New Rolling Stone interview with Stevie talking John

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by I'msoAfraid95

I hardly that Mick's, John's, and Chris's bank accounts will argue with that.

All joking aside, who had twelve albums without ever being dropped? Who had been on U.S. national television at least twice? Who had the road crew? Who was paying who $200 each a week? Who already had a Greatest Hits record? EVERYBODY'S bank accounts benefitted from the merger, but Fleetwood Mac was an already established band when Stevie and Lindsey joined. Lindsey and Stevie didn't save Fleetwood Mac. They were the two luckiest people in the world to walk into the ultimate situation for a recording artist: regarded enough to warrant coverage in music media, still on a major label though well under the radar enough to do whatever the hell they wanted, internally managed, had a functioning road crew, and inherited a very respectable legacy. There was only one way to go, and what got them there initially was a single by...Christine McVie.

[MoonSister75]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

There was only one way to go, and what got them there initially was a single by...Christine McVie.

yes!

[MikeVielhaber]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

All joking aside, who had twelve albums without ever being dropped? Who had been on U.S. national television at least twice? Who had the road crew? Who was paying who $200 each a week? Who already had a Greatest Hits record? EVERYBODY'S bank accounts benefitted from the merger, but Fleetwood Mac was an already established band when Stevie and Lindsey joined. Lindsey and Stevie didn't save Fleetwood Mac. They were the two luckiest people in the world to walk into the ultimate situation for a recording artist: regarded enough to warrant coverage in music media, still on a major label though well under the radar enough to do whatever the hell they wanted, internally managed, had a functioning road crew, and inherited a very respectable legacy. There was only one way to go, and what got them there initially was a single by...Christine McVie.

An established band not going anywhere though. Only one way to go, but it was Stevie and Lindsey that got them there. Would Over my Head still hav e been a hit without Stevie and Lindsey on the record? She even said the song was about Lindsey so he provided the inspiration. The other way for them to go was sideways which is what they'd been doing to that point and had they just kept replacing guitarists with the next they probably would just be a somewhat obscure band from the UK from the 60s/70s.