Sound City Page #4

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Laurel Canyon, and I went to the

country store, which is exactly

the same now.

And someone I vaguely knew

was there.

He said, "Well, what are you up to?"

I said, "Well, I'm actually in

town to find a studio and cost

it out and see if we can afford it".

And he goes, "I'm just the guy".

This rock 'n' roll guy came

to us one day, and he said, "You

know, I hang out with all these

rock bands, and I go to the

clubs and all that.

If I can bring a band in here,

will you give me 10%?"

We said, "All day long.

Bring them in".

Mick Fleetwood came in to see

the studio.

I played him a couple of

tracks from Stevie and Lindsey.

Stevie and I were in

studio "B", in the back.

And I took a break, and I

wandered out.

And I hear our song,

"Frozen Love," coming out of

studio "A".

I open the door, and here's this 6'6"

guy just - just grooving on the solo.

And I'm going, "Who is that?"

I met Lindsey literally in

passing.

And I went off,

not even thinking anything other than,

"I've heard some good music that

was made in the studio that I'm

gonna use".

We made a deal to do

Fleetwood Mac's next album at

Sound City.

Joe was thrilled - "God, we're

gonna make our payments!"

Everything was good.

Fleetwood Mac had had

a few albums with Peter Green in

England that had been

successful.

Then after Peter left,

Bob Welch, who then joined the

band, was more of a jazz

guitarist.

Mick called me.

"Bob Welch just left the band".

I phoned Keith Olsen.

I said, "You know the tape that

you played?

Tell me, we're looking for a

guitar player".

And Keith's like, "Well,

there is a problem there,

because you will never get him

without taking her".

He's gonna have to take my

girlfriend, too.

And that was the beginning of

it.

We joined the band the first

day of 1975.

And then we go straight to

Sound City.

The first days in the studio

were just amazing.

Really exciting, completely

fresh, because Christine,

John McVie, and myself came from

a whole different sensibility

musically, really.

Rhiannon rings like a bell

through the night

And wouldn't you love to love

her

John McVie said to me, "You

know, we're a blues band.

This is really far away from the

blues".

And I said, "I know, but it's a

lot closer to the bank".

All your life you've never

seen a woman taken by the wind

It became pretty clear right

away how this all fit together.

And that isn't just musically.

It's just as people.

Something is translated, and

it is real and it is profound.

Just, in truth, out of

necessity.

It's powerful.

It's like true love.

Absolutely.

But what if that Neve board

hadn't have been there?

The main reason it was

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