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Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott
This is just pure speculation, but I would guess that Burnette, Vito, Mason and Bramlett would have had something in their contracts that they would be out of the band if you-know-who decided to return. In that sense, they could have been seen as "placeholders" too.
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I doubt that. At the time (1994) Lindsey had just come off his OotC tour the previous year in which while promoting his solo tour, he wasn't saying all that nice of things about Mick & Fleetwood Mac in interviews...pretty much torching that bridge. At the same time, Stevie was pretty down about Mick & therefore Fleetwood Mac, as well, over the whole "Silver Springs" issue. It wasn't all that farts & giggles when they did the Clinton inauguration...they pretty much all said that they'd do it, then wish they hadn't when it came time for them all to do it.
At that point, there weren't any "placeholders" in Fleetwood Mac, they were who they were...Mick, John, Bekka, Billy & Dave (with Steve Thoma on the road and Christine in the studio). That WAS Fleetwood Mac. At that point, there was probably better odds that Peter, Jeremy & Danny would come back than Lindsey & Stevie. So, doubt if there was anything stipulated in any contracts.