Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album

339 Pages·2012·5.18 MB·English

by  Ken Caillat

Contents
Foreword by Colbie Caillat
Foreword by John Shanks
Preface
Chapter 1. Ken’s Wild Ride
Chapter 2. Starting Rumours
Chapter 3. Go Your Own Way
Chapter 4. Oh, Daddy
Chapter 5. You Make Lovin’ Fun
Chapter 6. Songbird and Gold Dust Woman
Chapter 7. Don’t Stop
Chapter 8. Fleetwood Mac Comes Alive!
Chapter 9. “I Quit!”
Chapter 10. The Boys Are Back in Town
Chapter 11. “You’re Fired!”
Chapter 12. Fleetwood Mac Explodes
Chapter 13. The Chain: Keep Us Together
Chapter 14. The Final Mix
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Caillat, Ken.
Making Rumours: the inside story of the classic Fleetwood Mac album/Ken
Caillat with Steven Stiefel.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-118-21808-2 (cloth : alk. paper); ISBN 978-1-118-28460-5 (ebk);
ISBN 978-1-118-28236-6 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-28286-1 (ebk) 1. Fleetwood
Mac (Musical group). Rumors. I. Stiefel, Steven. II. Title.
ML421.F57C35 2012
782.42166092’2—dc23
2012004081
To Mick, John, Christine, Lindsey, Stevie, Richard, and of course my mentor,
Wally Heider
Foreword
by Colbie Caillat
Whenever I hear a song from Fleetwood Mac, I get a big smile on my face.
Hearing their music reminds me of my childhood growing up in Malibu. My
family lived in a little brown house on a cliff overlooking the ocean (the hill
right above where the restaurant Duke’s is, which used to be the Sea Lion back
then). My big sister, Morgan, and I would play in the backyard in our blow-up
pool with our golden retriever, Laz, and we’d blast “Second Hand News,” “Go
Your Own Way,” “Songbird”—all my favorites! Whenever I hear those songs
my eyes fill with happy tears from beautiful memories with my family when I
was a little girl! Those were the days.
Because of Fleetwood Mac, I learned to write meaningful and honest music
with soaring melodies, and the importance of being able to listen to an album
from start to finish. Working with my dad has been such a fun experience. I feel
lucky that he’s been a part of my last two records. I’ve learned so many things
recording with him.
Every song of mine that he’s produced has honestly been my favorite. He’s
such an enthusiastic producer and puts his heart into every project he works on.
He has so much fun making music and wants every record he does to sound
classic and timeless. He brings in unique and creative ideas, sounds, and
instruments to each song.
I know he learned so much from being a producer on the classic Fleetwood
Mac records Rumours and Tusk, and he’s sprinkling some of that into the music
of today.
Today when I hear “Second Hand News,” it makes me want to get in my car
and drive up the coast of California on a beautiful sunny day, windows down,
hair blowing in the wind, singing this song at the top of my lungs!
I hope you enjoy my dad’s book as much as I did.
—Colbie Caillat, Grammy Award–winning singer
Foreword