The Sunday Times: Excess all areas

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

He left because on ALL levels (personal, creative, business etc) that group of people were one effed up mess and he just didn't want to deal with it anymore. Can't say I blame him. But you have to wonder if the creative differences were still the same and neither Stevie nor Mick were as addicted as they were would he have left anyway? I suspect yes.

I think he would have at least done the tour, if they'd had a calmer recording process. He seemed to have planned for Tango to be their last album anyway, but I don't think he intended things to end so abruptly. I think it would have been worth it to him to stay with FM closer to launching his own solo album, if he could have just tolerated that environment, but he couldn't. Even today, he still complains about the chaos of the trailer at his home and how all the goings on upset his girlfriend. Stevie was off on the Petty/Dylan tour and things just disintegrated completely after that.

In fact, I don't think he became worried for Stevie's life until the BTM tour when he saw them. I don't think her mortality (as opposed to just everyone's craziness, including his own) was on his mind in 1987.

Michele