Other replacements besides Billy or Rick

[Street_Dreamer]

Todd Sharp may have been a strong candidate. He worked on Christine and Mick's solo albums as well as with Bob Welch on Man Overboard and The Other One. Steve Ross was another connection to Mick too with The Zoo.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Street_Dreamer

Todd Sharp may have been a strong candidate. He worked on Christine and Mick's solo albums as well as with Bob Welch on Man Overboard and The Other One. Steve Ross was another connection to Mick too with The Zoo.

A-men
I was shocked he did not get the call. I suppose its Chris not sticking up for her peeps again. He was already playing Fleetwood Mac songs on the road just like Billy. I also think he's a better singer than Rick or Billy. Chris loved working with him and writing songs with him. Nothing against Rick but Todd should have gotten the call.

Since we are pipe dreaming of people who would have never been asked nor accepted...how about Angus Young. An AC/DC version of Rhiannon and Isn't It Midnight makes get excited.

[SteveMacD]

Peter Frampton. Strong frontman, great voice, incredible guitarist, got started with the blues in England and was a contemporary of Fleetwood Mac when both were the top acts in the world. He had a big name and he had a few massive hits that wouldn’t have been out of place in the setlist.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Peter Frampton. Strong frontman, great voice, incredible guitarist, got started with the blues in England and was a contemporary of Fleetwood Mac when both were the top acts in the world. He had a big name and he had a few massive hits that wouldn’t have been out of place in the setlist.

His ongoing and worsening hand issues (he has some form of autoimmune disease) probably would have precluded him from such large tours. He would def have worked well with the Brits in the band. I know he appears in Stevie's Red Rocks video, but don't know much about how well they know each other in reality. But he doesn't have the ego that demands he be the star, he likes just being a player.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

But he doesn't have the ego that demands he be the star, he likes just being a player.

He lives in Nashville, and I have several friends that have met him, and say that he's so down to earth, and has very little ego. A very nice guy.

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Peter Frampton. Strong frontman, great voice, incredible guitarist, got started with the blues in England and was a contemporary of Fleetwood Mac when both were the top acts in the world. He had a big name and he had a few massive hits that wouldn’t have been out of place in the setlist.

Fleetwood Mac Comes Alive!

Frampton would have been an interesting choice, and I think it’s realistic that he would have been offered the job AND that he might have taken if.

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

A-men
I was shocked he did not get the call. I suppose its Chris not sticking up for her peeps again. He was already playing Fleetwood Mac songs on the road just like Billy. I also think he's a better singer than Rick or Billy. Chris loved working with him and writing songs with him. Nothing against Rick but Todd should have gotten the call.

Since we are pipe dreaming of people who would have never been asked nor accepted...how about Angus Young. An AC/DC version of Rhiannon and Isn't It Midnight makes get excited.

That’s actually one pairing I would never want to see- AC/DC and FM. Angus Young kind of creeps me out. But if Celine Dion could record an AC/DC song, I suppose FM could, too.

[WalkAThinLine.]

Todd Sharp and Steve Ross would be the most obvious choices, but I'll throw in three other contenders

1) Nick Lowe
2) Todd Rundgren
3) Steve Winwood (he actually played a private show with the Rumours lineup minus Buckingham in 1996)

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by WalkAThinLine.

3) Steve Winwood (he actually played a private show with the Rumours lineup minus Buckingham in 1996)

Mike Campbell suggested Steve Winwood but the others shot that down.

“They just looked at me like, ‘Um, what did he say?’ Mick said, ‘I think that'll tip the scales a little too far.’ … I think they wanted somebody that wasn't already that strong of a voice that would maybe pull away from the Fleetwood Mac legacy too much.”

Again, going back to 1987, is why Peter Frampton, who really only had three hits with any kind of staying power, would have been the perfect choice. He had a big enough name that would have gotten a lot of buzz but wasn't so big that it would overshadow Fleetwood Mac. That "Frampton Comes Alive" sort of danced with "Fleetwood Mac" and "Rumours" on the charts would have made that material integrate into the setlist a little easier.

Still, Billy and Rick are to be commended for getting the tour to opening night in six weeks.

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by WalkAThinLine.

3) Steve Winwood (he actually played a private show with the Rumours lineup minus Buckingham in 1996)

Wow I never knew this! What are the details? What did they play? What brought this to be? So many questions!

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by jmn3

Wow I never knew this! What are the details? What did they play? What brought this to be? So many questions!

I just know he collaborated in Christine's 1984 album. But yes, I just found this:

Winwood featured on two tracks on Christine McVie's self-titled 1984 album duetting with her on One in a Million and co-writing Ask Anybody as well as playing synthesiser on this and many other of the album's tracks.

He played a gig with the Rumours line-up of Fleetwood Mac in place of Lindsey Buckingham in 1996 at a private party prior to that year's Kentucky Derby. Ironically his former Traffic colleague Dave Mason had left the band only the year before.

https://fleetwoodmac.fandom.com/wiki/Steve_Winwood

But when it says "Rumours lineup" it didn't included Billy? Time was released in 1995. The Dance in 1997. I didn't know of any live performance with Stevie or Chris before The Dance.

[David]

Lots of boring choices and lots of outlandish choices. But for truly boring and outlandish, how about Bob Mould (Husker Du), Paul Weller, the Williams Brothers, John Hiatt, or Wendy O. Williams.

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by Street_Dreamer

Todd Sharp may have been a strong candidate. He worked on Christine and Mick's solo albums as well as with Bob Welch on Man Overboard and The Other One. Steve Ross was another connection to Mick too with The Zoo.

I’m familiar with their names, but not so much with their work. Did Todd Sharp and Steve Ross sing? Steve Ross was fun to watch in Lindsey’s video for Trouble.