Stevie Nicks: Says she couldn't feel any luckier right now
 

Stevie Nicks: Says she couldn't feel any luckier right now
Thursday, June 23, 2005
By John Sinkevics
The Grand Rapids Press
GRAND RAPIDS -- Stevie Nicks considers herself one lucky, mystical rocker these days.

She just completed a magical co-headlining tour with the Eagles' Don Henley, she kicks off a solo U.S. outing with rising star Vanessa Carlton in Grand Rapids on Friday, and she'll pursue a movie project later this year based on an acclaimed series of fantasy stories featuring the character Rhiannon from Welsh mythology.

The singer even anticipates reuniting yet again with Fleetwood Mac.

"I'm very excited about my life right now," Nicks, 57, said in an interview last week from a Henley-Nicks tour stop in Atlanta. "I love what I'm doing."

Oddly enough, Nicks wasn't even planning to perform this year. But then she got a call from Henley, her friend and Eagles drummer, suggesting a joint tour. (The pair scored a Top 10 hit in 1981 with "Leather and Lace.")

"I've never done anything like this before and neither has he. In our hearts, we've always had the thought of doing something like this, but never got around to doing it," Nicks said. "It is a lot of fun. I get to sing 'Hotel California' and 'New York Minute.' "

Although Henley's schedule forced him to limit that tour to just 10 dates, ending last Sunday at the Chicago-area Tweeter Center, Nicks decided to continue on her own, enlisting pianist-singer Carlton to open shows and join her on stage for some tunes.

"I know her pretty well, and I just think she's a special one and I'm glad to be able to put her in front of a lot of people," Nicks said of Carlton, best known for her songs "A Thousand Miles" and "Ordinary Day." She noted Fleetwood Mac was in the same studio as Carlton when she recorded her latest album, "Harmonium."

"My audiences are so excellent and so caring and loving, and I want her (Carlton) to feel that," Nicks added. "I believe these artists have to get out in front of the people. The music business is in such bad shape. Those artists don't get nurtured. It's frightening."

Nicks' reputation as an independent, successful rock artist -- a starring role in Fleetwood Mac, plus a solo career that's spawned singles such as "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," "Edge of Seventeen" and "Stand Back" -- has made her a mentor for younger female musicians, a role she relishes.

"We had people to nurture us," she said of the early part of her career when she teamed up with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. "We had a producer who let us live in his house. We had people around us who would say, 'Don't get upset' and 'We'll keep you afloat.' In this day and age, it's 'Get out.'

"I really respect her (Carlton). I'll be damned if I'll let her go by the wayside. She is one of the great ones. She won't quit."

Nicks won't quit either, juggling solo and full-band projects with her dream of turning author Evangeline Walton's fantasy tetralogy into a movie, with new music that might involve her musician pals.

The twirling, gypsy-like mystic with a penchant for wearing flowing dresses on stage said she feels a spiritual connection to the "amazing stories" of the mythical gods and goddesses.

"There's a very practical side of me, but there is definitely my 'Rhiannon' side, my performing/writing side, that spiritual path that I think I'm on right now," she said of the movie project.

But, she insisted, "there's always a future for Fleetwood Mac," which reunited in 2003 and promptly went out and played 135 shows across the globe. She's confident they'll join forces again within the next two years.

"People always say we'll break up. But we don't break up, we'll never break up," she said. "I think the great thing for a great, elite band like Fleetwood Mac is to get out of the spotlight for a while. It's much more energizing when you have a break. It's like a marriage: You need your own spot in the house and get away from each other once in a while."

OK this article is FILLED with good news from the mouth of Stevie herself, but I got to ask how did La Nicks become an expert on Marriage.

Thanks for sharing, Tiff. :xoxo: I would love to see the Rhiannon project move forward, we shall see!

She's going to have Vanessa sing with her........that should be interesting!! Can't wait!! I don't even know what Vanessa sings........

Amy

please Stevie, sing Gold Dust Woman all on your own. PLEASE.

Wonderful. Thank you for posting, Tiff.

This is great news, especially about the movie project! I hope it actually happens. Also great news on the FM front. I knew they were not breaking up. The only part I am not happy about is Vanessa Carlton. I wish she were not touring with my Stevie. But then again in my mind no one is good enough for my girl!

Does this mean that maybe Stevie will try something new since she will be doing a couple of songs with Vanessa Carlton?

....something that involves a piano.... Love is...Sara...

This really sounds great!

Ah. Good point. Maybe "joining her onstage" means Vanessa will play piano. :shrug:

It would be all right if she'd just open for her and thats it. Don dueting with her makes sense. Hes another rock legend. But Venessa Carlton. Sure Stevie likes her, but she also likes freaking Maroon 5 and those Soap Operas, her tastes arent always her fans :laugh:

Love Is would be stellar - or, dare I say it, The Highwayman :eek:

I my own little fantasy world - I could see them doing the piano driven Wild Heart, which would cause me to faint on the spot.

