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Originally Posted by BigAl84
Musically, I think Rick and Billy were way better than Mike and Neil. By far.
Mike is an amazing guitar player, I just don't think the FM material was the best fit for his style of playing.
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Billy and Rick were better at copying the parts, however, Billy was a fanboy in their inner circle, Rick was one of the top sidemen in the industry and a Peter Green aficionado, and neither were big enough names to have their own established identities or sounds. They were corporate guys that didn’t drive Fleetwood Mac creatively like Peter, Danny, Bob, or Lindsey.
Neil and Mike have their own sounds and legendary bodies of work. They absolutely could have been creative driving forces. I’ll admit it was awkward watching Mike trying to infuse his sound into the Lindsey-era material (although I loved what he did on “Everywhere”), still, they could have made an album that would have been miles ahead of BTM and Time.