lindsey buckingham @ flint center

Kim and i went to see Lindsey Buckingham play at the Flint Center a week and a half ago.  He seemed a bit shy at first, but as the show went on, his music got louder and his performing persona came out fully fledged.  Kim and i sat in the front of the balcony, and the music was almost unbearably loud there.  Buckingham changed guitars after every song; i presume he's extremely finicky about having it in tune, as a couple of times he seemed to switch to another model of the same guitar.

I didn't compile an exact playlist, but memory suggests that he played:

Fleetwood Mac
• "World Turning"
• "I'm So Afraid" (long, reworked version)
• "Second Hand News"
• "Never Going Back Again"
• "Go Your Own Way"
• "Tusk"
• "Big Love"
• "Red Rover"
• "Steal Your Heart Away"
• "Say Goodbye" (the last three are from the recent FM album Say You Will, which contains tracks from an aborted solo project)

Solo work
• "Trouble"
• "Go Insane"
• "Holiday Road"
• "Not Too Late"
• "Cast Away Dreams"
• "Under The Skin"
• "Show You How"

As an introduction to "Go Insane", he read a poem he wrote called ( 'The Sardonic World' )

Overall, it was an excellent show.  Buckingham knows his way around a guitar and a stage, and a stage with a guitar.  His drummer played electronic drums, which wouldn't normally bother me except it was obvious from the sound.  An amusing moment occurred when a yokel yelled, "Lindsey, that song ROCKED!"  Buckingham's rejoinder was, "You sound surprised."

lindsey buckingham @ flint center

Kim and i went to see Lindsey Buckingham play at the Flint Center a week and a half ago.  He seemed a bit shy at first, but as the show went on, his music got louder and his performing persona came out fully fledged.  Kim and i sat in the front of the balcony, and the music was almost unbearably loud there.  Buckingham changed guitars after every song; i presume he's extremely finicky about having it in tune, as a couple of times he seemed to switch to another model of the same guitar.

I didn't compile an exact playlist, but memory suggests that he played:

Fleetwood Mac
• "World Turning"
• "I'm So Afraid" (long, reworked version)
• "Second Hand News"
• "Never Going Back Again"
• "Go Your Own Way"
• "Tusk"
• "Big Love"
• "Red Rover"
• "Steal Your Heart Away"
• "Say Goodbye" (the last three are from the recent FM album Say You Will, which contains tracks from an aborted solo project)

Solo work
• "Trouble"
• "Go Insane"
• "Holiday Road"
• "Not Too Late"
• "Cast Away Dreams"
• "Under The Skin"
• "Show You How"

As an introduction to "Go Insane", he read a poem he wrote called ( 'The Sardonic World' )

Overall, it was an excellent show.  Buckingham knows his way around a guitar and a stage, and a stage with a guitar.  His drummer played electronic drums, which wouldn't normally bother me except it was obvious from the sound.  An amusing moment occurred when a yokel yelled, "Lindsey, that song ROCKED!"  Buckingham's rejoinder was, "You sound surprised."