Fleetwood Mac- Tusk 45th Anniversary- Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham 10-7

After 1975’s self-titled Fleetwood Mac had slowly grown into the best-selling album in their record label’s long history, and the follow up Rumours had exploded into an international phenomenon, Fleetwood Mac singer/songwriter/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham knew that the Anglo-American outfit’s next offering, Tusk, needed to be different. Exactly how, and to what degree, turned out to be the source of great debate about the double album, released forty-five Octobers passed.

Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, and Mick Fleetwood all weigh in, wrestling the anaconda of superstardom and intense adult interpersonal relationships within the band, all the while trying to make an album containing “Think About Me”,”Sara”,”That’s All for Everyone”, “Angel”, “Sisters of the Moon”, and the quirky, catchy “Tusk”. That’s the forty-fifth anniversary of the multi-platinum Tusk by Fleetwood Mac here In the Studio the week of October 7. -Redbeard