Fleetwood Mac, (The Band) What's Left?

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jmn3

I think the biggest thing would be she would not allow it. He would take away from her to a degree. She can’t have anyone with a known name on stage with her in a solo show. And nobody tell me about Waddy’s pedigree because it isn’t the same at all.

Well, she's not selling great. Old Dick might sell an extra 50 tickets?

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Well, she's not selling great. Old Dick might sell an extra 50 tickets?

Karen would have to do the math on it. Is ole Dick going to take a bigger cut than whomever she has drumming for her lately and if so will those extra 50 seats sold offset the revenue? Steph ain’t giving up any of her money to Mick.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jmn3

Karen would have to do the math on it. Is ole Dick going to take a bigger cut than whomever she has drumming for her lately and if so will those extra 50 seats sold offset the revenue? Steph ain’t giving up any of her money to Mick.

Old Dick is just going to have to accept that 1k/show is better than nothing, and his options are FEW.

He'll still get to be "somewhat" in the spotlight(which the old drama queen needs), and gets to leach onto the fading career that is Stevie's.

[bombaysaffires]

I think she just loves the lifestyle of being on the road. She's never been good at being home for long periods, despite her decades of protestations that she just wants to live on a cliff by the sea and write and watch the sunset. She'd last maybe a week. Ok, at 75 maybe two weeks.

Think about it-- what really does she have going on at home? She's not writing any more or recording, she doesn't have a family of her own. She doesn't seem to have any actual hobbies..... She's got lots of friends and god daughters, but let's face it, she's not realllllly super interested in giving anyone else much of her attention. Didn't she describe Christmas with her whole family (aunts, cousins, etc included) as her ready to ditch them all by the end of the day??

When she's touring, she's the focus of EVERYONE'S attention. People are away from home, so they aren't doing family stuff, or working in their gardens, or whatever normal stuff her team would be doing. Instead, they are out on the road, stuck in hotels, and focused on making sure she's good to go for the next show. She LOVES that. She loves the power of demanding the presidential suite, of private jets, and she loves the changing scenery of being in a different city every few nights. She's easily bored. She hated being home all during COVID. Staying in one place very long is gypsy death.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Well, she's not selling great. Old Dick might sell an extra 50 tickets?

With Christine gone and John likely retired, Mick playing with either Stevie or Lindsey carries a bit more weight. It becomes the closest thing to Fleetwood Mac we’re likely to get. Kind of like when Ringo sits in with McCartney.

Fleetwood Mac became way for Stevie to stay on the road without over saturating her brand. She doesn’t have that anymore. Adding Mick to her band and swapping in a few Fleetwood Mac songs (Black Magic Woman, Oh Well, Manalishi, Don’t Stop) would be an easy way for her to stay on the road and give people a reason to come to the show. That said, how many more years of touring does she have?

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

With Christine gone and John likely retired, Mick playing with either Stevie or Lindsey carries a bit more weight. It becomes the closest thing to Fleetwood Mac we’re likely to get. Kind of like when Ringo sits in with McCartney.

Fleetwood Mac became way for Stevie to stay on the road without over saturating her brand. She doesn’t have that anymore. Adding Mick to her band and swapping in a few Fleetwood Mac songs (Black Magic Woman, Oh Well, Manalishi, Don’t Stop) would be an easy way for her to stay on the road and give people a reason to come to the show. That said, how many more years of touring does she have?

REAL FM fans don't give af about her renditions of FM classics. I can sing them better than she.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

REAL FM fans don't give af about her renditions of FM classics. I can sing them better than she.

Honestly, can you imagine going to see her solo band do these versions of FM songs.

I find them boring when the Rumours 5 does them. Especially, Dreams.

[BigAl84]

Stevie has an entire catalog of material she hasn't touched on stage in 30 years she could draw from. She doesn't need to do Peter Green era covers. Plus, the tik tok fans don't even know who he is.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by BigAl84

Stevie has an entire catalog of material she hasn't touched on stage in 30 years she could draw from. She doesn't need to do Peter Green era covers. Plus, the tik tok fans don't even know who he is.

There are folks on here that don't know who he is.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

There are folks on here that don't know who he is.

Well, Stevie is the lead singer of FM.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by BigAl84

Stevie has an entire catalog of material she hasn't touched on stage in 30 years she could draw from.

Yeah, but most of those songs suck.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Honestly, can you imagine going to see her solo band do these versions of FM songs.

I could see Waddy tearing up the Peter Green stuff.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I could see Waddy tearing up the Peter Green stuff.

True, but her voice on anything PG most likely will have me hang myself right there in the audience.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

True, but her voice on anything PG most likely will have me hang myself right there in the audience.

Can you IMAGINE a show with no backup singers or track vocals?

That'd be some Linda McCartney sh*t right there!

[David]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I could see Waddy tearing up the Peter Green stuff.

Waddy, drummer, and bassist, okay.

But Waddy, drummer, bassist, two keyboardists, another guitarist, stacks of computer chips, three dancing girls, and a backdrop of pre-Raphaelite models and flying birdies?