Stevie sang Rhiannon at midnight

[Steviegirl]

Very cool. Thank you for the video, Nicole! Happy New Year, Ledgies. Thank you for your kindness and guidance throughout 2014!

[gldstwmn]

How fun! Remember the TISL era when Stevie was petrified to get onstage? That ghost is clearly gone. And to good end. The band is clearly thrilled to have her there and she is looking and singing great. Go Mama! Happy New Year to you too Stevie.

[Lisa W]

Here is an article from the Daily Beast in which John McCauley talks about how Stevie's New Year's Eve performance came about:

http://thebea.st/1yfMFXz

Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll

At the end of the night, Stevie Nicks just kept saying, ‘I’m so glad that you guys don’t suck, John.’

You had some pretty amazing special guests, from members of the Replacements to Stevie Nicks. How did you come up with them?

Everybody that came out we knew or had played with before. The only exception being Marshall Crenshaw, who we just threw out there to our management to see if he’d be interested in playing with us. That worked out really well, Marshall’s a great guy and we’d be excited to do something with him again in the future.

So Stevie Nicks, she also officiated your wedding, right? How do you know her?

Through my wife [McCauley is married to singer/songwriter Vanessa Carlton]. They’ve been friends for years. She was gonna be in New York and wanted to hang around for New Years and hopefully be able to stay long enough to meet our baby. My wife was talking to her on the phone, and I just kinda found the courage to ask her. And she said yes. So we picked out the song (“Rhiannon,” click here for video), and Deer Tick learned it. She came to sound check, that was the first time we ever performed it, and it was really cool. She actually had never been to a Deer Tick show before, but she liked it a lot. At the end of the night she just kept saying “I’m so glad that guys don’t suck, John. I’m so glad.” [Laughs]