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Originally posted by Sorcerer386
The woman did some of her best work and performances while hyped up on cocaine ...
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I think so, too. I really dig the singer & performer from those years; she was incredibly charismatic. The best solo show I ever heard or saw Stevie give was in L.A. on the "Wild Heart" tour, October 2, 1983. She was thrilling. What she looked like & how she sang are still imprinted in my memory almost 20 years later. This is my time-machine performance--the one I'd most want to return to if given the chance. Stevie was amazing.
She was also as high as a kite. It was like being in the presence of someone who has bipolar disorder who is in the manic phase of the disorder: grandiose, expansive, press-of-speech, & very regal. Her singing of "Outside the Rain" & "Stand Back" & "How Still My Love" & "Rhiannon" was awesome, an uncanny performance I'll probably never forget. I used a clunky old tape recorder with used batteries in it, which began to lose their charge during my taping, so I really blew it on that one.
Stevie's had a very long career at this point, with a huge lot of songs, different vocal styles, different visual styles, etc. We've all probably got our favorite time & place for Stevie, & that specific '83 gig is mine.