Who is Judy Wong?

[HomerMcvie]

I remember reading somewhere that it was... an 'extended amount' of time, before her body was discovered. Sad.

As a single person, am I the only one who thinks about the possibility of this in our own life?

[Street_Dreamer]

It's too bad Judy didn't write a book. There are so many stories we probably don't know or missed out on not just in Fleetwood Mac but her connections with other musicians/artists/bands.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Street_Dreamer

It's too bad Judy didn't write a book. There are so many stories we probably don't know or missed out on not just in Fleetwood Mac but her connections with other musicians/artists/bands.

I am picturing her hippie wild clothing store in San Francisco in 1969. Janis Joplin shopped there as well as the Crocketts. The Crocketts were a drag queen band with future disco icon Sylvester. Sylvester would go on to be a huge disco star dressed as a woman most of the time. 1969 San Francisco in the middle of it all and Judy had this shop along with making Fleetwood Mac tour books while also working as the band's secretary. Not only should she have written a book but there should be a documentary on her life.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I remember reading somewhere that it was... an 'extended amount' of time, before her body was discovered. Sad.

As a single person, am I the only one who thinks about the possibility of this in our own life?

Yeah, it's crossed my mind. I guess people can often go a few days (or yikes, even weeks) before being found. bob weston was another one who had been dead for a while before anyone knew...

I actually remember Bob Welch writing us to tell us Judy had died, and i immediately wrote to John, who had just heard from Mick about it, he said it was very sad. I think Bob also told us that Mick was gonna pay for the burial etc at that expensive Hollywood cemetery. we had a relative of Judy's send us a message about her that we put up at the ledge, I believe, because i think initially it was thought that Judy had no family.

It would have been great if Judy had written a book. So many folks w incredible memories and stories...all gone from us now. bob welch never wrote his book (and I had sooo been looking forward to that, he said he was saving his hairiest stories for the book!) Ed Roach was gonna write one about Dennis Wilson and i'd guess there'd be stories about all his time w Chris in there, but ed passed away a few mos ago and i doubt the book will ever be released. I guess we got books from bob brunning, mick, Carol (does that count lol) Ken... and that's it?

i guess LB decided not to write the book..? John never did his book of photos... chris just had that crappy bio written about her... it would have been so cool to get books from all 5 members and then compare memories of certain times etc. I bet they'd all recall things slightly differently.

but we'll never know all the great stories that will just disappear into the ether...

--Lis

[sleepless child]

Leo Rossi has written a great book about his time with the Mac and other artists. He worked in stage design. He had some great stories about working with Ricky Lee Jones. Also some juicy info about the Wild Heart tour. An accountant was sent on tour to bring down costs and he accused Lori and Sharon of using and mooching off Stevie. Stevie and the girls were not pleased to say the least.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by sleepless child

Leo Rossi has written a great book about his time with the Mac and other artists. He worked in stage design. He had some great stories about working with Ricky Lee Jones. Also some juicy info about the Wild Heart tour. An accountant was sent on tour to bring down costs and he accused Lori and Sharon of using and mooching off Stevie. Stevie and the girls were not pleased to say the least.

ahh yes I forgot Leo's book, I have it. and also Ray Lindsey wrote one.

--Lis

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by sleepless child

Leo Rossi has written a great book about his time with the Mac and other artists. He worked in stage design. He had some great stories about working with Ricky Lee Jones. Also some juicy info about the Wild Heart tour. An accountant was sent on tour to bring down costs and he accused Lori and Sharon of using and mooching off Stevie. Stevie and the girls were not pleased to say the least.

Sounds like a juicy read. Stevie was in horrible shape during that tour. However her looks and body were still in top shape so it was not as noticed as the RAL tour. Stevie said herself that her dad criticized the Wild Heart tour because he thought it should be running more efficient and he left the tour after the first few weeks of the tour. Stevie attributed her dad's comments of him always running businesses. But I am sure he saw things that shocked him. Lori and Sharon were always loyal to Stevie but the mooch had to be Marilyn Martin who suddenly was doing double duty late in the tour both opening with Joe and a third mic stand set up for her during Stevie's set. She did not need 3 background singers.

You saw the Wild Heart tour with me in Pittsburgh. Some speculated she was really ill which led to her confusing performance. Stevie has said that her dad came to her on tour one night and told her she needed to hit the stage and not disappoint fans. He only toured with her on the short 1981 tour and about 2.5 weeks on Wild Heart. I wonder if this happened in Pittsburgh. After a very very rough GDW she said something like "nothing can make me feel better than I felt just 10 minutes ago." It was very cryptic and I always thought she got bad news or something. But it could be she was really sick and of course the drugs did not help either. You can see in the Largo show which was filmed about a week later she was still lethargic but not nearly as bad as Pittsburgh.

[sleepless child]

The wild heart tour was the first time I ever saw Stevie live. Yes, here in Pittsburgh. I was young, so I didn't care or notice much of what was really going on with her then. Looking g back, yes, she was a hot mess that night. I remember her moving the sound monitors on stage. She was kind of all over the place. It was drugs, Joe Walsh, pressure and stress and being overworked. It's a wonder she made it through all of that. And mourning Robin. But it is my favorite Era of hers. I love Wild Heart and all the songs

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

oh dear, no wonder Stevie had to publicly and loudly proclaim that it was she herself that sequenced Rumours, being the "expert sequencer" she claims to be.

Where did you read or watch that???

Not in Mick's book, that's for sure. Cause I only found In early December, we sequenced the album.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Where did you read or watch that???

Not in Mick's book, that's for sure. Cause I only found In early December, we sequenced the album.

Hard to believe there are other sources of info about the band, than..... THE BOOK.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Where did you read or watch that???

Not in Mick's book, that's for sure. Cause I only found In early December, we sequenced the album.

Maybe its in the second book!!!!!


Edit: I checked the index for Judy Wong in "Play On'. Judy was the hook to Dodger Stadium for Tusk since she knew someone that worked there. During the recording of the album Tusk Mick fell for Sara who was still married but Mick said he knew it was wrong but the attraction was too strong. Mick considered Judy his "white witch" of matchmaking since it was Judy that introduced Jenny to him.

So I could not find anything but did not re-read the book. So someone posted that on the Facebook tribute page to Judy either has inside information or just made it up. Things were so crazy and Mick's white witch could have assisted the band or gave her opinions on the tracking.