Shoulda Been a Contender

[michelej1]

This Arizona Highways magazine tried to name an Arizona icon for each letter in the alphabet. This writer, Robert Stieve, was sad that Stevie did not make the cut:

http://www.arizonahighways.com/stati...p&contentID=48

Stevie Nicks didn’t make our list, but I think she should have. Not because her first name is a variation of my last, and not because of how sexy she looked in the heyday of Fleetwood Mac or on the cover of her Bella Donna album. She should have made the list because she’s an Arizona icon. Period.

Other than Duane Eddy and Sam Moore, Stevie Nicks is the only Arizonan in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s an elite membership. Couple that with the piles of money she’s raised for the Arizona Heart Institute, and she ranks right up there. What kept her out of this month’s cover story was the first letter of her last name — since we limited ourselves to one icon for each letter of the alphabet, it was either Stevie Nicks or Navajoland, and we couldn’t leave out the latter. It was one of many tough calls we had to make while compiling our list. The letter “G” was another one.