Yes. She said she didn't see how he fit in with the band, but also remember that they go way, way back. Long before Chicken Shack, Fleetwood Mac, or Traffic. They go way back to when she was Spencer Davis's girlfriend and he was the roadie for the Spencer Davis Group. There's a lot of history there. I've heard a lot of rumors, having run a Dave Mason website in the past, several suggesting that Dave was still a cocaine user, and Christine found that objectionable by that point. I've never even tried to verify that, though.

At the show I saw, Fleetwood Mac played between Pat and REO. Did they rotate spots?

They were the middle band when I saw them on that tour, too. I wouldn't say they were outplayed when I saw them.

Actually, I saw them open for CSN a year before, and people in my section thought Fleetwood Mac stole the show.

Very interesting! I didn't know any of that.

I can certainly see how that would be a point of contention...

I think your memory may be off. I too, saw them with REO as the headliner....

And I can still hear all the people around me, bitching because Stevie wasn't in the band. People suck, and don't understand reinvention.

And that night, I became a Bekka fan for life! Probably the best singer FM ever had!

Entirely possible. When FM took the stage at the show I saw, with their moody, sleepy set, it was very anti-climactic. Pat Benatar, whom I'd never seen, was actually quite good on stage. REO, despite the glossy pop stuff played on the radio, is actually a tremendous live band.

Hmm. Now you have me rethinking it. Maybe I am misremembering it. In any case, FM was a letdown to me.

One of Christine's best friends is Steve Winwood....they go WAY back. At the time of TIME, there was still some major bad blood between Steve and Dave (don't know if it ever got cleared up)....she was just taking Steve's side. Plus, she didn't think he added anything to the band, that Mick had only asked him to join the group out of sympathy (I guess he was in a pretty bad way at the time....homeless, no record deal, maybe still using, etc.).

One of Christine's best friends is Mick Fleetwood. They go way back, too. (The point being that I'm sure whatever issues she's had with Dave are her's alone.)

Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi reformed Traffic and didn't include Dave Mason. One would think that she'd take Dave's side on that, because it would mean that he wouldn't have the time to be in Fleetwood Mac.

He was "homeless" in that he doesn't have his own place, but he's on the road so much, he doesn't see the point. The reason he was staying with Mick at the time was because Jim Kruger, his guitarist and musical partner since 1974 (and writer of "We Just Disagree") died. Dave was trying to figure out his next step.

At the same time, Fleetwood Mac was listening to audition tapes, none of which were inspiring Mick. Mick's first choice was Jerry Lynn Williams, but he said no. Per the story Mick and Dave have said, Mick jokingly made the comment, "if I can't find somebody soon, I'm just going put you in the band" and Dave said "I'd love to be in the band."

There's probably a reason why they didn't include Dave....knowing that reason, Christine probably thought "Why have him if they don't want him?"

Makes me think of Christine's comments about her early years. Cameron Crowe got her to remember the pre-FM days and it's a shame that more interviews didn't focus on that, because she had a lot of history -- even before Chicken Shack -- and we don't get to hear those stories.

Again, I doubt Steve Winwood had any influence on Christine's feelings about Dave Mason.

Traffic maintain the Dave Mason quit the band, and was never really a major part of the band. Winwood considered him to be an auxiliary musician in the band, never really a full member of the band.

Winwood stated once that Mason was only an invited guest in Traffic. I always thought he was an odd choice for FM. I never really liked his songs on Time but he is a good guitar player.

I'm very curious as to where this info derives. I've never seen such a statement about Christine and Dave and what caused the apparent friction.

The OCD in me wants to know why this isn't in the Post-Rumours forum.