Get Tusked

The Inside Story of Fleetwood Mac's Most Anticipated Album

By: Hernan Rojas, Ken Caillat

Narrated by: Sheree Wichard

Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's Summary

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.

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Please never let Sheree Wichard narrate again

After hearing Ken's amazing story about the making of Rumours, I had such high hopes for if and when he wrote one for Tusk. When I heard that he did, like a mindless idiot, I went and purchased it without hesitation as i love both albums so much and both were such a big part of my childhood in the 70s. However, as I listened to the monotonous rambling of the narrator, I was immediately disappointed after just a few minutes. When it got to the part about the band's dialog of "Never Forget", I shut it off and wanted to funnel bleach into my ears. It was so goddamned horrible, it sounded like Siri was narrating the story. So mind numbing, emotionless and droning. As for the content, from what I could gather, it really seems that Caillat has a real bug up his ass about Lindsey Buckingham. He ended his last story with a note about how irritating and difficult Lindsey was and this story was just more of the same. I would love to finish out this story but Sheree's voice and delivery is just too painful for me to carry on with it. If only they could re-record this with Fred Berman again, then I could listen to it proper. But this is just a hot mess and guaranteed to spoil the splendor of Tusk for future generations to ccome.

good story bad narration

oh my the narrator killed this for me and they are my all time favorite group so I tried to get thru but to date I have not finished it. it should have been a male narrator for sure. some of the parts were just strange for a woman to be reading.

not as good as the rumors book

there is way too much Non Music stuff in this book. Way too many personal stories and not enough of the writing and recording. The last book,the one about recording Rumors was a hundred times better

Go Back To Narrator of Making Rumours

I really hope the narrator for Making Rumours comes back and narrates this book and then I hope that it is made clear who the narrator is speaking for when there is more than one account. The narrator must be a man especially when he talks about the women. This must fixed before this book can be enjoyed.

Oddly narrated by a female.

The performance was good but I think a male should have narrated it. Stories were great, a bit too technical in spots about the recording process yet that was what the book was about so I listened knowing that someone understood and appreciated that. I also enjoyed Ken’s book about Rumors.

Good Story about the band it was the late 70’s

Interesting , the affair with Herman coincided with getting Stevie’s song on the album, aka Jimmie Iovine, Don Henley etc…during her career. Not judging just saying.

Poor choice of narrator

I liked the book but agree with many other reviewers. They should’ve used the same narrator who did the book about the making of Rumours or at least a man. Also, the book had two authors and the narrator never distinguished when switching from one to the other. It was hard to follow at times as a result. In the print edition it is very clear. I’m not sure how that was missed for audible. This should be redone.

Horrific narrator

I really hate being negative but the narrator said singer with a hard g dozens of times, said stratOHcaster just as many and her ‘acting’ of conversations described atrocious. The engineer/producer of this audiobook found these flaws acceptable? I love Fleetwood Mac so struggled through it.

Needs more about the music, less about the drugs

I read a review in an industry magazine which said you really didn't have to be familiar with the album to appreciate the book. I'm not sure I agree, but if that's true, it's probably because what the book says about the album could have been summed up in the first paragraph: "Lindsay Buckingham decides he doesn't want to make "Rumors 2", instead makes everyone's life miserable. The end." The rest is mostly stories of drug induced excesses, coupled with (or caused by) a combination of typical musician insecurities and false bravado. What little "insider" information there is regarding the music outside of that (technical details or recording techniques) are really not revelatory to anyone who's worked or been in a studio in the last 30 years. Don't waste your time.

If you enjoyed Making Rumours, don’t buy the audio of the sequel

I just finished Caillat’s first book about Fleetwood Mac. _Making Rumours_ was an engrossing book and the narration was excellent. I was really looking forward to the sequel about the next album, Tusk. Unfortunately by chapter 4 of the present book, I was ready to bail. I kept asking myself, “Why this narrator???”

The print version of _Get Tusked_ is told from the point of view of two men (one from California, the other from Chile) who were living in LA and working with rock musicians during the late 1970s. Ideally, the audio version would have reflected the voices and personalities of these men. Instead, the narrator of this book is a woman with a monotone Americana voice; she sounds like a prissy midwestern Karen who listens to Muzak by choice. The result? It ain’t pretty.

Again, why? I suspect that the publisher thought that the casual misogyny in the book (roadies joke about getting knee pads for groupies so the latter can exchange blowjobs for backstage passes) might be indigestible in the 21st century. This is a valid concern and could have been addressed in various ways. The publisher could have asked the authors to directly talk about sexism in the 1970s. Or they could have trusted the audience to understand that a book set in the 1970s rock scene will reflect the mores and manners of that time. But they took the easy, the cowardly, way out and the result is as authentic as a politician’s apology after he’s been caught sending indecent selfies to minors.

All the parties involved in this train wreck, including the unfortunate narrator who signed on for the job, should have known better. Read the book & give this dreadful narration a pass.

(Note: will returning to audible for credit and purchasing on Kindle)