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Lindsey Buckingham surprisingly changes it up and doesn’t end up taking a decade to release his next solo album!! Buckingham usually labors for years and years tweaking his songs in the studio but after his recent success with the 2006 release of Under the Skin (and subsequent solo tour), he has decided that follow things up relatively quickly with the September release of Gift Of Screws.

Tracklist:
1. Great Day
2. Time Precious Time
3. Did You Miss Me
4. Wanna Wait For You
5. Love Runs Deeper
6. Bel Air Rain
7. The Right Place To Fade
8. Gift Of Screws
9. Underground
10. Treason

I still enjoy listening to the bootleg of Buckingham’s original unreleased version of Gift of Screws so it’s great to see some of the songs from that original version get the “official” treatment. Interesting to note that two of the songs that were originally titled “Twist of Fate” and “Shuffle Riff” have now been changed to “The Right Place to Fade” and “Wanna Wait for You”. I wonder if those two particular songs have been revamped.

be sure to catch Lindsey on tour in the fall:
September 7 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
September 9 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
September 10 – Portland, OR – Newmark Theatre
September 12 – Stateline, NV – Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
September 13 – San Francisco, CA – TBA
September 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Royce Hall Auditorium
September 16 – San Diego, CA – Humphrey’s Concerts By The Bay
September 18 – Phoenix, AZ – Orpheum Theatre
September 19 – Anaheim, CA – Grove Of Anaheim
September 20 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
September 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
September 24 – Denver, CO – Ellie Caulkins Opera House
September 26 – Tulsa, OK – The Brady Theater
September 28 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
September 29 – Saint Louis, MO – The Pageant
October 1 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
October 2 – Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
October 4 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
October 5 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Egyptian Room
October 8 – Toronto, ONT – Music Hall Theatre
October 10 – Reading, PA – Sovereign Performing Arts Center
October 11 – Atlantic City, NJ – Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort
October 14 – Northampton, MA – Calvin Theater
October 15 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
October 17 – Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center
October 18 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
October 19 – New York, NY – Nokia Theatre Times Square

**update 15Jul08: Here’s the Official Press Release**

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM — GIFT OF SCREWS — ON REPRISE RECORDS SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
SINGER-SONGWRITER/GUITARIST BEGINS U.S. TOUR THIS FALL

Burbank, CA- Warner Bros. Records will release the fifth solo album from singer, songwriter, and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, entitled Gift of Screws, on Reprise Records September 16, 2008.

Gift of Screws unites the broad appeal Buckingham showed as the main musical force behind Fleetwood Mac with the restless spirit of experimentalism he’s shown on landmark Mac albums as Rumours and Tusk, and on his own visionary solo albums. It’s the sum of Buckingham’s labors of musical love and dedication, with all the joys and struggles that have come along the way.

“I’d say this album distills several periods of time,” Buckingham says. “It has false starts to make albums, songs that go back a number of years that took a while to find a home, and brand-new songs. I wanted to bring it all together in one place. As an artist I’m still, for better or worse, clinging to my idealism and to my sense that there is still much to be said. This album is a culmination of that.”

Gift of Screws is a rocking complement to Buckingham’s previous album, 2006′s acoustic guitar-driven Under the Skin, balancing such layered guitar-and-voice contemplations as “Time Precious Time” and “Bel Air Rain” with the seductive rush of the title song and the opener “Great Day.” In some ways it’s also an extension of his Fleetwood Mac legacy as Mick Fleetwood and John McVie provide the unmistakable foundation on several songs, including the embracing “Wait for You” and the gloriously mad title song. Showcased throughout are Buckingham’s noted virtuosity as a guitarist, as well as his expressiveness as both a singer and writer.

Largely written and recorded both at his home studio and in solo hotel room sessions during his Under the Skin tour (an electrifying set of concerts documented on the 2008 DVD/CD package Live at the Bass Performance Hall), Gift of Screws was produced by Buckingham, with the exception of two songs — “Wait For You” and the title track — that were co-produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Jewel, Dave Matthews Band).

Last fall, Buckingham embarked on his first U.S. solo tour in nearly 14 years, which continued through the summer. He will tour the U.S. in support of Gift of Screws through September and October. Please visit Buckingham’s website, www.lindseybuckingham.com, for details.
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