New Billy Burnette interview in Rolling Stone

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

You are inferring that Campbell and Finn are better guitarists than Rick and Billy?

I don’t see how that was remotely inferred. It has nothing to do with abilities as guitar players.

Neil Finn and Mike Campbell have had massively successful careers outside of Fleetwood Mac. Billy and Rick are primarily remembered as the guys who replaced Lindsey Buckingham in Fleetwood Mac in 1987. Neil and Mike could put enough people in seats to offset Lindsey fans boycotting the tour. Billy and Rick couldn’t. It’s really that simple.

You are saying because the US leg of the Tango tour was only 6 weeks so it was an easier gig than the 2018 tour?

No. I was clearly saying that the opening night of the TITN tour was six weeks (actually closer to eight) away from the day Lindsey quit. Fleetwood Mac didn’t have time to conduct auditions and very luckily didn’t need to, since they all knew Billy, while Rick was a highly regarded, in-demand sideman.