Friday, September 26, 2008

Fleetwood Mac



Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac's guitarist, really developed his own style over time working with the band. The group formed in 1967, and by 1977, when Rumours was released, he'd really gotten down a folksy acoustic ambience that made the group's sound. The intro to the seventh track from that album shows the sound really well, not to mention that the tune has a really cool harmony at the end of each chorus - wide harmonies definitely helped make up the group's sound as well. The live version of the song from "The Dance" is more developed, but the harmony didn't make it into the chorus there, so I always end up liking the original copy a little more. If you like this tune give a listen to the last track on the same album, Gold Dust Woman. Folksy acoustic ambient goodness.

Here's The Chain from Rumours.

And just for kicks, here's the copy of The Chain from 
The Dance, Fleetwood Mac's reunited 1997 live effort.

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