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from CarneVacaGee, they had to get two guitarists to replace Lindsey!
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{sigh} DO we NEED to get into THIS discussion again?
Let me run through it again for those who missed it:
Lindsey wasn't replaced by two guitarists. Billy replaced him vocally and only HAPPENED to play guitar, Rick replaced him guitar-wise and only HAPPENED to be able to sing well, too (plus, he had a vast knowledge of the Peter Green material). They just ASKED Billy to join first and Billy said that he didn't feel he was proficient enough guitar-wise so he recommened they add Rick, who Billy had been working with at the time. Had they asked Rick first, I doubt there would've been a need to add Billy (sorry, Michelle).
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from CarneVaca...that the Mac without Lindsey at that point was simply a vain commercial exercise devoid of any real artistry.
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Had they ALLOWED Billy & Rick full creative license, I think we would've seen a different product than "Behind The Mask". Just look at both Billy & Rick's subsequent solo albums to see that they had strong "Mac-ish" material to add, but neither were allowed such room within the band. I don't know why new personnel to Fleetwood Mac in prior incarnations were allowed such leeway and in post-1988 incarnations, they weren't...that I blame on Mick, John & Christine; NOT on the newly added writers (Billy, Rick, and subsequently Dave Mason & Bekka Bramlett)