FM's Songbird- Documentary

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

That's a good question. Although from what i heard, her personal life around that time was such a ****show that i wonder if she even gave a hoot what was going on with L&S. she was still drinking *a lot* during this period, even though they tried to make it sound like they'd all sobered up. that was BS. John was also drinking out the wazoo on that tour and was still completely enamored with her, and in a way she always loved that, but he could also get carried away...and on the road this was hard. (and was also why JC told George Hawkins he might be called in as the back-up bassist, just in case...because that situation was a little tricky.) Whatever was going on w L&S may have been the least of her worries lol


I think she was just tired, stressed, and thought her big move back to england was the last shot to save her crappy marriage. ed was making her life difficult, and she found out about his betrayal with a person very close to her during the dance tour... that whole mess probably made her give even fewer f*cks about staying with the band and continuing the tour or making an album etc. it seems like she was just done. period.

--Lis

That is really scary that George Hawkins was called even as a possibility during The Dance. Chris looked miserable during The Dance. She always looked like she was enjoying herself on stage every other tour except The Dance. But you know how miserable she was because for the first time she stood up to Mick and the band and said NO. She was always so loyal to the band and Mick. She was moving shortly to the UK anyway. Extending The Dance 3 weeks in Europe would not have been a big deal. It just shows how much she reluctantly went along for a 6 week tour.
I think the Stevie and Lindsey drama every album and tour wore thin with everyone the older they got.

Lindsey and Stevie fought like cats and dogs with OWTS too. It was out in the open on stage in Miami in early 2015. During her Gypsy speech she was telling the story touring with CCR and how their car broke down. Lindsey made his guitar or pedal or some other device honk twice like a car horn. Stevie stopped mid sentence and looked towards Lindsey and said "Who did that? Did you do that? I guess my story is going on too long" She stopped mid story and walked away. That was a little glimpse of their antics that spilled out on stage.