New Billy Burnette interview in Rolling Stone

[Nicks Fan]

Originally Posted by bwboy

I think you’re 100% right, and your explanation makes total sense. Another reason to like Billy so much.

I found it so interesting that Mick (and maybe John) made the call to invite someone other than Billy to join FM. I’m beginning to realize how much of the final decision making seems to depend on Mick. When it comes to the band, he’s pretty ruthless- not in a cutthroat way, but how he separates the band from his personal life. Billy is a good friend of his, yet Mick didn’t cave and let him rejoin. Ouch. Yet maybe that was a good decision, I don't know. Just very telling to me.

I want to hang out and have a beer with Billy!

I wonder if that had more to with Billy not being a big enough name these days though one could argue Neil Finn isn't exactly a big name either. CH had some hits years ago but what have they done since? I knew of CH but didn't know the members names so when Neil was announced I had no idea who he was.

[SteveMacD]

I mean, I didn’t want to say it, but aside from the fact Neil Finn had one of the great songs of the ‘80s, there’s this…

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I mean, I didn’t want to say it, but aside from the fact Neil Finn had one of the great songs of the ‘80s, there’s this…

Oh wow.

Is that picture from 2014? Mick looks heavier (in a good way) there. Mick looked thinner in 2018.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

Oh wow.

Is that picture from 2014? Mick looks heavier (in a good way) there. Mick looked thinner in 2018.

I think it was the 14-15 tour.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Nicks Fan

I wonder if that had more to with Billy not being a big enough name these days though one could argue Neil Finn isn't exactly a big name either. CH had some hits years ago but what have they done since? I knew of CH but didn't know the members names so when Neil was announced I had no idea who he was.

Neil Finn has been doing art rock. Think of it this way: “Big Love,” which hit #5, was released as a single on March 23, 1987. “Something So Strong,” which went to #7, was released as a single in April 1, 1987. Neither Lindsey nor Neil have had hit singles since, at least in the United States. Neil Finn has released a steady stream of albums since. He has like 25 career releases (Split Enz, Crowded House, solo, etc), compared to Lindsey’s fifteen.

[moon]

Woah! Thanks for share!! Amazing interview, so nice to read it. It helps to know about the band of those times and to learn more about how Billy had been meeting the other members, even Lindsey. I think he had the fate of FM, was just a matter of time to hear Fleetwood's call asking him to join, but he had enough works before to join them.
It was really rare the way it ended. I mean, after a show, FM was not but was planning the Buckingham-Nicks return, and Billy was mad and fell used, but doesn't feel the same right now.
Oh, and if Richard Dashut co-wrote Oh Diane, I guess Billy worked with both Richard and Lindsey, or Richard worked later to "erase?" Billy's contribution to the song