Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie Make For Consummate Wine Music in Paso Robles (SHOW REVIEW)

Fans lined up well before the gates opened at the Vina Robles Amphitheater as a beautiful fall sunset painted the sky in myriad colors, Sunday, October 15th in Paso Robles. There isn’t a bad seat in the house with a lawn section in the back, nearly as popular with patrons as front row tickets. In fact, as music fans funneled in early to the Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie concert, those holding general admission lawn tickets were offered free upgrades closer to the stage. But many preferred to stay in the back to lounge on blankets, enjoying the many offerings from the food and beverage bars.

The venue features a full wine bar where delicious local wine can be purchased by the glass or the bottle. The is also a beer bar with local brews on tap, a coffee bar, a full-service bar, snack bar with organic hamburgers, and wood burning pizza oven. The venue also features large areas of picnic tables and benches so patrons can lounge about the site at their leisure.

Trouble,” a song from Buckingham’s first solo album, 1982’s Law and Order. The crowd leaped to their feet for the next tune, “Never Going Back Again,” from Fleetwood Mac’s biggest hit album Rumors. That was followed by a lesser-known Mac song, “Wish You Were Here,” from the 1982’s Mirage, which had never been played live before this year.

The four-man band then emerged to join Buckingham and McVie for a blistering version of “Shut us Down” from Buckingham’s 2006 solo album Under The Skin. The rest of the evening featured songs from Buckingham and McVie’s self-titled new album, interspersed with Fleetwood Mac classics. The backing band of veteran musicians featured, Neale Heywood on guitars and background vocals, Brett Tuggle on keyboards, gitars and background vocals, Frederico Pol on bass guitar and background vocals, and explosive drummer, Jimmy Paxson.

Buckingham did most of the talking during the evening between songs, explaining how the new album and the tour of the duo had come to fruition.  “The first surprise happened a few years back, Christine had taken leave of the band Fleetwood Mac for… how long?”

 

“It was a long time, 15 years,” McVie answered, in one of the few times that McVie chatted with the crowd. “And the second surprise was that as a byproduct of returning to Fleetwood Mac, she began getting back into her creative process and sending me bits of song ideas across the pond from London over to Los Angeles. Of course, me being me, I did what I wanted with them.”

The new songs blended perfectly with the familiar classics, and at times it was hard to tell if the band was playing something off the new album or a more obscure Fleetwood Mac song like the aforementioned, “Wish You Were Here.” But, of course, the crowd was elated to hear the most well-known hits like the thunderous “Tusk”, with McVie on accordion or the classic radio rock of “Go Your Own Way,” with Buckingham’s searing guitar solos. A full on Fleetwood Mac Tour is rumored for 2018, but this duo provided an intimate and joyous warmup.

Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie Setlist Vina Robles Amphitheatre, Paso Robles, CA, USA 2017, 2017 North American Tour

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