I do agree that she was not a maniac on stage, but the show I saw in Denver was not bad either. And (like everything related to her and her career) it's all a big fat matter of opinion. Personally, I LOVE HER CLOTHES AND STYLE IN THE LATE 80'S/EARLY 90'S! She was far more gutsy (and busty) and creative and colorful with her clothes than she is now. It was kind of trashy, b ut in a really cool Stevie way. An personally I would rather see StevieTrash than StevieSchoolMarm, with the sweater thing buttoned all the way up! I always thought that look was kind of a Fredericks of Hollywood meets Pirates of Penzance. Annnddddd.....I know we all know the Klonopin horror stories but I still don't think she was devoid of all creativity: obviously the clothes showed some pizzazz, and I've heard versions of Rhiannon and Edge of 17 that really rocked, and I'm really kind of fond of the slightly different take she gave to Landslide that I downloaded today from
http://www.arizonalily.org/lilyrhiannon.
Check it out!
Ricoh