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Old 09-19-2004, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Lux
It irritates me because Lindsey kept trying (and still does try) to experiment with new ideas but he was surrounded by people who were trying to drag him back down in line. It seems such a bizarre concept for a musician of the time to be discouraged from trying new things and lets face it they were hardly Revolution No. 9, they were still accessible.
But perhaps the reason they were still accessible, was because he was "surrounded by people who were trying to drag him back down in line."

It seems like a good balance... Lindsey kept them from playing it too safe, and they kept Lindsey from going too far afield.

By the way, and I certainly don't mean to lessen Lindsey's significant contributions, but I still say we shouldn't discount the influence of Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut (and, to a lesser extent, Keith Olsen) on the "Fleetwood Mac sound."
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