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Originally Posted by Jyqm
I don't think it's fair to call her a Stevie "replacement"! Beyond the fact that she's another pretty blonde, what's the similarity?
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Aesthetically, the two have practically nothing in common: not looks, not performing style, not vocal style, not songwriting style, not personality, not musical heritage.
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In fact, almost none of the non-original members of Fleetwood Mac are "replacements," with the possible exceptions of Billy and Rick, who were arguably brought on board for the Tango tour simply to fill the Lindsey gap (though obviously they got to expand their roles later on).
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I'd even argue with that, hoping not to split hairs. Billy was hired as far as I know just because he was everybody's friend & fellow musician & it just seemed like a good idea to ask your friend to join, especially given that your friend could sing & write songs & play guitar. I know MacDouginator actually believes that Billy was hired specifically to look like Lindsey, but that's beyond belief to me.
as for Rick: not to replace Lindsey per se but to fill the lead guitarist role, which was empty at the time. Every band needs a lead guitarist, & Billy wasn't one. So either Rick needed to be hired or another lead guitarist needed to be hired--somebody had to be brought in to play lead guitar. I think if the desire to replace Lindsey specifically were really operating at the time, they'd have found someone who had that sort of idiosyncratic, really off-the-wall edge (& preoccupation with sonic envelope-pushing) as well as someone who had a strong bent for production & engineering, neither of which describes Rick ... or Billy.