Remember yesterday, I said that looking cute wasn't as important as being warm, given the long outdoor wait? Yeah. No. Forget it. K and I had gone to the washroom shortly after Lindsey left the bar, and we were instantly glad we hadn't seen ourselves before meeting him. I think she still looked fine, but …
Continue reading Five Days of Lindsey Buckingham: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, Chicago the Finale
After the last two days of cold, rain, and even some snow flurries, I dressed in layers. I'd be outside all day, so looking cute was going to have to take a backseat to being warm. The morning of the first Chicago concert dawned bright and sunny, so that was a relief. L needed to …
Continue reading Five Days of Lindsey Buckingham: Tuesday, October 24, 2006, Chicago the Sequel
I slept as much as I could on the bus, but the scheming K and I had done on the way to Michigan kept turning in my brain. Stay, my intuition urged. Stay. Intuition, or newly intensified Lindsey obsession? Not sure. But whichever it was, stay was its message. This is part 3 of a …
Continue reading Five Days of Lindsey Buckingham: Monday, October 23, 2006,Chicago the First
I woke up with a start the next morning. Had it all been a dream? No, I slowly realized as the room came to life around me. No. It was real. And that was only day one. *This is part 2 of a 5 part series. Missed part one, Cincinnati? Click here to go back. …
Continue reading Five Days of Lindsey Buckingham: Sunday, October 22nd, 2006, Detroit
2006 was a very good year. A couple months after the dream sequence that was the Glenn Frey tour, Lindsey Buckingham announced his first solo tour since 1993. I had dreamed of seeing him solo live--and meeting him--since falling down the Fleetwood Mac and solo rabbit hole in 1998, so this was a non-negotiable: I …
Continue reading Five Days of Lindsey Buckingham: Saturday, October 21, 2006, Cincinnati
In case you haven't noticed, many of my brushes with the objects of my fandoms haven't gone exactly according to plan. When I met Brian Wilson in 2001, despite my best attempts and highest heels, my friend who introduced us had to stand about 15 feet away to fit Brian's 6'4" frame, and my 5'2" …
You already know how I became a Coyote. But the announcement of a brand new Lindsey Buckingham solo tour has me super excited, and thinking of all my past Lindsey adventures. I mentioned one of them on Facebook the other day, and thought I'd tell the story here. After all, it's the day that kinda …
Continue reading Groupie Origins: Kooky; Or, That time Lindsey Buckingham met my mom
Today, I got on a plane bound for a brand new life. At 7am, my dad came in my room and told me I needed to get up or I would miss my flight. My parents drove me to the Toronto airport, the huge green suitcase that I'd had to sit on to close riding …
It was all supposed to start 14 years ago today. In 2001, I swore off concerts completely after a chance meeting with one of my heroes caused a rift with friends and family. Not wanting to take the chance of hurting anyone again, I decided that I would never go to another show. I had …
Continue reading The show that started it all, by not happening.
My Eagles trip was incredible. But that's gonna be a story for another time right now. Time to switch to Lindsey Buckingham fangirling here. I say Lindsey Buckingham very specifically, instead of Fleetwood Mac. Because on my way back home from Eagles dreamland, I discovered my other favourite band did the unthinkable. Fleetwood Mac fired …
