That makes sense to me. Chris realized a huge capital gain when she sold her song rights. Of course, so did the others, so they’d better have planned for it.

This is true. Even in one of his Q&A's he mentioned wanting to 'say goodbye' a few times on the last tour. I would guess he was referring to S/L drama. That had to have gotten so tedious.

Also in the 2019 BBC documentary about Chris, when they asked what she'd missed when she was gone, and she dryly said 'apparently not much' and described how she'd heard L/S had been tearing each other limb from limb...who do you think told her all that?? I'd guess it had to have been john, and maybe mick as well.

i think by that point the Brits knew things were not gonna change or improve.

--Lis

was it really? I thought she played for the 1st time on Love That Burns. but I could be wrong on that. she was such a great blues pianist.

--Lis

Christine played on both "Love that burns" and on "Stop messin' around" on the 2nd Mac album "Mr Wonderful". There is piano on a couple more of Peter's songs on that album that will be Christine too. Jeremy played piano on one or two of his tracks, I think.

The story had become “the struggling band,” which just wasn’t accurate. They had fourteen roadies and got a $250,000 advance ($1,397,955.39 in 2023 dollars) to make the 1975 album when Bob was still in the band. They weren’t setting the world on fire, but they were hardly struggling.

As Bart often says: “Don’t have a cow, Homer!”

Exactly, they just weren't filthy rich like some other acts. Even Genesis wasn't doing well during that time. By Lamb, which didn't sell well, Phil said he had sent all his money home, and there wasn't much left after a tour. Lots of work, and not huge payoffs.

The money can’t be “protected” if it formed part of her personal estate when she died. If Christine was English/U.K. domiciled for tax purposes on death, which I’d say she was, the bill is due regardless of where her assets were on death. I can’t see any way around paying the liability if it’s on stocks/cash/real property, and I do this for a living…

Suspect she needs both US and English probate. That’s why the US court is involved. They need to be able to access liquidity to pay, and by the sound of it Christine’s wealth was mostly held in the US. They may be petitioning the court there to ask it to allow monies to be freed up so that the tax in the U.K. (due on her worldwide estate) can be paid.

wow, i hadn't known they got such a big advance at that time.

you learn something new every day here. :-)

--Lis

Here's the earlier post by someone regarding inheritance taxes.

I wouldn't say I'm "angry", I just still don't get the why. You are at the end of your career, we know there will be no more FM albums and how many more times could they have toured? I just think it spoiled their legacy. I'm not saying John is mad at Mick or Stevie, I said if I were him I would have been mad at everything that went down, now with Christine gone. I feel like what Stevie did was all for nothing. I know Mick said he and John sat together wondering what they were going to do now that Chris is gone. I know John and Mick will always be close. But for some weird reason, I think of John now. What he thinks of everything that went down. I would love a book from him

John has WAY too much class for a tell all book.

You are entitled to your point of view. I understand completely how you feel.

I also think John would not see the point.
He has enough money… does not have a huge ego..
He is getting old and it would just be too much trouble.
And he is a man who holds his own counsel….

He's a humble man. One of my favorite things about him is that he used to ride back to the hotel with the crew. No limo for him, and "his" limo savings went to his bank account. No nonsense, John.