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Originally Posted by krrrby

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.

I dont think they had a falling out. Stevie said in her own words that during her klonopin years she listened to people that she should not have been listening to. She did bring back Russ for her 1989 tour but dug out a snappy Peter Michaels that she used on percussion for 2 tours and then dumped him too once klonopin was over. She introduced Peter as her musical director in 1989.