1992 Plight of Going Solo

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by michelej1

. . . In fact, Buckingham now admits he started to withdraw from the band after "Tusk," the 1979 follow-up to the hot-selling "Rumours." . . . .

I think this lends some support to my theory that a pattern emerged after Tusk of him wanting to go solo, but needing FM for the wave of popularity it gave him. Again, it's just a theory, but it is somewhat supported I think.