MirageTango/Rumors2?

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

A lot of his book was true. Quite a bit of it was not or at least embellished. I need to read his 2nd book, at some point. Maybe I'll read two books at once and knock it out. But, there are so many other fruitful things to read.

A lot of his book dealt with the official line the band takes. But there were some glaring omissions: no mention of Christine’s affair with Martin Birch; Bob Welch’s heroin use; or Stevie’s abortion. Unlike Bob Brunning’s mess of a book, there aren’t as many outright errors, but some revisionist lies exist, such as attributing “Station Man” to Christine and saying “Oh Daddy” was about him. And then there was the whole “and nobody missed Lindsey” bit when discussing the Tango tour.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

A lot of his book dealt with the official line the band takes. But there were some glaring omissions: no mention of Christine’s affair with Martin Birch; Bob Welch’s heroin use; or Stevie’s abortion. Unlike Bob Brunning’s mess of a book, there aren’t as many outright errors, but some revisionist lies exist, such as attributing “Station Man” to Christine and saying “Oh Daddy” was about him. And then there was the whole “and nobody missed Lindsey” bit when discussing the Tango tour.

Is this the newer publication? Or the "My Life...blah blah blah"?

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Is this the newer publication? Or the "My Life...blah blah blah"?

The older one, the My Life blah...

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

A lot of his book dealt with the official line the band takes. But there were some glaring omissions: no mention of Christine’s affair with Martin Birch; Bob Welch’s heroin use; or Stevie’s abortion. Unlike Bob Brunning’s mess of a book, there aren’t as many outright errors, but some revisionist lies exist, such as attributing “Station Man” to Christine and saying “Oh Daddy” was about him. And then there was the whole “and nobody missed Lindsey” bit when discussing the Tango tour.

The glaring omissions you mention, Mick probably felt they weren’t his stories to tell, since they didn’t involve him specifically. As for the band not missing Lindsey during the Tango tour, that doesn’t sound hard to believe at all. They were ticked because Lindsey didn’t tour and probably worried about the future of the band. From all accounts, the tour did well and it sounded like a lot of fun for them, personally. It’s completely possible that if Lindsey had toured with them, it would have gone very well too, but we’ll never know. Billy Burnette wrote in his book about how all of them would continue to play music together after a show in their hotel room, just jamming, which is something I’m quite certain had never happened before. I think that was a reflection more on Billy and Rick, and their genuine excitement about being in FM, than on Lindsey. Billy and Rick brought fun back for them at that time.

[UnwindedDreams]

The guy who cowrote My Life and Adventures with Mick is an unqualified author. His biography of Stevie was a smoking pile of crap. I was embarassed for Davis when I read that book. I believe the only reason it was published was because it had Stevie's name on it. The fact they charged people $20-$30 for that book was an act of evil.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by bwboy

The glaring omissions you mention, Mick probably felt they weren’t his stories to tell, since they didn’t involve him specifically. As for the band not missing Lindsey during the Tango tour, that doesn’t sound hard to believe at all. They were ticked because Lindsey didn’t tour and probably worried about the future of the band. From all accounts, the tour did well and it sounded like a lot of fun for them, personally. It’s completely possible that if Lindsey had toured with them, it would have gone very well too, but we’ll never know. Billy Burnette wrote in his book about how all of them would continue to play music together after a show in their hotel room, just jamming, which is something I’m quite certain had never happened before. I think that was a reflection more on Billy and Rick, and their genuine excitement about being in FM, than on Lindsey. Billy and Rick brought fun back for them at that time.

They certainly were not his stories to tell, but neither was Christine’s affair with Curry Grant and he told that. So where is the line drawn? If Christine’s having an affair with the band’s erstwhile engineer (Birch), that’s pretty darn significant to the band. I’m betting Christine said he could tell one story but not the other. But who knows? Maybe it was selective memory. The interesting thing is that, with time, most of the stories have come out anyway, either through personal confession or from someone else spilling the beans.

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

They certainly were not his stories to tell, but neither was Christine’s affair with Curry Grant and he told that. So where is the line drawn? If Christine’s having an affair with the band’s erstwhile engineer (Birch), that’s pretty darn significant to the band. I’m betting Christine said he could tell one story but not the other. But who knows? Maybe it was selective memory. The interesting thing is that, with time, most of the stories have come out anyway, either through personal confession or from someone else spilling the beans.

Have you read Billy Burnette’s book? It’s so much more interesting than Mick’s book. Not because he gives more dirt, because he doesn’t, but because he gives more interesting stories about the band, such as gigs they played, behind the scenes tour info, etc. I think you would like it. But as to your post, I would say it was selective memory as to why Mick mentioned certain things but not others- Billy said in his book that the day Mick’s autobiography was released, John, Christine, and Stevie were irritated and the tour became awkward. That’s why I don’t think it was something like Christine telling Mick he could write about one affair but not the other, for example. Maybe Mick wrote only about one because that particular affair lasted longer, or upset John more, or was more awkward for the band, etc.