Originally Posted by
MaryCalifornia
Thanks Delilah. The Sirius channel is playing so many cool FM demos, I love hearing them, he is such a good singer. But, when it is time for the Mothership to go on tour, you have to jump on board and put other things to the side - everyone in the band has to. Of course, I don't know if timing issues related to his own solo projects are what led to his ouster, it may be something else entirely.
My only other thought on the matter is that perhaps Stevie has reached an age/stage of her life where she has a new perspective on her relationship with him over the past 43 years and is done "compromising". It is said that one of the (few) benefits to women as they age is that they become willing to say no, that won't work for me, when for their entire life they have always tried to please those around them, to their own detriment. Again, I have no idea if this is the case here, I'm looking at the situation from an outside perspective. But, it must have been a REALLY bad and intractable dispute for them to make the decision to go on without him.
Just seeing this video of him - the fact that he is alive and available and performing and wants to perform with FM...it's really unbelievable. Totally different situation from the Eagles and from Journey, and definitely the worst of all three. And, the tour doesn't even START until October, its so far away!! Maybe they'll work something out by then...