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Originally Posted by Tango
Well, viv, Waddy is close friends with Stevie and fairly famous in the rock music world. Many people attack him for not being a "beauty." I think you understand the unfairness of that. Perhaps Stevie sees him differently than the people sitting on the couch. I think Stevie wants him to have a bit of a starring role on her videos. He may not be "pretty" enough to be in Fleetwood Mac, yet I believe he has done quite a bit to give Stevie's solo career some notice. (His style of playing has been called "dirty," and people ask him to play on their albums to give them a certain "edge," if you will.) He's made an appearance on most of her solo albums and tours. On Edge of Seventeen in particular, Stevie & Waddy do have co-starring roles, I think. If you've been to a few early shows or watched Red Rocks or Stevie Nicks In Concert, Waddy was sort of forced to entertain the audience while Stevie was backstage changing her clothes or doing whatever she was doing back there.  (sure, they could have edited THAT out too, but that's really what was happening) Besides, Waddy wrote the string arrangements for the Melbourne Orchestra that appears on Crystal Visions and the arrangements now appear on this Soundstage production-which we are getting to see performed for the first time. I believe it is the combination of Stevie & Waddy that makes Edge of Seventeen the power song that it is. I think he deserves the screen time. |
I agree - I like Waddy & I liked the pictures of her family, I'm just commenting on how the "general public" might view the broadcast. I'm only basing this on the unprofessional "focus group" of a bunch of non-obsessed fans that watched it with me.