Quote:
Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo
Which is exactly why the idea that Lindsey would have been able to just tour Tango for eight weeks and then leave without strife doesn't hold water. He would have well known that the promise of a 'mere 8 weeks' was just the thin edge of Mick and the promoters' wedge. In for a penny, in for a pound of cocaine.
|
In a weird way I think Mick was taking advantage of Chris's father's passing by using it as a spring board to add European dates. Before the tour resumed Chris and Stevie said they would no longer tour with the band. Mick was nickel and diming them.
As far as Lindsey not touring in 1987 I have come to appreciate over the years. He spent 1.5 years at his house working on the album. Stevie would come high and drunk before her rehab and then show up late on klonopin post her rehab. There was a sound tech that mentioned how he was brought into the studio to assist with RAL and helped record HAEWAFY. The entire studio staff never knew when she was coming and they sat around all night and had to keep the studio freezing. Stevie finally showed up at 1 am in a fur coat. I imagine Lindsey's job was like herding cats for the project. When people act like this you dont want to be around them. Yes its crazy since they all take separate limos to hotels and barely see each other on the road. However there are sound checks and performances which you have to come face to face with them. Lindsey needed a break from them. John was not in the best of shape during Tango either and almost forgot how to play with his drinking so bad. Lindsey may have been working on his own sobriety which is why he did not want to be around them.