Lindsey Dismissed From Fleetwood Mac, Ent. Tonight

[welcomechris]

Originally Posted by elle

nooooo, really? he quit? in 1987? why?

He was tired of it and need a break

[RockawayBlind]

Originally Posted by welcomechris

He was tired of it and need a break

Of course he was tired. The man was overworked. They even had to bring in two replacements!

[TheWILDheart]

Originally Posted by RockawayBlind

Of course he was tired. The man was overworked. They even had to bring in two replacements!

Not quite.

Rick was already booked to go out on the Tango tour as a 2nd guitarist when Lindsey quit. Because Tango was so heavilly produced and layered, additional musicians were hired to recreate this sound on stage.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by TheWILDheart

Not quite.

Rick was already booked to go out on the Tango tour as a 2nd guitarist when Lindsey quit. Because Tango was so heavilly produced and layered, additional musicians were hired to recreate this sound on stage.

No, it was Billy Burnette who was good to go for the Shake The Cage tour. When Lindsey left, Billy suggested Rick Vito since he'd been working on an album with him (Roy Orbison's Mystery Girl) & that Billy felt he couldn't handle the guitar parts alone. Rick already had a Fleetwood Mac connection since he had worked with John McVie for a short while when both were in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.

[RockawayBlind]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Billy felt he couldn't handle the guitar parts alone.

So they did need two guitarists to replace Lindsey!

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by RockawayBlind

So they did need two guitarists to replace Lindsey!

Just like they needed two people to replace Bob Welch.

[welcomechris]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Just like they needed two people to replace Bob Welch.

They Didn't "Need" Stevie, In Fact, at first they didn't want her. Lindsey wouldn't join without Stevie