Well, "Sorcerer" is my all-time favorite demo. Hence, my Ledge name, of course! I don't think Sheryl did a bad job with it on TISL, but Lindsey's harmonies make the song so much more special.
At any rate, I tend to believe Stevie when she says the song was about moving to big and scary Hollywood, but I also think it's one of her songs that is about many things and has different meanings for her at different times. I don't think she's trying to hide that it's about a dealer or drugs. In some ways it is, but I don't think it would have been about her dealer or drug use. Though I'm sure there was some experimentation going on, I think LA was so scary to her precisely because she wasn't into the rock and roll lifestyle and all its trappings--drugs, coke--yet. She must have been describing what she saw in others, because as Mad4Stevie said, in 1972 I think she was still pretty naive.
Or, maybe it's one of her premonition songs, like "Rose Garden!"
~Amy
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