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08-24-2003 11:00 PM |
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Originally posted by The Catdancer
I talked to Lindsey in 1990. Of course this was way before the Clinton performance but back than he was very worried about her. He had performed with Fleetwood Mac in San Francisco and his whole family was there. They were really looking forward to seeing Stevie again, especially his sister in law Eileen because she and Stevie used to be close friends. But when she came in she didn't say a word to any of them. She did ask:"What the f*ck am I doing here? Where the hell are we?". Lindsey said to me:"We all have our moments but Stevie......". He just shook his head, sighed deeply and stared at her picture on the Rumours album (my friend had brought it for him to sign it).
Like most of you I've been a fan since Rhiannon so I lived through all the bad moments but I never left her side and never will.
Debbie
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That story is very telling, Debbie.
I think that around the time of RAL, Stevie's emotional state started to go downhill. She got incredibly depressed and unhappy to the point where she didn't even seem to enjoy the one thing she lived for: being with the fans and bring them joy onstage. Then after detox, she had to go into the making of TITN where I'm sure almost everyone resented her and then she got into an awful tiff with Lindsey. All the while, she was getting addicted to another drug, realizing that she would never marry, never have children, and all of the mistakes in her past were probably weighing heavily on her mind. Then she started to gain weight and saw her career take a dive. I think that from '90 to '94 were her periods of reflection and the things she reflected on were very tragic things and traumatic mistakes. She was so unhappy to the point where she didn't enjoy writing or feel capable of doing so. Then she slowly climbed back up and was higher than ever before, IMO. God bless her, she deserves all the happiness in the world.
I've stuck by her when I felt the music was sub-par, when other criticized her, and when she felt like she couldn't take it anymore. Why? Because of the joy she has brought to my life and the ways she has touched my soul like no one else. She is a remarkable woman, an icon, a legend, and the definition of strong. No one else compares, no one ever will. I'm a fan for life and that will never change. :)
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