{"id":7282,"date":"2025-09-30T12:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=7282"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:01:57","slug":"shindig-168-buckingham-nicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=7282","title":{"rendered":"Shindig! #168 \u2013 Buckingham Nicks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 1973 debut album by the architects of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s Rumours<\/i>, BUCKINGHAM NICKS\u2019 self-titled, is back in print for the first time in 47 years. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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CAMILLA AISA follows Lindsey and Stevie\u2019s trail from teenage hippies to the dawn of mega-stardom<\/b><\/p>\n

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Keith Olsen was able to secure Buckingham Nicks a record deal. He had signed the duo to his own production company, Pogologo Productions, and had been making relentless introductions to people in the industry until Polydor signed them. Soon they found themselves in Studio A of Sound City, a studio in the Van Nuys neighbourhood of LA, ready to christen a recently purchased custom made, soon-to-be-legendary Neve 8028 mixing console. They were surrounded by in-demand professionals: Ron Tutt and Jerry Scheff, from Elvis Presley\u2019<\/span>s backing band, recorded drums and bass for the album\u2019<\/span>s driving lead single, \u2018<\/span>Don\u2019<\/span>t Let Me Down Again\u2019<\/span>. Jim Keltner, rock\u2019<\/span>s busiest drummer, was featured on the opener, the quintessentially Nicks-ian \u2018<\/span>Crying In The Night\u2019<\/span>. Former members of The Electric Prunes and Blood, Sweat & Tears were also deployed. The duo found particular affinity with guitarist Waddy Wachtel who had recently played (under Warren Zevon\u2019<\/span>s recommendation) on The Everly Brothers\u2019 Stories We Could Tell<\/i>. Wachtel would remain at Nicks\u2019 side for the decades to come. \u201c<\/span>We had a taste of the big time,\u201d she reflected in \u201994. \u201c<\/span>We had great musicians in a big, grand studio. We were happening. Things were going our way.\u201d<\/p>\n

They also had songs. From the post-Laurel Canyon should-have-been classics \u2018<\/span>Races Are Run\u2019 and \u2018Long Distance Winner\u2019 to the exquisitely arranged \u2018Crystal\u2019 and the epic orchestral pop of \u2018<\/span>Frozen Love\u2019<\/span>, the self-titled Buckingham Nicks<\/i> captured two unique voices asserting themselves in the singer-songwriter era. Nicks already oozed an unearthly mystique, while Buckingham was bursting with the urgency of a guitarist and sonic craftsman to be reckoned with. He was at his best on \u2018<\/span>Stephanie\u2019<\/span>, an instrumental love song. The couple\u2019<\/span>s relationship had been rocky from the start, and soon the world would grow used to hearing them say unpleasant things about each other in songs. For \u2018Stephanie\u2019 to be wordless and exude love so sincerely makes Buckingham Nicks<\/i>quite special in retrospect.<\/p>\n