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  1. "I Don't Want to Know" is a song written by #StevieNicks which was first released by the British-American #rock band #FleetwoodMac on their 1977 album #Rumours.
    youtube.com/watch?v=MLs17vZqrBg

  2. "The Chain" is a song by the British-#American band #FleetwoodMac, released on their 1977 album #Rumours. It is the only song in the band's discography credited to all five band members of the Rumours lineup (#StevieNicks, #LindseyBuckingham, #ChristineMcVie, #JohnMcVie, and #MickFleetwood). "The Chain" was created from combinations of several previously rejected materials, including compositions from Buckingham, Nicks, and McVie. The song was assembled.
    youtube.com/watch?v=kBYHwH1Vb-c

  3. "Not Enough Love in the World" is a soft rock song written by American musicians #DonHenley, #DannyKortchmar, and #BenmontTench. The lyrics describe a rocky relationship, with the singer proclaiming he's still in love. It is rumored that it was about Henley's relationship with #StevieNicks (whom fellow #Eagle #JoeWalsh later dated), but their relationship only lasted a year.
    youtube.com/watch?v=RdpNtQJw3rw

  4. Kids, gather 'round. Grandpa has a tale with a warning attached to tell.

    I have walked around this story before. Let's spill all of the juicy details this time.

    Maybe. Or not.

    When I was a teenager, I was in several bands. My fav rock band decided to audition for a gig at a local high school, where they wanted a local band to play support for The Doobie Brothers.

    Back then, bands charged so little, it was possible to book bands like them, It's A Beautiful Day and Santana for proms. The former opened that night.

    Heard a recording of wasted us performing there. Was pretty good, actually. The audience liked it. Should have gotten a copy before the guy who had it drowned, entangled in the line attached to the submarine he'd built. He couldn't swim. His was a too-short, but amazing life I may discuss at some point.

    Anyway, our big opponent was this girl with a twang in her voice. She could really sing, and had all of these poems she'd written.

    Noticing that she could really sing, one of our friends did the kindly thing, and knocked his Coke into our PA. Oops. Nobody was going to hear us yell random, wavering notes at that audition.

    But we could kick-ass play our instruments.

    Well, we got the gig, not Stevie Nicks.

    Here comes the warning. Dudes, think! We couldn't sing for shit back then, and our lyrics were... things. She went on to become a superstar, and was looking for musicians to work with. We should have jumped at the opportunity.

    Instead, we talked about how she sounded kind of country-western. One of the guys who hung with us later said they'd shared their poems. He dated her.. sister? I heard it didn't go well. He could be kind of a jerk. Sorry, R. Maybe I should feel sorrier for her. Sorry again, R.

    Don't be idiotic and catty boys, talking to yourselves as though you know anything about the future. You're teenagers. All of that stuff is nonsense. Be bold!

    Her poems were SO much better than his or mine. You can read them in the liner notes for classic Fleetwood Mac songs.

    Much later, I discovered that Campbell, California, all of about 2 miles from where I lived, was a hotbed of Bay Area music, but most of those guys were just a bit older, and I wasn't connected to them in any way. She was there. The Jefferson Airplane practiced there. A bassist in a band I was in years later, a 2nd cousin of Bill Medley himself, was an occasional bassist for some Airplane rehearsals in Campbell when Jack wasn't able to make it.

    It's a small world. Be bold! That might be a future R&R Hall of Fame member you're not jumping at the opportunity to work with.

    Mick sure as hell did. She reformulated his band from silver into gold.

    Their band walked past me one day, many years later, as they arrived for a dinner at a restaurant my wife and I were enjoying on FIsherman's Wharf. The band had piled out of their Fleetwood Cadillac with the Mac license plate.

    I later hung with friends (the same friends who made sure the PA wasn't working), one of whose sister dated a member of Tower of Power. We met. Did I ask to jam? Oh, hell no.

    Be bold!

    Regrets? I've had a few, although I've never gotten into an angry shout-singing match with my significant oth... er... on... stage... wait. Wait wait wait. Memories... light the corners of our regrets.

    Yeah, okay. Scratch that.

    Anyway, kids, play straight, or on nothing stronger than pot. You'll remember the embarrassing moments a lot better later.

    I may have left a bunch of details for the reader to wonder about.

