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Originally Posted by sleepless child
Leo Rossi has written a great book about his time with the Mac and other artists. He worked in stage design. He had some great stories about working with Ricky Lee Jones. Also some juicy info about the Wild Heart tour. An accountant was sent on tour to bring down costs and he accused Lori and Sharon of using and mooching off Stevie. Stevie and the girls were not pleased to say the least.
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Sounds like a juicy read. Stevie was in horrible shape during that tour. However her looks and body were still in top shape so it was not as noticed as the RAL tour. Stevie said herself that her dad criticized the Wild Heart tour because he thought it should be running more efficient and he left the tour after the first few weeks of the tour. Stevie attributed her dad's comments of him always running businesses. But I am sure he saw things that shocked him. Lori and Sharon were always loyal to Stevie but the mooch had to be Marilyn Martin who suddenly was doing double duty late in the tour both opening with Joe and a third mic stand set up for her during Stevie's set. She did not need 3 background singers.
You saw the Wild Heart tour with me in Pittsburgh. Some speculated she was really ill which led to her confusing performance. Stevie has said that her dad came to her on tour one night and told her she needed to hit the stage and not disappoint fans. He only toured with her on the short 1981 tour and about 2.5 weeks on Wild Heart. I wonder if this happened in Pittsburgh. After a very very rough GDW she said something like "nothing can make me feel better than I felt just 10 minutes ago." It was very cryptic and I always thought she got bad news or something. But it could be she was really sick and of course the drugs did not help either. You can see in the Largo show which was filmed about a week later she was still lethargic but not nearly as bad as Pittsburgh.