Come in here and discuss the upcoming Lindsey Buckingham release

I have a bootleg claiming to be Gift of Screams, and if it's the genuine article, then most of his songs on Say You Will were taken from Gift with little or no change--Mac tracks in name only.

This is promising! I love Buckingam's spazzy guitar more than just about any other spazzy guitar.

Noobs are encouraged to check out those two (never mind the sleeve credit, Tusk is essentially Buckingham's album) and to download Gift of Screws (not Screams); the new one might make more sense then.

Tusk, Fleetwood Mac Live (his performances are amazing), Law And Order and wrapping up with "Holiday Road" is rich with ideas and melodies that are ripe for the picking.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of a band or artist who has truly captured the alternating manic quirk and gauzy mood that Lindsey alternated between during this period. Maybe I'm thinking too literally, because it's guaranteed that Tusk has been an influence due to it's stature amongst music fans.

That's what he'd like to think. I can't imagine anyone but Mick Fleetwood playing those drums on "Over and Over," or anyone but Christine McVie harmonizing on "Sara" – or anyone else writingand singing "Sara," for that matter.

Agreed. While Lindsey contributes the bulk of the material, Christine and Stevie both contribute some of their best songs. And John and Mick's playing is superb.

I'm surprised Buckingham's solo joints don't have more of a following these days; they're melodic and quirky and lush-sounding in a way that would seem to appeal to fans of....who?

I'm surprised too. Anyone care to proffer reasons?

The review was a little too forgiving on the lyrics, especially those on the first song, where Buckingham complains about being overlooked. It's whiny, and it is hard to take such complaints seriously from a wildly-successful musician like Buckingham. Anyway, the song is otherwise great, as are others on the album (esp., ''Down On Rodeo'').

It's still hard to believe, though.

he did six or seven songs solo acoustic -- some new songs, some lindsey and fm classics -- and they were jaw-droppingly great. the rest was with a bizarre lineup of supporting players. at first, two guitars plus his guitar, a drummer playing an electronic kit (including some kind of huge wood block thing that was triggering samples) plus shakers and eggs, and a guy offstage playing basslines on a korg. later in the set a bass myseriously showed up, and by the end of the set the two guitarists were doing a dual bass thing. lindsey's voice is in amazingly good shape, and he was on fire with his guitar fingerpicking.

i hadn't even known about the show until sunday night (two days before the show), when i got an email about it, so i wandered over to ticketweb or ticketmaster or whatever the official place to buy tickets is, expecting it to be sold out, and instead got fourth-row center tickets. that was a good omen, but what the hell's up with that?

Compared to Stevie fucking Nicks definitely. But then again who wants to have their portrait painted with Lindsey Buckingham?

me!