fleetwoodmac: buckingham~nicks concert 09

Cinco de mayo~my day started with a glance at the tickets bought as soon as the announcement was made that Fleetwood Mac unleashed 2009 tour was coming to st. louis~today was the day, but for some reason I did not feel the usual giddinessis of anticipation prompted by the thought of seeing my favorite band, my favorite songtress. I reflected back to the last time Kevin and I saw Fleetwood Mac for the first time without Christine Mcvie, we went all the way to Nashville, and they were great, but I still kind of felt that this would be a buckingham/nicks concert and I wondered why christine no longer felt the need to be a part of fleetwood mac; no more Songbird nor You make Loving Fun. My thoughts swirling about, I headed out to the garden with Stephenie Meyer's Eclipes, note pad and pen in hand to while away the hours before kevin came home. Around 3pm, I went in and took a long bath and got myself dressed.

Kevin came in and we headed to O'Charley's (a first~thanks Kap Kim!) for dinner. The food (Carribean Platter) was fantastic! We then metro-linked down to the Scott's Trade Center (formerly Savvis Center). For some reason, I still felt hesitant about the concert, but Kevin goaded, incited and further indulged my love for all things Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood with the purchase of a jacket, a mug and a Rock On Gold Dust Woman t-shirt. We found our place on the floor~C 21 seats 7 & 8 and began the frenzied wait for the band to come on stage.

The piped-in music stopped, the lights went down, the stage lit up and the crowd went crazy as the band came on-stage! Lindsey opened up with Monday Morning followed by a succession of other tunes: Gypsy, Second Hand News, Dreams, and then Go Insane this abscent Stevie. Then the music for Rhiannon came on and Stevie appeared~Oh my Goddess! There was a rush into the isle and up front to get as close to the stage as possible. I left my bag and Kevin and joined the fun! There was a tall angel who introduced himself as Doug, and guided me in front of him. Doug's only complaint was they (the background singers) needed to "get with the party or leave the stage!" I replied that I would do background and briefly glanced at the three girls, Sharon Celani, Lori Perry Nicks and the third, I didn't know. They did not seem to be happy and Celani was way, way too thin~my mind wondered what was sucking the life from her. Lori also looked too thin but not as depleted as Celani~seeing them disturbed my spirit. I forced my attention to turn back and enjoy the energy of Stevie's and Lindsey's performances, and yes while they did two of Christine's songs, it actually was a Buckingham/Nicks concert with Lindsey's Big Love driving everyone just as wild as Stevie's Rhianon. The audience was wild and crazy for this concert, it was absolutely awesome!!! I ended up just 5 rows from the stage! The disturbing things, besides the backup singers; a lot of people were getting drunk, talking on their cells phones and texting. The interesting thing was some people were actually lighting up and smoking doobies (weed) as well as recording the performance! The band did three encores~one was World Turning and featured a wild spitting and sputtering Mick Fleetwood as he did a drum solo and did we ever enjoy the fun of that! The final song was Stevie's Silver Spring~hauntingly awesome and truly magic! Thanks, Stevie, Lindsey, Mick, John, Christine, Sharon, Lori and the third backup singer name unknown!!!

The Marshall Tucker Band~Argosy & me

Last night I finally got to see The Marshall Tucker Band; music quite possibly the only reason that would get me on the Argosy Casino, of course Kevin and I ate at the buffet. After all these years, I was ever so pleased! The flute was beautifully awesome and the vocals sweet. Back in the 70's, I became hooked on Marshall Tucker's music beginning with the song FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN, and my brother Larry and I would dance and sing to the song HEARD IT IN A LOVE SONG. In a most sad and sorrowful kind of way, the line in the song FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN , which goes, Shot down in cold blood was somewhat prophetic, for my brother Larry left this world in this way. Now whenever I hear the beautiful country~rock melodies of The Marshall Tucker Band I have the sweet memories of my brother's beautiful laughing eyes as we enjoyed singing and dancing together. Unfortunately, Bros. Turkey they did not sing SEARCHING FOR A RAINBOW~but for you and I~...I'll say to hell with that pot of gold...will always be our favorite line in that song! Thanks Marshall Tucker!!!