Whats the story behind the song “Silver Springs”?
“Silver Springs” was on Rumours. It was on the track list, it was gonna be on the record, but at the very last minute it was taken off, much to my disbelief. And the reason was because the song was way too long. It was really heartbreaking because it’s such a wonderful song. And because it was taken off [Rumours], we’ve never performed it live. ‘Cause, you know, when you go out on tour you can only do two or three new songs. You can’t bore the audience or they’ll just walk. Anyway, a few months ago we decided to do it again. When we went into rehearsal, we played it and it sounded really good. The neat thing is that I had given this song to my mom–writing, publishing, everything. So when it was taken off the record, it was really a double disaster. Especially that record! [laughs] It was released as the B-side for the “Go Your Own Way” single, but you know how it goes, singles get released, people lose them, nobody has them anymore. Pretty soon, it’s gone. So now “Silver Springs” is o
