I don't know why Bobbye stuck out in my head the most, but I've been listening to some Wild Heart/RAL tour shows lately, and she talks about Bobbye in the intro's as if they really had a solid bond, and this could very well be me just speculating what happened between them more than anything. As we know, Stevie went through a lot after the rehab and the klonopin, and the record label putting pressure on her as she was in her 40's by then trying to navigate rock and roll charts. I do notice that the TOSOM/Timespace Era she had a lot of younger musicians playing around her, whether that was by design or not who knows.
I guess my comment was more of a speculation than anything. For Roy Bittan it was easy to understand because he has Bruce. Waddy had his issues. Benmont had Tom. Perhaps even Bobbye came to a point in her own career where she wanted to work with others than just Stevie and made that decision to not return, and I can respect that.
It would be nice for even one night if Stevie could get the 81 touring band back together again for a show and to sort of relive the Bella Donna moment on stage again. I thought that would have been a great way to celebrate 40 years of the album.
But then again, my frustration with Stevie comes down to the amount of missed opportunities that I think she could have had in her career, and why she chose in the last 20 or so years to just play it safe and tour and not try one-off things beyond getting in a TV show, like doing random special concerts, singing songs that she hasn't sung in years, with different arrangements, or working with certain musicians. I always feel like she was just too scared to try new things.
Maybe it's just me, I dunno.
Oh well.
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