    I LOVE ROCK & ROLL! 🤘 🤪 🎸 ❤️

    music.stevesworld.co/

    #FaircampFriday #BandcampFriday #music #MusicProduction #MusicBusiness #StevieNicks #DoobieBrothers #ItsABeautifulDay #gigs #gigging #auditions #Campbell #JeffersonAirplane #FleetwoodMac

  5. 🎵 🎶 🎵

    Yep, you made it to friday ... go ahead and take 5!

    (ornithology edition)

    Surfin' Bird (1963)
    -- The Trashmen

    Songbird (1977)
    -- Fleetwood Mac

    Three Little Birds (1977)
    -- Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Big Bird (1983)
    -- The B-52s

    Nightbird (1983)*
    -- Stevie Nicks

    * - a somewhat forgotten Stevie Nicks hit, overshadowed by 'Stand Back' and 'If Anyone Falls' off The Wild Heart album ... really terrific song

    #theTrashmen #trashmenBand #fleetwoodMac #christineMcVie #bobMarley #theWailers #theB52s #B52s #stevieNicks #take5 #takeFive #60sRock #60sMusic #70sRock #70sMusic #80sRock #80sMusic #classicRock #popRock #popMusic #reggae #surfMusic #surfRock #music #rockAndRoll #rockMusic

  6. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻 𝘇𝗲𝗴𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗳

    Stevie Nicks heeft een reeks concerten in de Verenigde Staten uitgesteld. De voormalige Fleetwood Mac-zangeres heeft recent haar schouder gebroken, staat in een verklaring van haar management op haar socialmediakanalen.

    rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/55214

    #StevieNicks #schouder #optredens

  7. "If Anyone Falls" is a song by American #singersongwriter #StevieNicks. It was the second #single from her second solo studio album #TheWildHeart (1983). The song peaked at number 14 on the US #Billboard Hot 100 and reached number eight on the Billboard #MainstreamRock chart.
    youtube.com/watch?v=tX3xQO6r2dE

  8. "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" is a song written by #KennyLoggins and #MelissaManchester, which Loggins recorded for his 1978 album #Nightwatch. Issued as a single, "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" reached No. 5 in the autumn of 1978. "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" is a duet with #StevieNicks, who, though credited on the album track, is not credited on the single, making "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'", in effect, Loggins' first major solo hit. In the Netherlands.

  9. Various Artists, A Very Special Christmas, 1987 on A&M

    Long before Maria’s “All I Want For Christmas” came this wonderful compilation to benefit Special Olympics International with a whos-who of mid-late 80s artists covering holiday songs:

    • The Pointer Sisters – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
    • Eurythmics – Winter Wonderland
    • Whitney Houston – Do You Hear What I Hear
    • Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band – Merry Christmas Baby
    • The Pretenders – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
    • John Cougar Mellencamp – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    • Sting – Gabriel’s Message
    • Run-DMC – Christmas in Hollis
    • U2 – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
    • Madonna – Santa Baby
    • Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band – The Little Drummer Boy
    • Bryan Adams – Run Rudolph Run
    • Bon Jovi – Back Door Santa
    • Alison Moyet – The Coventry Carol
    • Stevie Nicks – Silent Night

    This is holiday music I can get behind – though Christmas in Hollis does have a certain earworm quality I still love it. Artwork by Keith Haring, of course.

    My copy via Beverly Coin & Jewelry. Different versions exist with black vs gold lettering on the cover, and with green/red on different side labels.

    #1980s #1987 #AM #AlisonMoyet #BeverlyCoinJewel #BeverlyMA #BruceSpringsteenTheEStreetBand #BryanAdams #compilation #Eurythmics #holiday #JohnCougarMellencamp #Madonna #PointerSisters #Pretenders #RunDMC_ #StevieNicks #Sting #U2 #variousArtists #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WhitneyHouston

  10. I watched #PracticalMagic with my sister tonight and this watch thru she admitted she went through a #StevieNicks phase in college. I couldn’t be happier to discover there a bit of whichiness in her 😊

  11. 🎺 Stevie Nicks has outdone herself yet again. “The Lighthouse” is THE answer to the travesty committed against women with the overturning of Roe. It’s one powerful tune.

    #StevieNicks #TheLighthouse #WomensRights

    youtube.com/watch?v=lJDCYh5iWQ

  12. I didn’t catch SNL this weekend, (I hardly ever do so these days) but love this new Stevie Nicks song she debuted. Great anthem for the moment. #politics #StevieNicks #TheLIghthouse

    The Lighthouse
    youtu.be/m1PpthYqJks?si=M4QIiC