Should Stevie have left the Mac with Lindsey in the 80s?

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Originally Posted by dissention

I don't excuse Lindsey's behavior if he did hit her because no man should ever lay their hand on a woman, but I do think that whole book was simply vicious towards him. If she apologized for anything, I'm sure she apologized for the way he was portrayed throughout it. Fleetwood trashed him from here to there, donwplaying his contributions to the band, making him sound like an incessantly petulant brat, etc, while kissing the collective asses of everyone else. I don't doubt that Lindsey was a petulant little brat, but you'd think that he would be a little more kind (or at least say some kind things with the bad) about the guy that essentially formed the sound of the band. Instead, we got Fleetwood's sour grapes put down on paper. And who really knows what to believe in that ****ty book, he's even admitted to putting information about his own father in there that wasn't even true; not to mention the fact that he had been living in a drug-induced stupor for nearly fifteen years.

I totally agree, If you knew nothing about Lindsey you'd come away after reading that book hating him IMO and none the wiser to his genius or huge contribution to the band. Sure he was a brat but they worked with him for 12 years, he couldn't have been that bad.
Mick's book is an enjoyable read but I take everything he says with a grain of salt.