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Originally Posted by chriskisn
I've always wondered (and given we've had a fake Peter Green and a fake Jeremy Spencer in the past), if Mick on this occasion was being honest. What if the "Mick" the band met wasn't really Mick. What if that was why he wouldn't rehearse with them. I mean put any really tall guy in a hat and sunglasses and with an English accent, and you could fool people in to thinking it was Mick. He's not the most coherent guy, so you just have to make a few noises and mumble a bit.
The whole premise of the fake FM was that people didn't really know what the band looked like. Could that have worked on Elmer Gantry and co?
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Ok but Elmer says
A number of meetings took place, with the drummer seemingly providing approval to the new blood. “Mick later asked to be excused rehearsals as he was going through heavy personal issues,” so yes if the fake Mick was not even a drummer, that could make sense.
But if there were more than one meeting, Elmer should remember that face. And when Fleetwood Mac became a famous band with the Rumours lineup, Elmer would have discovered he was deceived by Clifford Davis, cause there are photos of Mick bearded and clean-shaven between 1975 and 1979. Elmer then identifies the Mick from the meetings with the Mick from Rumours lineup as the same person.