Originally Posted by Villavic
So, if I understood well, Lindsey wouldn't have left FM if they had kicked out Stevie? I don't think so. Of course, I'm just speculating, but my perception is based on what Mick wrote in his first book (now I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate, but I feel it's close to the truth), that he didn't want to rejoin the band for another album in 1987(he agreed just to make a $ favor to Mick) and he had left Fleetwood Mac anyway:
(before producing Tango)
Lindsey Buckingham alone was fairly reticent about Fleetwood Mac. He was enjoying his hard-won independence and deep into his own album with Richard Dashut. Eventually we worked to build enough momentum that we were able to convince Lindsey that it might go off without him. WhenLindsey said he was in, things went forward.
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(when Stevie arrived to recording sessions)
On her part, Stevie was dreading that Lindsey, in his producing capacity, would be sarcastic toward her, but he made an effort not to be as much of a martinet as he was with the rest of us. He was under some strain with this project, and lost his patience occasionally, but with Stevie we wanted him to be more objective and professional. He tried to make her feel great in the studio, and they got on well. (The love-hate saga between those two will never end.)
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(after finishing the record, August 7 1987)
We gathered at Christine's house, where from the start feelings ran high. No one wanted to face the humiliation of a canceled tour it was like a hideous specter from our distant past except for Lindsey, who just wanted out. The meeting was civil for about five minutes. Stevie felt devastated. She took Lindsey's rejection of us personally. "You can't do this," she said. "Why are you doing this?"
Lindsey apologised. "Look, I'm sorry. I just can't do any more. I've given twelve years of my life to this band! I've done it all arranged, produced, played guitar, sang. I just can't . . . hack it . . . and do it all anymore."
Christine spoke now. "What do you mean, Lindsey, do it all?" Her tone was withering. It was her singles, after all, that got played on the radio, not Lindsey's. This was a sore spot, because in interviews Lindsey had been describing his role in the band as the grand interpreter of Chris's and Stevie's music to the world as if he felt he had carried the rest of the band. Nobody liked this, especially now. Lindsey was silent. No one knew what to say. Lindsey had given his answer.
So it seems Lindsey's mood in 1987 was to go in his own way.
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