What if Stevie and Lindsey had dated in High School? - Page 2

Ghost_Tracker · #16 03-09-2010, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mike_nh

if stevie and lindsey first met at some religous gathering back in the mid 60's then would it be safe
to assume that most of the females were raised in a christian/catholic family and parents back
then were more involved in their kids lives unlike today? Hard to say who was stevie's first but
if it was lindsey then it make alot of sense. I dare anyone to ask stevie directly the next time she anwsers questions on her webpage.

I would but I don't think it's a sure thing that the old-age home I'll be in will allow residents to have Internet access.

CADreaming · #17 03-09-2010, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

I would but I don't think it's a sure thing that the old-age home I'll be in will allow residents to have Internet access.

ROFLOL!!!!!!!

coopcoop · #18 03-12-2010, 01:09 AM

here are some good interviews from pacheco from Fritz for people interested in that period. you certainaly won't get a good impression from stevies interviews,they change every year and lindsey doesnt seem to care too much.

some interesting comments i got

" Stevie came into the band through Bob Aguirre, not Lindsey. I don't think Lindsey knew her before she entered the group. As far as your last question, I don't know about that, wasn't there. I never heard that version of their meeting. Where did you hear that?"

Stevie has said in many interviews that she and Lindsey were thrown together because the record company was trying to break up Fritz, but that is not the impression I get from your responses to the previous questions. Do you remember when they actually got involved romantically, and do you have any idea what the catalyst for their romance was? (Tracy G., Stockbridge, GA, USA)

"They were already an item way before the onslaught of Los Angeles and the record execs. I don't understand why she'd say that. I don't really know about the catalyst. Stevie and Lindsey seemed to be the most compatible. Look at their birth signs. I never imagined they could get hot and steamy cuz Linds had a prior girlfriend who was a childhood sweetheart, Sally Durbin. Everybody thought he was going to eventually marry her. But then, suddenly its Stevie and Lindsey! Bye-bye Sally.
This happened months, maybe a year before the band was exposed to the Los Angeles record people."

Ok--sorry for sounding like a tabloid, but inquiring minds do want to know! From other interviews with Stevie and/or Lindsey, it sounded like they hooked up romantically AFTER Fritz was disbanded. You have stated that they were a couple while Fritz was still together. So, considering the "competition" between the guys of the group, how was their relationship brought up? Was it obvious, or was there a big Lindsey speech (which we all love dearly) declaring that he was now with Stevie and everyone better back off? (Obviously, you don't have to answer this if you don't want to...but, I'd be eternally grateful!) (Regina, Bronx, NY, USA)

There was no on-going competition to court Stevie. I’ve already addressed this. Lindsey did not make a speech, there was no rousing party, everything was kept very discreet. At first they didn’t make their pairing a big deal, but it became a big deal once we got into the decision mode: whether or not to follow David Forest’s manipulative pull to take opportunities in Los Angeles (since we were kept in the dark about Graham’s interest, it was easy to assume we’d have a better chance in L. A.). Then there were differences during the negotiating phases between our S.F. lawyer and the new L.A. management, the consideration of recording possibilities, and deciding the overall fate of the group. That’s where we went through the most crucial divisiveness. We could have decided to stick it out and record our material with RCA (they were interested in recording us) but Lindsey and Stevie were (thanks to the sneaky encouragement they had received) anxious to chuck it all and rush down do their duo thing in Los Angeles.

The statement that you made about Brian writing a song about the SN&LB leaving where the lyric was straight on about Stevie ...Did she "really ruin everything she touched"...were you guys resentful because she broke up the "dude" bond?...Do you think Brian resented the fact that Stevie put a "wedge" between the guys and the fact that he was the key to getting her into the band and then he was left high and dry? (~Laura~, Morristown, TN)

Well, I think Brian was the most bitter about Stevie playing everyone of us, and he saw this messing around as just a way for her to consolidate her position in the band. In the earlier discussion about courting I forgot to include him as another member who went out with Stevie. That’s right. I think she started with him. He was the first! I don’t know the details, but I know their courting lasted much longer than mine. We weren’t resentful that she broke up the “dude bond,” we were resentful that she broke up the band, period. There was no attempt to salvage anything. Her ambition included swallowing Forest’s lies, hook, line and sinker; pushing for the move to Los Angeles; pulling for the Shiffman and Larson lopsided publishing deal; discarding all we had worked for.
I mentioned elsewhere that my reservations were I thought her voice couldn’t handle the material. Well, now with FRITZ gone she didn’t have to worry about any of that, she was in a place where she would have more control than ever before.

http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/...acheco_qa1.htm