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Originally Posted by Macfan4life

In Mick's first book he alleges that Stevie's people purposely kept her away from the band because she was such a successful solo artist. Stevie did not even socialize with band members that much during this era. It was sad to read Christine's 1984 Rolling Stone article where she said she was not close with Stevie anymore and they had not spoken in well over a year.

yeah reading quotes in this thread including Christine's 1984 interview, and looking at the years of all the solo albums and tours that followed them, i could see how Stevie seemed to have been the one that had nothing to do with the band for years at the time, whether of her own volition or because of following her record company "commercial gods" as she likes to say.

quotes from Lindsey, such as this one from 1984 that is stated in several different ways in interviews posted above, seem to imply that while he wanted to do solo projects because FM was somewhat stifling to his creative side, he was always putting being a team player and potential for band's album first:

"There will be a lot of pressure in the next few months to do another Fleetwood Mac album, and I would like to do another if we can make another major statement."

so in 1984 Lindsey thought FM should do another album, and Christine says she has been working with all FM members except hasn't heard from Stevie in well over a year. sounds familiar?