World tour 2009?

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by MacMan

It all depends on what he wanted out of it, and in the case of UTS, I think it was just to be able to stay true to himself, not be swayed by what the suits have to say, and to do what he wanted on the record and get it out there!

Perhaps it is this attitude that helps to explain why he now finds himself without a solo record deal.

I'm not hating on Lindsey at all, and I do wish him all the best in his career. And if selling his CDs out of the back of his 1982 Subaru station wagon gives him satisfaction, then bless his dear heart. I just don't believe for a second that he is indifferent about the fact that his solo albums haven't sold, and it must frustrate him at some (probably profound) level. And all this talk about St. Lindsey doing it for the sake of art, blah, blah, blah seems to paint him out as some kind of martyr. Puhlease . If he really didn't care about sales or money, he would have posted the tracks on his website as free downloads! This would have exposed him to a much wider audience and possibly created new interest over his body of work. And, according to Stevie's account of FM's reaction to her solo success, the band was supposedly quite jealous, especially Lindsey, who reportedly refused to even acknowledge the copy of Bella Donna that Stevie had given to him. It is human nature to want to feel appreciated and wanted, and in the music biz, appreciation=$$. The fact that he loses money every time he does a solo project must not do very much for his ego. And the fact that he has gone on record in the past as stating that he has to do FM albums in order to foster his solo work is also quite telling about his desire to reach a larger audience as a solo artist. I don't blame him one bit!