Stevie still not on board for new album.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

Nobody said anything about doing an album without her against her will. If she is willing to do it she should and will do it. People are just saying if she's not willing then a Stevie-less album, which likely wouldn't happen anyway, wouldn't be such a bad thing. She's held off a FM album for far too long except before she was half of songwriting. Now she's a third.

Yep. Everyone wants an album with all 5 of them, but if that can't be done in 2015 then I would MUCH rather have an album with the four than have no album at all. The idea of waiting 4 years, if that's how long it takes for her to come around sickens me. This is not the distance between Mirage and Tango any more. This is the distance between the present and the grave or the sickbed.

They are in great shape. Even John is doing something physically that I would be hard pressed to do, for 2.5 hours a night, much less the rest of them. But we have no promise that their youthful energy will last.

They should make a target date and if she's not on board in 2015, then they should go on without her. Waiting indefinitely for her to participate is not a viable option for me, but, to my chagrin, you're right that it "likely wouldn't happen anyway." But doing an album without her isn't putting an end to anything. If everyone is still around, they can always do another one with her, after she's had a chance to take a break from FM and explore her solo oats. Then, in 2017 or so, they can do another album with her and a "farewell" tour.

Michele