Originally Posted by Thinny (Post 1266565)

I maybe remembering things wrong, the old grey cells are not what they used to be haha. I'm probably mixing up the time lines, but in my mind, Richie always joined the recording for WAN late....I remember an interview with Richie saying that he got a call from Jon but told him he had to wait for him as he was busy with Aftermath. Maybe it was beginning the tour and not recording the album? I thought this was around the same time that Tico said he didn't want to come and work on the demos, but maybe not...

Originally Posted by faith1985 (Post 1266551)

Well, David is probably more essential to being at the musical rehearsels than to playing his parts for the live recording. If they release the recording, I guess it would be different. And I do think that - since it is his musical - it is more important. You could also argue that Jon did not force him to be there which is a good thing. In the end, we dont know and I would not make a big thing out of it.

Originally Posted by Butters (Post 1266554)

I don't think your analysis is correct though. If Dave was desparate to be there for a recording of his band's new album, I think he would make it happen. If Jon was desparate to have his keyboard player from his new album there, I think he would find a way to make it happen. COVID-19 is a cop out excuse. I appreciate it makes things more difficult but if this had happened in 2005, you can be sure that Dave would have been there.

Originally Posted by Thinny (Post 1266559)

Don't forget too this isn't just about Dave. There are engineers, musicians, all the singers that would have been booked to record on this day, they would have kept their schedules free for this. To just cancel on them at a moments notice isn't really fair. Some sessions musicians may also have a cut off date for cancellations, so they may have even had to pay them if he had cancelled. Same with studio time.

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1266553)

No but that's apples to oranges. Covid has made everything shift so unpredictably and you're talking as if you know one or the other wasn't last-ish minute. No one knows how the dates shifted between the album's new release date and Diana's recording date.

Originally Posted by Faceman (Post 1266567)

I'm not saying David's musical is less important or Jon should force him to come.
Actually I don't care who's to blame or not.
But since there are already more hired-guns onstage than original members, even if all remaining original members are there, I don't think it's a smart move to go on if one of those original members can't participate.

Originally Posted by Faceman (Post 1266568)

No, it isn't. Like I said above...
And no, I don't know anything for sure. But neither do you. So I guess we're once again agreeing to disagree on that one ;)

Originally Posted by Javier (Post 1266575)

Are they quarantined before rehearsals and such? That puts a BIG damper on logistics as prep time between 1 project would need about 14 days difference between the other ending. Dave is just busy with his thing, it happens....