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Rated "5" by Erika

Awesome! He was amazing, played a lot of old old Mac and his classics I would go again tonight!

Rated "5" by Pete Pantelis

This is the first time I've seen Lindsey solo and he did not disappoint. His vocals were strong and on pitch the whole night He came out on stage alone, picked up his guitar and started right in with Not Too Late. Not having bought the new CD yet, this was the first time I'd heard the song and I was blown away with his guitar picking. Lindsey pulled it off flawlessly.

His 3 band mates joined him for the remainder of the show after a more songs done solo.

The show started after 9:00pm and Lindsey did not take a break until a little after 10:30 - so about an hour and a half of straight playing.

I thought the show overall was superb, everyone was in fine form. There were a couple if things that happened that reminded us all how human stars and musicians really are.

They played the song intro and as Lindsey sang "ever change things that I feel" Taku lost the beat, stopped playing the drums and the song completely fell apart. Lindsey immediately said "What happened there?" Neil started laughing, the crowd clapped and hooted. Lindsey turned toward the band and said: "Well ya know what - we're going to admit that we're still rehearsing and ah, start over - how's that?" More positive crowd response then he says" Welcome to earn while you learn time!!"---a very subtle shot I'm sure was directed to Mr. Taku Hirano. But Lindsey himself was not immune to doing another take! During his solo encore of Bleed to Love Her, he stopped while playing the begining of the song. He was professional and smooth about it--just smiled and pointed a finger to the crowd and started over.

I'm sure, as Lindsey has said recently, that they could've used more rehearsals, but be that as it may, Lindsey and the band kicks ass.

Rated "5" by Rob Farrish

The Fox Theatre at the Foxwoods Casino is a nice, intimate venue. A 1,400 seat theatre, it's obviously much smaller than any venue that I'm used to seeing Lindsey in when he comes around with the Mac. The only drawbacks to the venue is that waitresses constantly come at you during the show to sell drinks and the fact that often many of the people who see shows there are just taking a break from gambling and only have a passing interest in the music and end up talking through much of it. Although the waitress service continued as usual, fortunately the crowd was (for the most part) very respectful to Lindsey during the quieter moments of the show. For the solo acoustic opening of "Not Too Late", you could hear a pin drop in the theatre. Lindsey's flawless finger-picking and passionate vocal performance immediately signaled that we were in for a special evening. He followed with a solo acoustic version of his first solo hit "Trouble" which was absolutely stunning. Two selections from "Rumours" followed; "Never Going Back Again" which got the crowd cheering and then the band emerged to perform "Second Hand News" which sent us the message that the evening would not be a completely laid back affair. The band was tight and had a very high energy. By this time it was apparent that Lindsey was in good spirits and really enjoying himself. He talked and joked with the crowd regularly and responded to individual requests for songs.

Despite the band really rocking out on "Second Hand News", Lindsey brought the tone down again for the next few songs, first by returning to the new album and doing a fine job with "Cast Away Dreams." "Red Rover" followed then they launched into "It Was You." There was really great interplay among Lindsey, Brett and Neal on this one as they tackled the songs intricate vocal parts.

After "It Was You," the band left the stage and we had a flashback to the two songs that were the standard openers on the 1992 tour, "Big Love" and "Go Insane." "Big Love" was delivered with every bit as much passion and intensity as it was on "The Dance" while "Go Insane" brought a hush over the crowd. It never ceases to amaze me how Lindsey can play these intricate, (and in the case of "Big Love") lightening speed guitar parts while still delivering such impassioned, flawless vocal performances. My computer's operating system certainly never multi-tasked this well!

The band returned to the stage for the new CD's title track after which they completely rocked out until the end of the set. They delivered a great performance of "World Turning" including the percussion solo that we've always come to expect in the middle. At first I thought "this is really Mick's solo" but Taku pulled it off beautifully ("he's kicking ass!" Lindsey would exclaim later in the evening.) At the end, Brett was playing samples of Lindsey's voice on the keyboard which provided one of the evenings most amusing moments. "I'm So Afraid" followed with Neal beautifully recreating Christine's original keyboard lines on the guitar. This version felt darker than any version I had heard before and Lindsey was on fire when delivering the solo at the end.

To this day, "Tusk" is still my favorite Fleetwood Mac album and fortunately for me, next Lindsey included two selections from that album. The first was the biggest surprise of the night for me, "I Know I'm Not Wrong." I'd never seen this one done live before so this was a real treat. The band really rocked out on this one, much livelier than the original studio version. Then came "Tusk's" classic title track with a new arrangement at the beginning as they did the first two verses without the song's signature drumbeat.

Finally came the moment that so many had been waiting for, "Go Your Own Way." This was the funniest moment of the night. They did the usual build up which was really picking up steam, but when Lindsey started singing the first verse, the band came out of sync with each other and the song fell apart. Lindsey, amused, said "What happened there???" Then he told us "well you know what, we're gonna admit that we're still rehearsing and start over, how's that?" Then he smiled and yelled out "welcome to learn while you earn time!" The band then lunged into their second attempt at "Go Your Own Way" and didn't hold back. An absolutely blistering performance brought the house down then the band took their bows and left the stage.

When the band reemerged for the encore they treated us to the classic "Holiday Road." At the end you could hear the sample of the dog barking from the original record only to be followed by Lindsey starting to bark and growl ferociously himself! This was a total riot. After that we were treated to one more selection from the new album, "Show You How." One more selection from "Tusk" followed with the beautiful "Save Me a Place." Neal, Brett and Lindsey did a wonderful job with the harmonies on this one and Neal's solo was very sweet. Lindsey then introduced the band who then left Lindsey alone on the stage to close out the evening with a solo acoustic version of "Bleed to Love Her."

I've been to alot of concerts recently, but nothing has come close to this one. Lindsey has clearly reached a place in his life where he is much more content then he's ever seemed in the past, but unlike so many musicians of his generation, he hasn't let his contentment (or fame and fortune) dull his edge. His performance was fiery and passionate and his playing as good as it has ever been. Lindsey is clearly at an artistic peak right now. Let's hope his promise of a new album in 2007 comes true.

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