As the world was emerging from the pandemic, a group of musicians in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, was trying to figure out how to put their mark on the world. They settled on starting a Fleetwood Mac tribute band.
“Fleetwood Mac is legendary and one of those bands that means so much to so many people, but honestly, going into it, we didn’t anticipate the emotional response that people would have at our shows,” vocalist Allison McCready told the Source. The four-member band is called Paper Flowers “Remembering Fleetwood Mac” and their tour will take them to Silver Moon Brewing on March 14.
The band consists of McCready, who also plays keyboard, guitarist Cary Beare, Kosh plays bass and Brian Burke is the drummer. They’ve been together about four years, but McCready says it took a year for them to create the show.
“We didn’t want to be a traditional note for note soundalike tribute band. We also didn’t want to cast the band members and wear costumes like most tribute bands,” McCready explains. “Instead, we wanted to set the band apart by just being ourselves and offering our own versions of the songs that are a little edgier than the originals while still being true to the Fleetwood Mac records.”
Fleetwood Mac has sold more than 120 million records, making them one of the world’s best-selling musical acts. McCready recalls the first time she was introduced to the “Rumours” album, which sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. “I just fell in love with it immediately — the music, the cover art, everything — but most especially with the two women, Christine and Stevie, who seemed to me to be the superpowers of the band. Looking at their photos and listening to the music I could feel that each in their own unique way, they were at once both so strong and yet so feminine and that they shared what looked to me like an obvious love and sisterhood. That was all very appealing to me.”
This will be the first time Paper Flowers has stopped in Bend. “We want folks to know that what they will get at our show is the real deal — four rock musicians having a blast playing music they love from a band they respect and admire and sharing it to uplift and inspire!” McCready says. “It’s a two-hour multimedia live concert experience and there’s always lots of dancing, singing along and love.”
Paper Flowers “Remembering Fleetwood Mac” is playing a show at Silver Moon Brewing on Saturday, March 14.
Paper Flowers "Remembering Fleetwood Mac"
Sat. March 14 7pm
Silver Moon Brewing
24 NW Greenwood Ave, Bend
silvermoonbrewing.com/events
$17.59
This article appears in the Source March 5, 2026.
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