January 27th, 2011
As a member of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks was one of the key songwriters (along with Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie), who wrote some the band’s most memorable hits of the 1970s including “Rhiannon”, “Landslide”, and the Mac’s sole chart-topper “Dreams”.
But there is more to the story of one of rock’s most eccentric and mystical artists. Nicks’s musical odyssey began in the late 1960s in the San Francisco Bay Area in a band called Fritz. Then after the phenomenal success with Fleetwood Mac, she went solo in the 1980s. With hit albums like 1981’s Bella Donna and 1983’s The Wild Heart, and hit singles like “Stop Dragging My Heart Around”, “Stand Back” and “Rooms on Fire”, Nicks had truly established herself a successful solo career, while still being a member of Fleetwood Mac.
But whether as a solo artist or part of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks is a musical legend in her own right, having became a inspiration of countless women artists including Sheryl Crow, Courtney Love, Mary J. Blige, and Taylor Swift. Artists including the Smashing Pumpkins, Dixie Chicks, and Destiny’s Child have either sampled of covered (and even have hits with) her songs. Nicks is considered one if not the most original artist, when it came to her mystical that not only appearing in her wardrobe, but has transcended into her songs. And the journey of Stevie Nicks continues, as she will release a new album this year. And she could even be the first female artist to receive a second induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Time will tell.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Stevie Nicks, eligible since 2006. Inducted as member of Fleetwood Mac, 1998.
http://www.examiner.com/rock-n-roll-...-a-solo-artist