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It’s tragic that when all of their peers are facing their own mortality and at a point when they have to wonder if it’s disloyal to continue a band after a key member DIES, Fleetwood Mac chucked its most instrumental player because Stevie threw a fit of ego.
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The average age of the remaining Rumours4 is 73. (they range from Stevie 71- Chris 76) Mike and Neil don't really count because they aren't fully committed to continuing on anyway; they are replacement players who can just be replaced again; and they have other careers that don't end if FM ends. The only one who can still have a real career (sell tickets) if FM ends is Stevie. Maybe the Rumours 4 don't care-- maybe they see everyone else in the Rumours4 as replaceable until the last one standing. (Or until Stevie finally kicks.) Stevie's perspective surely is, "I can tour no matter how many of them drop." (or until she decides to pull the plug, which really is only an option if she can't physically get onstage anymore or doesn't like how she looks anymore. But then again, she'd probably be like post-stroke Bette Davis and go out anyway). Mick can play his little restaurant if all the others drop until he drops as well, but even then he still will need someone to sing and play other instruments for people to come see him. (And will the restaurant alone support his spending addiction?) John also needs others to play with, but one can imagine him being fine with hanging it up for good sometime soon. Probably the same would be true for Christine (hanging it up) IF she hadn't already done that for 15 years in the English countryside. Now, if she wants to keep touring and working (as Mick says she does in the UK tv program) and if she doesn't want to be out front as a solo performer (as she herself says in same program) she's gonna have to either: a. go along with whatever Stevie wants until either Stevie kicks the bucket or pulls the plug OR b. play in Mick's restaurant and just substitute Maui for Kent.
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Why would it be a surprise that Mike would not know this. Mick lied for months after Mike was hired so why would it be different when he first made the call.
The much bigger lie in this article is the joke that Mick was calling him "not" because of Stevie but how much he admired his work. Mike admitted he only met Mick once before lol. Mike was not even auditioned. Stevie clearly told Mick what to do with firing Lindsey (if she was going to tour with them) and hire Mike without auditions.
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I have to say, the Mike-didn't-know narrative really surprises me. My theory had been all along that Stevie would never have kicked Lindsey out unless she had already secured her "Heartbreaker" replacement. Lindsey's guitar skills can't be replaced with just any player (I'd argue he can't be replaced, period, but at any rate) - Stevie at least would realize she would need someone special, and in her mind, no one is more special than a Heartbreaker. It has always been her fantasy to be a Heartbreaker. So what would they have done if Mike had said no and her little fantasy hadn't worked out? Auditioned a bunch of guitarists? I suppose so, but it just seems like something Stevie would have been reluctant to do right before a huge tour. I guess it was just really convenient and lucky that Mike didn't have any other commitments.... Last edited by sodascouts; 09-29-2019 at 12:52 PM.. |
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This is what I have always thought................how did Mike NOT know???? |
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I actually don't think he's as close to Stevie as Stevie thinks he is.
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re: "I actually don't think he's as close to Stevie as Stevie thinks he is."
Ding! I was wondering the same thing. The timing is certainly interesting. |
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