Never Break The Chain: Fleetwood Mac And The Making Of Rumours (The Vinyl Frontier Series)

Rating:
Summary: a decent read
Review: First of all, I was pleasantly surprised to have received this book about a week ago from Amazon. I wasn't expecting it until October. This book is well written and I learned a few new things about what went on during the making of Rumours. I was disappointed that there are so few photos in this book but it includes some I had never seen. If you are a Fleetwood Mac fan, this isn't a bad item to add to your collection.

Rating:
Summary: Entertaining, insightful and well-written
Review: First, a confession: author Cath Carroll interviewed me for this book and when my Amazon.com copy arrived yesterday, I shamelessly looked up in the index the references to my name and read those parts first. Not only did she get everything right, she caught the spirit, the humor and the nuance of our conversation. What a hoot to see in print for the first time some of my favorite nuggets from my years as a Rolling Stone contributor.

More to the point, in addition to delivering the goods to Fleetwood Mac's fans, Never Break the Chain is entertaining, literate and, I submit, a significant contribution to pop culture letters. What is so impressive is that Cath Carroll has written a book about something that happened nearly 30 years ago, centered around an ostensibly small event, and yet she used it as a touchstone to beautifully capture the the energy, the gestalt and, strangely, a sense of relevance and importance of that special time that endures to this day.

The funny thing is, I don't think any of us at the time, neither FM or me, had a clue that what was going down was THAT significant. But I suspect in such times, few of any of us do.

No doubt part of my enthusiasm for the book derives from my having been there during that incandescent period, but my appreciation owes in far greater measure to Cath Carroll's skill as a journalist, her ear for a story, and her passion for her subject. Flat out gifted journalism. I hope the band reads this gem of a book. Highest recommendation.

Rating:
Summary: Really well-written
Review: I've been a Mac fan for more than half my life--since 1975. And I've read probably every book out there on Fleetwood Mac. This is a really well-done book. Yes, I've read some of the material before, but it's presented in an interesting, well-researched way. I wish the author could have gotten interviews with Stevie, Chris, Lindsey, John, and Mick, but she has done a good job getting interviews with folks who were around them during the making of Rumours, and she's done a lot of research. I reccomend this book if you're a Mac fan, it would be a great addition to your collection.