I don’t think Stevie had any clue what was about to happen. It’s one thing to have been in a massive band, but something entirely different to then go do it on your own. When the one who was only invited into the band because they wanted her musical partner to be their guitarist and then found herself suddenly surrounded by people who’ve met everyone, the shift in power dynamic entirely into her favor had to be profound.
To put it a different way, John McVie was the bassist of record on the album that gave the world the Gibson Les Paul through a cranked Marshall amp sound guitarists still go after. How does a waitress at Big Boy suddenly hold her own in that lot? Well…
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On and on it will always be, the rhythm, rhyme, and harmony.
THE Stephen Hopkins
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