The origins of "Take A Little Time".

[face of glass]

Since BuckinghamNicks.net still has this one posted, I guess it should be discussed. It seems to me it hasn't been talked about before.

I don't know which bootleg originally had this song, if it had only Tusk-related songs on it or whatever. But to me this sounds like it comes from the Mirage sessions. If Tusk was Lindsey fighting against the classic rock sound of Rumours, then it would seem natural to me that he wouldn't use the things that made his work on Rumours a success, such as the screaming leads and volume pedals. That includes fingerpicking pieces too. I'm sure he didn't want to do another "Never Going Back Again", so he downplayed some of his abilities on Tusk intentionally. However, with Mirage it seems to fit, since the fingerpicking returned by then (on "Goodbye Angel" especially). The tone that he's using on "Take A Little Time" reminds me of "Cool Water", although isn't completely alike.

I like this little piece a lot though.