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Originally Posted by dontlookdown
If Stevie had nothing going on with all of the awards and her own solo project, I can assure you she wouldn't be hanging around the studio all day while Christine and Lindsey work out their songs. She has never done that before and there's no reason to expect her to do it now.
One of the joys of not being a musician in Fleetwood Mac is the freedom it gives her to not be stuck in a studio for 10 hours a day.
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Christine and Lindsey had no choice but to work on their own songs. They've never said they had no use for Stevie and that they wouldn't have worked on Stevie's songs given the option. They certainly made it clear they would've liked her to be there. What probably happens is Christine and Lindsey don't write as many songs together as they did because they spend some time on Stevie. Stevie's absence might be what makes this a double album if they end up going that route because they have so much material and maybe that's a worthy trade off for expeditiousness (that's a word, right?). And it's not that Stevie needs to be there all the time, but there's certainly no mandate that said they had to spend two months exclusively on Christine and Lindsey songs or that she couldn't help them with the vocals on their songs. I think it's illogical to think that's the case.
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Originally Posted by dontlookdown
I don't have an actual direct source, but I know people who are in the Village a few times a month for live radio broadcasts; and from their perspective, they hear nothing but a celebratory mood coming from the Fleetwood Mac rooms.
I truly think all is well in the Fleetwood Mac camp.
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That's all great and yes from all accounts even in their interviews they are having a great time making new music.....without Stevie. I don't think anyone was saying otherwise unless I missed it. I don't think even if they were frustrated by Stevie's absence that it has to bring a pall over the proceedings.