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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
Well, two members of the band have extensive histories with him. Mike was his best friend, collaborator, and right hand man for nearly 50 years, and the biggest hit Tom ever had a hand in was SDMHA. It would be weirder, especially a day after the anniversary of Tom’s death, for them not to acknowledge it somehow.
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The only reason Mike has this job, and I don't mean to sound crass, is because Tom is no longer here. Stevie paid her tribute during her solo tour. Yes he's an integral part of her musical evolution, but Mike has even gone so far to allude to and say, he really isn't on board with this (i.e. Free Fallin comments). At least that's how I took his comments in the article earlier this week. I respect your opinion and I hope we can respectfully agree to disagree on this front. I assume this group has collective connections to many artists who have passed on, if it's not being billed as such, I think it seems odd to earmark a part of a show (granted we are all assuming that's what they are doing and until tomorrow we won't know for sure) to someone who was never an integral part to the entire band.