Fleetwood Mac- Tusk pt2- Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood

The conclusion of In the Studio‘s in-depth exploration of the Tusk saga has some of the most frank, illuminating revelations about love, ambition, artistic integrity vs the pressures of commerce, youth, regret and, yes, music you will ever hear this side of a therapist’s couch. Here are Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood, chanteuse Stevie Nicks, and multi-talented self-confessed “musical primitive” Lindsey Buckingham in my classic rock interviews pointedly about the controversial Tusk.

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 significantly different. Exactly how, and to what degree, turned out to be the source of great debate about the double album, inside and outside of the band. -Redbeard