Mike Campbell talks about FM in New interview

[Nicks Fan]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Campbell suggested another Stevie for the job — Steve Winwood, that is — but was shut down immediately. “They just looked at me like, “Um, what did he say?’” Campbell chuckles. “Mick said, ‘I think that'll tip the scales a little too far.’ … I think they wanted somebody that wasn't already that strong of a voice that would maybe pull away from the Fleetwood Mac legacy too much.”

ha haa... it was already pulled away from the legacy

Truth. Steve Winwood has a better voice at his age than the current members of FM. Mick probably didn't want to upstage them.