Their relationship was gossiped about in the seventies. I remember at the very first Stevie concert I went to..Wild Heart..my Mom, who was a huge Stevie/Lindsey/Mac fan told me about Mick and Stevie's relationship. She was an SnL lover...so she was rather put off by the whole idea of their involvement but that is neither here not there. Apparently people knew about it and it was talked about long before Mick's book and Rolling Stone because my mother passed away in 1989...BEFORE having a chance to read Mick's tell all.
