lbfan
06-14-2007, 04:27 PM
I saw Stevie Nicks on the cover of Performing Songwriter and flipped through it out of curiosity. I rarely go to any other forums, but I found the article on line and an excerpt, which I found interesting, is below (comments bolster Lindsey's desire to release another solo CD):
Q: After that you returned to Fleetwood Mac yet again. How do you look back on the making of Say You Will [2003]?
SN: On Feb. 2, 2002, I went straight from the Trouble in Shangri-La tour into recording with them. It was a nightmare doing that record. It really was Lindsey’s vision, and it wasn’t very much about the other three of us. And of course it was also the first record we had ever attempted to do without Christine [McVie, who left the band in the late 1990s]. Right there, the whole thing was completely insane. She is the magic mediator in that band and always was. She’s the one who made light of everything and made everybody laugh and told us all that we were full of ****. She was the person who made it all work. So when she wasn’t there, that sunk the boat. I don’t think that my friend Chris ever realized how important she was. Without her, it’s a boy’s club. The lack of Christine is a big, hollow hole in my heart.
Q: Would you be willing to attempt another record without her?
SN: Absolutely not. Not in this lifetime. Why? We already tried, and it did not work. My thing is, somebody convince Christine to come back and do this one more time. I don’t think she’s going to change her mind, but stranger things have happened.
Q: After that you returned to Fleetwood Mac yet again. How do you look back on the making of Say You Will [2003]?
SN: On Feb. 2, 2002, I went straight from the Trouble in Shangri-La tour into recording with them. It was a nightmare doing that record. It really was Lindsey’s vision, and it wasn’t very much about the other three of us. And of course it was also the first record we had ever attempted to do without Christine [McVie, who left the band in the late 1990s]. Right there, the whole thing was completely insane. She is the magic mediator in that band and always was. She’s the one who made light of everything and made everybody laugh and told us all that we were full of ****. She was the person who made it all work. So when she wasn’t there, that sunk the boat. I don’t think that my friend Chris ever realized how important she was. Without her, it’s a boy’s club. The lack of Christine is a big, hollow hole in my heart.
Q: Would you be willing to attempt another record without her?
SN: Absolutely not. Not in this lifetime. Why? We already tried, and it did not work. My thing is, somebody convince Christine to come back and do this one more time. I don’t think she’s going to change her mind, but stranger things have happened.