Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac
by Carol Ann Harris
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Author: Carol Ann HarrisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-01
ISBN: 1556526601
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Book Reviews of Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac
Book Review: CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE July, 2007
Summary: 5 Stars
STORMY RELATIONSHIP
'Cocaine-fuelled bitch-slaps' a-go-go as Lindsey's bird spills the beans.
One day, in early 1977, a young woman named Carol Ann Harris drove down Hollywood Boulevard as Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way" blared from the radio. Having worked as a studio manager where the album Rumours was mixed, Harris had heard the song many times before. But this time it sounded different, Harris thought. It sounded like a smash. She couldn't wait to tell her new boyfriend, Lindsey Buckingham.
Harris's hunch couldn't have been more on the money. Rumours quickly became a worldwide smash, a phenomenon that would ultimately go on to sell over 30 million copies.
In "Storms" Harris recounts, in often astonishing detail (she kept exhaustive notes and taped diaries), her tumultuous, passionate and sometimes violent eight-year relationship with Mac's tortured guitarist, to whom she served as muse, nurse (early in their courtship, Buckingham was diagnosed with epilepsy), drug buddy and constant companion.
As an autobiographical account of a show business love affair spiralling out of control, "Storms" has the de rigeur script elements in place: the red carpets, limos, Lear jets, endless bottles of champagne, as well as break-ups, make-ups, and cocaine-fuelled bitch-slaps and chokeholds.
But "Storms" really gets going when Harris casts a gimlet eye on the secret society that was the Mac, a collection of characters caught up in the mindless consumption (narcotic and otherwise) their long-overdue success afforded them.
Band jealousies and resentments run rampant, but Harris doesn't take sides. In fact, she paints herself as an outsider longing to be accepted as a member of the group's inner circle. Even in the end, her dismissal of the abusive Buckingham is anything but loveless.
As everyone surely knows, you can never break the chain.
Joe Bosso for Classic Rock Magazine, Book Review
Summary of Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac
“At the epicenter of Fleetwood Mac?s inner circle, Carol Ann Harris experienced all of the brightness and darkness of the rock ?n? roll lifestyle. She has brought it to life in a beautifully written, passionate classic.? —Danny Goldberg; Fleetwood Mac insider; former head of Atlantic, Modern, Mercury, and Warner Bros; and author, How the Left Lost Teen Spirit
As the girlfriend of Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac?s singer and guitarist,Carol Ann Harris was the consummate insider. Here she leads fans into the very heart of the band?s storms between 1976 and 1984. From interactions between the band and other stars—Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, and Dennis Wilson—to the chaotic animosity between band members, this memoir combines the sensational account of some of the world?s most famous musicians with a thrilling love story. Illustrated with never-before-seen photographs, the parties, fights, drug use, shenanigans, and sex lives of Fleetwood Mac are presented in intimate detail.
With the exception of one brief interview, Carol Ann Harris has never before spoken about her time with Fleetwood Mac.
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