Will Stevie make another solo album?

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Originally Posted by Kelly

What he did with Gypsy....a true masterpiece. Her piano demo is, if I am being kind, sparse and beyond simplistic. He "saw" what she was trying to find and he turned those random lyrics and sparse melody into something so fantastic.

Lindsey always gets way too much credit where Stevie's songs are concerned I think. First of all, he really had a lot more to work with for "Gypsy" than just the simple piano demo everyone always refers to. There are many piano demos and some are far more elaborate (to say the least) than the extra long version in which she repeats the same notes over and over. She was probably only exploring some ideas with a recorder turned on. But mostly, Stevie recorded a great "Gypsy" with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during the Bella Donna sessions and although it is "rougher" than the Fleetwood Mac version, I don't think they are that dissimilar. Lindsey refined "Gypsy" but he certainly didn't "make it".