talented individuals.
My point all along is that without Lindsay, and by the fact he required them to take Stevie as well, when he was asked to join Fleetwood Mac, is what made Fleetwood Mac what they became.
You don’t get Rumors or the Fleetwood Mac albumn without them... And while TUSK was certainly a let down, there wasn’t a single studio album that they were both part of that wasn’t Multi platinum.. and this from a band that had 9 albums before they joined and had only had 1 single platinum and 2 gold... and was frankly, commercially anyway, declining... And in the studio albums released after they left, none of them went platinum either.
As I said earlier, I was very glad I got to see the full lineup from their heyday play together in person. I really can’t imagine going to see them without Lindsay, anymore than I could without Stevie Nicks... and the first time I saw them was without McVie, and was very pleased she had rejoined the band after decades away for their last tour.
I am sure they will still put on a good show.. but I just can’t see myself going.