Fleetwood Mac Billboard Article 5/7/2014

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

After all, he left the band altogether for 10 years in 1987. Then after Say You Will he took recording with Fleetwood Mac off the table for several years while he focused on his solo albums. So it's not like he hasn't done the exact same thing himself. He took care of himself & his needs when he needed to, and Stevie's doing the exact same thing right now.

I have always wondered about this. At the beginning of the Say You Will tour there are several quotes he made about being about keeping the FM thing going- no talk of solo work. Then at the end of that tour he talked about having to put up a fence for 3 years so he could focus on his solo work. I've always wondered what the massive turnabout in the interim was about. Maybe it really wasn't his choice. Who knows.