I recently had the opportunity to chat to Bloom, who takes the singing duties of Stevie Nicks in ‘Seventh Wonder’, the Fleetwood Mac tribute group. One of the questions I wanted to ask Bloom was how the tribute band came about, that is, was it because of being told they looked or sang like the original group or was it because those in the band where themselves fans of Fleetwood Mac?
Bloom tells me that the band were performing together singing songs from Stevie Nicks, Carole King and Linda Ronstadt and their mutual love of Fleetwood Mac’s music evolved into them becoming a tribute band.
One important fact about ‘Seventh Wonder’ is that they are different than other Fleetwood Mac tribute bands, of which there are a few, because quite appropriately these guys go their own way in that their tribute is all about the music rather than an attempt to emulate the originals in dress or appearance.
As Bloom says, “they are true to the artists and music” and “when they come together there is a connection, you can see the love of the music shared with the audience, no pretence just inspiring music.”
Seventh Wonder’s performance at Hobart’s Odeon Theatre will be a special treat, with a string section orchestra (Melbourne Pops Orchestra). There will also be some chat with the singers but as Bloom emphasises:
“There is a desire for the audience to come to their own meaning of the songs”, and as an example, Bloom nominates ‘Songbird’ as a song that can equally emote happiness or sadness depending on the individual in the audience.
As to why the songs of ‘Fleetwood Mac’ such as ‘Gold Dust Women’ and ‘Silver Springs’ still have that timelessness, that resonance, Bloom describes the time of Fleetwood Mac’s dominance as having “a sense of connection” that it was in a ‘time when there was less distraction a world without mobile phones and unrushed, the world felt more safe and familiar, a different world” and “raw and truthful” and so these songs have maintained their ability of cross generational and listening to them ‘help us slow down”.
Bloom works on a year on, year off tour schedule and has visited Tasmania previously, performing at Longley and in 2016 she brought her ‘Adele and Amy Winehouse Show’ to Wrest Point Casino.
You can see Seventh Wonder perform at the following dates and venues:
- Thursday, 26 February – Burnie Town Hall
- Friday, 27 February – Country Club Launceston
- Saturday, 28 February – Odean Theatre Hobart
