Lindsey reacts to Tusk

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Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Did you find the part where Mick says Stevie threatened to leave the band over the title "Tusk."?
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Yes. Also the explanation of John's absence. I guess they learned about the whale episode after the Dodger day. I would remember if that happened to a friend, but perhaps Lindsey wouldn't connect that to the day of filming at the stadium. Unlikely, but not impossible.

That's how "Tusk" was recorded. The title refers to a jocular term of affection for the Male Member: old habits die hard in Fleetwood Mac. When Stevie heard that we had decided to name the album Tusk, she threatened to quit the band in revulsion. But I chose to ignore her and nothing ever came of it.

Incidentally, the film that documents this Dodger Stadium event shows only the fully costumed marching band and four members of Fleetwood Mac. Iohn McVie is represented by a life-sized photo of himself mounted on board, which l-dutifully carried around under my arm as we changed location around the ballpark. This was because the studio-loathing McVie had played his bass parts early in the process, and then set sail in the broad blue Pacific. He set out for Hawaii with three friends on his ketch; none of the four sailors could use a sextant. Following th e jet contrails, they made a perfect landfall straight into the channel at Maui. While we were actually recording at the stadium, John and eight other lads headed for Tahiti, thirty-five days at sea. One clear night, stars you could read by, shooting stars everywhere, total peace and quiet on the smooth downwind run, dolphins cruising alongside... suddenly the whole boat tipped sickeningly. Twenty-eight tons, almost keeled over. In the cabin people were on the floor, smashed crockery everywhere. They'd been rammed by a whale! At Tahiti the boat was hauled and they found a huge ding in the transom. Fleetwood Mac had almost lost Mr. McVie.