It will be HAEWAFY

I also have to say that I think what La Nicks is doing for Vanessa C. is just great and it shows she is a caring person.

What's that? Trying restart (or start) her career?

I think there may be an audience for the Rhiannon stories if they're done well, considering the success of the "Rings" trilogy and all the Harry Potter movies & books.

I'd rather have some new music tho. :sorry:

And good to hear about Vanessa sharing the stage with Stevie - that should be very cool to see. However, since the news of her opening the shows broke, I got V confused with that *other* young-20s rocker grrl who was in that photo shoot on the beach with Stevie a few years ago. And I can't remember her name right now to save my life ... "You're everywhere to me - when I close my eyes, it's you I see..." Yeah, that girl. :laugh:

Do you guys think Christine will EVER be convinced to return, even if its for one performance or just songs on an album? :confused: :distress:

Well, I think she is implying that VC is not as popular as she once was and/or there is some label trouble there. So, La Nicks is introducing VC to la Nicks' fans in an effort to let VC get more exposure.

Michelle Branch. She would have been a better selection.

D'oh!! :( Blergh.

Oh God - thank you Curtis!!! You just saved me countless hours on amazon.com - cuz you know I wouldn't have been able to leave this keyboard/mouse until I remembered her name. :laugh: :nod:

Well, she definitely sounds happy. Love that. I cuold do without the movie, to be honest, but I'm not even going to worry about that one. That project would be, what? About 20+ years on now? :laugh:

I'm waiting for those extra tour dates to materialize through the end of the year....

(Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto)

I think you guys are right...we are silly dreamers.

It will probably be HAEWAFY :shocked:

My pleasure. :wavey:

Well, I for one am living in my own little fantasy world until Friday night - then the cold winds of reality will most likely snap me back into place - but until then I refuse to let Curtis rain on my parade :p :p :wavey:

Who's texting us the set?

I am unsure - but someone better do it :nod:

No. :sorry:

I love me some Christine, but I don't see that happening. What if the songs she recorded for said album were released as singles and were hits, and then Christine refused to tour? I overheard people at the Houston SYW show wondering where Chris was, and she wasn't even on that album.

Who gets the cold wind of it all, everytime, when it's hard to be civil, and it's REAL hard to be nice?

Well, with Curtis I seem to :mad:

(just joking Curtis :wavey: )

Didn't Lindsey work on Vanessa Carlton's latest album?

Yeah, I could not care less about the movie - I just want the soundtrack for the movie. Although I'm happy to see Stevie at Red Rocks this year, I'd rather she got her ass in the sudio and recorded a new LP, AND finished her album remasters (she said we'd have them this year).

Touring is great and all, but I'd like to hear something new, instead of countless live versions Stand Back, Outside The Rain and Edge. :nod:

Yep - wonder if that means he'll be there :eek: :wavey:

Well, she offered to record Say You Will with FM, but dumb ass Mick said NO. If you're not touring, then you can't be on the album.

Sometimes, Mick has made the worst decisions for the band. IMO.

I can't believe that! I never really knew that, I always guessed it.

Well if you think about it, it's a good and bad choice if you think about it.
I still Would have let her have a song or two. And call her a special guest. Maybe a duet or something. She IS Fleetwood Mac. She shouldnt be forced to tour, and at the same time she shouldnt be forced to not be on an album.

Do you think "In the Meantime" is full of 'Say You Will' leftovers?
They were working together since before 'The Dance' and all... :nod:

I'm still awaiting the release of her art book that she was promoting here in MA four years ago...

As for Fleetwood Mac getting back together within two years, :blob1: .

Thanks, Tiff!

What studio is going to pony up the cash for a movie based on an obscure, mythical creature that only Stevie Nicks has been singing about for thirty years? That's the question. From what I gather in that article, she says it's a dream of hers, not something that is going to happen.

Yet he had no problem using her for Time.

Amen! Especially because her voice sounds so great right now. I would rather have another Solo album before a new FM album.

Who knows? Have you seen any of the schlock that SciFi Channel has produced in the last few years? *cough*EarthSea*cough* Just because she said "movie" doesn't mean a studio/theater release. Hell, it could wind up on Lifetime. :laugh:

But the article says she's going to purse her dream (again) this year. But I guess Stevie could just be blowing smoke (or fairy dust) again...

For some reason, I don't think Stevie will go for any of that. I expect the reaction to one of those prospects to be along the lines of her reaction to being asked to record Don't Come Around Here No More. :laugh:

Like I said, I'm still awaiting her book of artwork that was supposed to come out four years ago.