The Power of Fans
 

I cannot believe that Stevie will be on Oprah. Never in a million years could I ever see Oprah putting her on her show. I was wrong. And it is all thanks to the RealStevieGains twitter guy. It just amazes me what we fans can do when we put our minds to it.

I had a strange experience last year. When rumours started circulating that Stevie was making an album with Dave Stewart, I emailed PerezHilton. To my suprise, I got an email the next day from him asking how I knew this, so I emailed him the stuff from Dave's site. All of a sudden it was on his Perez's and he has been keeping with all the Stevie stuff. I'm from Columbus, Ohio for god's sake.

The internet is an amazing thing. It puts us in contact with the big wigs. Now I'm trying to think up new things for Stevie.

AWESOME!!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!

Hi Jondalar !! I live in Reynoldsburg :wavey: I don't have any " Stevie " friends near me at all :( . Where in Columbus do u live, if i might ask ?

I'm north, like almost Westerville, near 161, That is cool!

That is cool . About 15 min. away !! I've never met a Stevie fan online that was that close to me. :thumbsup: Do you know anyone else around us who is a fan ? Sorry for all the questions but, this is so neat ! If Stevie comes to Columbus w/ the IYD tour we should meet up ! I think she will, FM and SN never miss us Buckeyes !!

I knew Oprah would never have Stevie by herself for the entire hour but I am completely baffled by the addition of Pat Benetar, Sister Sledge etc...this mix makes no sense at all.

Must be a "women in music " or a " nostalgia " show. Yea, i'd rather the whole hour be just Stevie but, i am just happy she's gonna be on there. I think it's an honor to be on Oprah, esp. her last season ! :thumbsup: She's def. saving all her best shows for this last year. I have to wonder if Oprah knows any of Stevie's music ! I just can't see her rocking out to Edge or Stand Back ! lol

Stevie was at the Ohio State Fair in 94 and I think and it was a perfect concert. She sang Rooms on Fire, Talk to Me, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind and even Blue Denim. The concert was not completely sold out either. It was at her lowest point in her career. However, she put on the best concert. She said it was her first time performing at a fair. She also introduced Maybe Love as a small song, which made me think she was really disappointed in it.

Anyway, The way the songs the flowed and the way her voice sounded were terrific. I have never seen her do that since. The critic from the Columbus Dispatch who rarely likes any concert even said that she was great a put on a great rock concert.

She was in Columbus for Enchanted release, the WNCI party (Cher never showed.) the Dance and Say You Will and I hope she comes back (although I sorta wish she would just record.) Enchanted was neat because she sang Aflter the Glitter and Garbo, songs she rarely sings. The Dance was nuts. Some guy behind me kept trying to talk with an English accent and was yelling "You Blimey Bitttchh," trying to imitate Christine McVie. He was sooooo drunk and the place was a mad house. It was wall to wall people.

Anyway, I don't know fans in Columbus. There are lots of fans in Southeast Ohio where I grew up though. So yeah, it would be great to meet up for a concert. No one really shares my excitement about her or Fleetwood Mac. I do think she likes Ohio. And after all, the Buckeyes rule.

She is just not catering to rock. She is picking soul and rap too.

In August 1996, Stevie performed at the Polaris in Columbus, OH. I drove all the way from Dallas for that concert! And it was fantastic! "Gold Dust Woman" and "Twisted" were so freakin' incredible that night...

It was a benefit concert with other bands, like Voice Of The Beehive and KC & The Sunshine Band, and Stevie was the final performer. She had just signed with Reprise for her new contract (only owing one final release for Atlantic, which would be the boxed set), had just taken beautiful new photos by Neal Preston, and she was ready to come back!

I was there. That was the WNCI party. The one that Cher didn't show for. She said she hurt her eye, but a lot of people thought she didn't show up because Stevie was the headliner.

how so? They're all women from the pop/rock music scene, and from around the same eras. :shocked:

I was there too all day enjoying the fair and remember it was so hot outside and when the coliseum opened everyone started packing inside and the whole building felt so cool from the AC being on. Me and 2 others sat next to some blonde girl talking and flipping through the tourbook and she was dressed all like Stevie, and had on the prettiest black fringed shawl and as soon as those house lights clicked off and the music started, that girl got up shouting and stomping down the aisle and we never saw her again... And Stevie put on a very good show there. :nod:

She just sounded perfect. She just belted out the toons and you could tell that she liked being there and didn't she make up some song about the fair. It was like the perfect concert. Not over or under done. Just a perfect show I thought. I went with my brother and three sisters.

Her career was at a low and she just gave us a great show like a trooper.

She was always larger than life and Mega Stevie to me and despite her personal woes she was still in very top form to me and you would have never known what she was going through as far as pills etc. at the time.

It seems like a line-up Arsenio Hall would have thrown together---not Oprah. It seems a little schlocky. Sister Sledge? Who cares?

She really fights for herself that's for sure. Tom Petty once said that Stevie Nicks is the only person who ever fought her way into his life. And I think about the drugs too. No relaspe. How many rock n roll stars can say that. She is strong-willed.

This is a nice thread!
But I hope you're not trying to say Perez is a big wig!
He's just a Stevie fan with a blog,nothing more

Hell, no. But he got the word out there. People go to his site.

Wow small world ...Im in Ohio too. I was at the WNCI Birthday Bash Concert too! I remembering hearing at the last minute that Cher cancelled, and i said "Oh awesome Stevie will play longer now!!" :laugh:
I was also at the Ohio State fair show. She sang a couple of lines of the "At The Fair" demo. Thats the best Stevie concert Ive ever been to. I saw her in Cleveland that tour too.

I guess she does have a lot of dedicated fans in Ohio.

Another Ohioan here!

That August 1996 concert was so much fun! We met up with a LOT of my Stevie Buddies... Drank a LOT from the Beers Of The World!!!!!

I just remember people were mostly roaming around, drinking during the afternoon of Voice Of The Beehive and the rest (who else?). People started sitting down for KC... and then...

Stevie!!!!!

The place was packed and people were SCREAMING for her!!!!!!

Stevie was on fire that night! Some friends of mine were her special guests backstage; one of them was the guy she partially wrote "Touched By An Angel" about.

It was one of the best nights (and trips!) of my life! Yay, Columbus '96!!!

I cant believe you DROVE...from TEXAS...to OHIO!! thats CRAZY!!! lol. crazy good, not crazy bad.
Is there any audio from either of the shows (Columbus State Fair 94, Columbus WNCI 96 Show) floating around out there???

I used to have both 1994 & 1996 on cassette, but my cassettes are lost or in Limbo somewhere. I remember being so excited about listening to that bit of "At The Fair" and Stevie talking about writing it.

My now~ex Eric & I drove from Dallas over a few days! We stopped in Texarkana the first night, spent the next night in Louisville (where Eric is from), and that Saturday morning we drove to Cleveland, to meet up with out friends who were Stevie's special guests.

We then went to Columbus, got a motel, ate at the Pizza Hut in north Columbus, and then headed for the Beers Of The World!!! And Stevie! :laugh:

We could tell this was the beginning of Stevie's "comeback", and it was so cool to be there as part of it, experiencing it!

Another Ohioan here. It was funny when Marissa (LikeAWillow) visited me a few weeks ago and said she was so surprised how often Stevie/Fleetwood Mac is played on the radio. I hear her almost on a daily basis. Ohio loves Stevie.

Unfortunately I was too young for the Street Angel and '96 shows. It would have been amazing to see her at the State Fair. If anyone has the audio of this, please post it.