The Sunday Times: Excess all areas

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

The thing that bothers me about all of this is that it JUST focuses on Stevie and her issues. Let's not forget that John McVie just got out of rehab and Mick Fleetwood was still pretty messed up on cocaine in 1987. Would McVie relapse and have a seizure? Would Stevie and/or Mick OD? Could somebody die? Touring under those circumstances would be intimidating for anybody, let alone somebody who wasn't especially fond of touring to begin with.

I agree with all your valid points. The reason I pointed more to Stevie than the other's is that at the time TITN was being recorded Lindsey did not have the same kind of friendship/love he has with John and Mick today.

That's not to say he was not worried about them, did not care about them or that he was not afraid that either of them could (or) would die on the road as well. However, the bond/love we see between Lindsey, Mick and John now seems to have happened around 95-96 when he brought them in to back up his solo album, and solidified even more during 2001-2002 when they were making SYW. Everyone was in a much better place physically and emotionally. Mick said he and Lindsey has long lunches and talked through a lot of old issues and came to understand each other in a way they never had before and developed a deep friendship that would last no matter what. However, all that happen after Lindsey left in 87.

Also neither Stevie nor Mick mention Lindsey being worried about either Mick or John health as a reason for him leaving, and that was why I focused more on Stevie than the other two.