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[i]I've seen a lot of people dismiss Lindsey's Tusk material, not because they don't like the sound, but because they think it's "mean to Stevie." All I'm trying to say is that seeing those songs as "mean to Stevie" isn't the only way to view why he created them the way he did. It's good to remember that he did a few things in the band because they were important ambitions of his own that Stevie had nothing to do with.
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I also continue to believe that there's plenty of nastiness in Lindsey's Tusk lyrics directed at Stevie, AND I also love the sound of his Tusk work!
People have been talking about listening to Stevie's solo stuff with the context of the era of the album in mind. In that same vein, I think Tusk is amazing emotional portrait of where each of the members were during that era. I don't mean to detract from the musical merit of the album, but the pain and anger in many of Lindsey's and Stevie's songs is so moving.