Playing in the Rain: Lindsey Buckingham & Fleetwood Mac

Playing in the Rain: Lindsey Buckingham & Fleetwood Mac

Turn on the radio or take the time to flip through the stacks of used CDs at your local thrift store. Google "rock 'n' roll music," even. Better yet, visit any public place that plays popular music from the last 50 years or so as the soundtrack to your Saturday afternoon grocery-shopping, clothes-buying or indie record store-scouting experience and you'll find that no matter where you go, there's an ever-enduring presence that since the late 1960s has been a mainstay in the world of pop culture and popular music: a former blues band turned rock 'n' roll atom bomb called Fleetwood Mac. Though much of the band's popularity stems from their work in the late seventies and eighties, from an era when gas was 50 cents a gallon and singers were their own songwriters, there's a reason why the band has been able to maintain their status as rock 'n' roll royalty even more than 50 years after making their debut as a London-based blues group. His name is Lindsey Buckingham. Playing in the Rain explores Buckingham's journey from aspiring rock and roller to solo star, legendary producer, and chief architect of Fleetwood Mac's legacy and global superstardom. In doing so, Playing in the Rain fills gaps in modern conceptualizations of the band and Buckingham's own life and legacy. "An absorbing take on one of the most celebrated rock bands of the last 40 years" - Readers' Favorite starred review "A coherent narrative around Fleetwood Mac's success and creativity but also their romantic entanglements and substance abuse... [ Playing in the Rain is] a well-researched and passionately argued perspective on music that continues to win new fans" - BookLife review "Exceptionally well-edited... [ Playing in the Rain ] provide[s] behind-the-scenes information about Buckingham and the other Fleetwood Mac quintet. Readers get to see what inspired the songs they wrote, their struggles, and the steps they took to ensure Fleetwood Mac's enduring nature and longevity... I highly recommend this book to Fleetwood Mac's fans and critics." - Online Book Club starred review Tyler Martin Sehnal is an author living in Las Cruces, New Mexico with his wife, Anna, and their pets Kibby, Heidi, and Bongo. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English and multicultural literature and is a Ph.D. candidate at New Mexico State University. In addition to Playing in the Rain: Lindsey Buckingham & Fleetwood Mac, Sehnal has also published work in the Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies and New Literaria. His hobbies include spending time with his wife, reading, writing, and proving anyone who ever thought that Stevie Nicks was "the only good songwriter in Fleetwood Mac" wrong.