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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
She seemed perfectly content about a new Fleetwood Mac album during the pre-inauguration presser, when the band was just her, Mick, John, and Billy. It’s when Dave Mason entered the picture is when she wanted out.
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I previously posted this elsewhere but, in any case, after FM Dave Mason in 1997 rehearsed to tour with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr band, but was fired four days before the start of the tour. The accounts of his bandmates about his personality and lack of professionalism are scathing.
Per
https://www.victorbaissait.fr/RingoS.../Tour/1997.php:
Mason was to play "Feelin’ Alright?” "Only You Know And I Know” and "We Just Disagree." Reasons for the firing per three band members:
–1) Mark Rivera: “[He] never once came prepared and, anytime things were right, he'd puff his chest up like he did everything." "He was fired after Ringo asked the band if he should be fired."
–2) Peter Frampton: "Dave couldn’t seem to learn our songs. But at rehearsals, every time we made a mistake on one of his, he would give whoever the stink eye." (Also, per Frampton, Mason lied to Ringo about having a doctor’s appointment and blew off the last rehearsal.)
–3) Simon Kirke: "You can read between the lines. There were musical differences and he didn’t make the final lineup."
It turned out for the best. Without Mason it was Ringo's most stripped down band ever and, as such, less cluttered than his others.
Plus, strong as it may be, Mason's material was weaker than that of the other 1997 All-Starrs: Gary Booker, Jack Bruce, Peter Frampton, Simon Kirke. His departure strengthened the setlist and the show (see pro-shot video here):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KyoX9XLgaA