In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fleetwood Mac's epic,
platinum-selling double album, Tusk, producers and engineers Ken Caillat
and Hernan Rojas tell their stories of spending a year with the band in
their new million-dollar studio trying to follow up Rumours, the biggest
rock album of the time. Following their massive success, the band
continued its infamous soap opera when its musical leader and guitarist,
Lindsey Buckingham, threatened to quit if he didn't get things his way,
resulting in clashes not only with his band but especially Caillat, who
had been essential to the band's Grammy-winning sound. Hernan Rojas's
story recounts a young man who leaves Chile after General Pinochet's
coup to seek his future in the music industry of Los Angeles, where he
finds success at one of the hottest studios in town. When Fleetwood Mac
arrives, Rojas falls in love with its star singer, Stevie Nicks, and the
two of them become romantically involved. Throughout the book, both
Caillat and Rojas detail not only the trials and sacrifices they made to
finish the album, but also triumphs of musical inspiration and technical
innovation that have made Tusk the darling of music critics and indie
rockers today.