"He visited his mother and sister in Normandy, France, and while there, he couldn't sleep. He was jet-lagged and had a few drinks. And to make matters worse, a brass band kept marching by, parade-style, outside the townhome where he was staying in Barfleur, a little fishing village. By 2 a.m., he gave up, sat on the balcony and watched the group go by. And it struck him."
"He returned to Los Angeles, 5,600 miles from his source of inspiration, and set his plan in motion. He placed a call to the USC band's offices, wanting to talk to someone from the Trojan Marching Band. It's Mick Fleetwood, he said. They said they'd have to call him back. USC's band was no stranger to being in the middle of showbiz. They turned up frequently in movies and TV shows."
Mick Fleetwood, while staying in Barfleur, Normandy, could not sleep and observed a brass band marching by at night; he realized people followed the band and conceived using brass to develop a guitar riff Lindsey Buckingham had been tinkering with. He returned to Los Angeles and contacted the USC Trojan Marching Band to propose a collaboration. USC band staff initially assumed the call might be a prank but discovered Fleetwood had genuinely called. Assistant director Tony Fox and longtime director Bartner engaged with Fleetwood, and Fox noted the rarity of a major rock star contacting a college band to collaborate.
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