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[vivfox]

Originally Posted by paleshadow

The song is Midnight Wind, and yeah that is her singing.

The girl's name in the song is Miranda.

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by vivfox

The girl's name in the song is Miranda.

Yes, I know.

[vivfox]

Susan Lucci, Stevie Nicks, And The Sum Total of My Wisdom On Growing Up
2010 March 9

A few months ago, a younger friend asked me what growing up was like, what it felt like to be an adult. I can’t remember exactly what I said, but no doubt it was something facetious and possibly flippant (and most likely I was hanging out in my pajamas when I read her email – that seems like a safe bet). I had actually forgotten about this conversation until I was out for a walk last night and Landslide came on my mp3 player. Whenever I hear it, I always think about the fact that Stevie Nicks was a mere 26 when she wrote it and the precociousness of singing about handling the seasons of your life and children getting older, etc. at that age. But man, she really nailed it, didn’t she? The song has aged beautifully (notwithstanding the fact that it’s butchered at least twice a season by blankly smiling 18 year-old American Idol contestants) and to hear current-day Stevie Nicks sing it in her worn-through voice just drives that poignant point home.

All of this being a long way of justifying the fact that I’m going to be equally precocious and finally get around to answering the aforementioned question, potential eye-rolling from my future fifty-year old self be damned. Couldn’t be any more cringe-worthy than having sung back up for Taylor Swift at the Grammys (Sorry, Stevie, but that was beneath you).

My mother has been a fan of All My Children since before I was born and I grew up with the characters. Now, I only ever see an episode of it when I’m home visiting once or twice a year. I remember remarking to her at Christmas that I couldn’t believe that character A was now in love with character B, his former mother-in-law. But to my mother, who watches the show daily, this didn’t seem like a leap at all.

http://generationmeh.com/2010/03/09/...on-growing-up/

[vivfox]

Rocker who got his start playing at area clubs dies at age 70
BY KIMBER SOLANA • [email protected] • March 10, 2010


Before the world knew him as Lolly Vegas of the 1970s band Redbone, Lolly Vasquez, with brother Pat and friend Robert Howard, played the Salinas club circuit in the 1950s.

"They played in those rinky-dink bars," said his sister, Marie Vasquez-Diaz of Salinas. "He knew he was going to be a musician no matter what, and it was just going to be a matter of time."
More than a decade after leaving Salinas, Vasquez and Redbone came out with their biggest hit, "Come and Get Your Love," in 1974.
"Because of that song, he'll always be remembered and he'll be rediscovered for years to come," Vasquez-Diaz said.
Lolly Vegas died Thursday in his Los Angeles home after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 70.
Born in Coalinga and raised in Fresno, the then-17-year-old Vasquez and his family moved to Salinas in 1958. With his brother and Howard, they formed The High Tensions band. Lolly Vasquez played lead guitar while his brother played mostly bass and drums.
After Pat Vasquez graduated from Salinas High School, the brothers pursued their music careers in Los Angeles in the early 1960s. Three years later, Vasquez-Diaz said, they returned to Salinas.
Performing as Pat and Lolly Vegas — Vasquez-Diaz said they chose the name simply because it was close to Vasquez — the brothers also backed up the likes of Bobby Darin, Ike and Tina Turner and other visiting performers.After another three years, the brothers tried again in Los Angeles with their Native American rock music. With their new band name, Redbone, their first big break was their 1970 release of "Maggie." The band's 1972 LP "Witch Queen of New Orleans" sold 3 million copies.
Two years later, Redbone's single "Come and Get Your Love" climbed to No. 5 on the Billboard charts, stayed in the top 40 for 18 weeks, and sold 7 million copies. The song has been used in several commercials and movies, including "The Postman."
"They played that song to me before they even recorded it," Vasquez-Diaz said. "They were like, 'Hey sis, what do you think of this song? Just listen to it.'
"I told them, this is it ... This will take you to the top."
In the next three decades, the band continued to tour and make music. But during a tour stop at Minneapolis 12 years ago, Vasquez-Diaz said, Lolly suffered a stroke. Although he couldn't play the guitar after the stroke, he continued to write songs until his death.
A viewing is planned today in Reseda. A Rosary is set for Thursday, Vasquez-Diaz said, and is expected to draw some of her brother's celebrity friends including Della Reese, Cher and Stevie Nicks.
Vasquez is to be buried March 16 in Fresno, next to his grandparents.
"Most of our family is buried in Fresno, so he wanted to be with them," Vasquez-Diaz said. "But the roots of their music are from Salinas."

http://www.thecalifornian.com/articl...one-remembered

[vivfox]

Brad Pitt told this to Rolling Stone: "I had this dream where everyone was using my toothbrush. So, dissect that one!" . . . At 18 months Muhammad Ali knocked out one of his mother's teeth with a baby punch . . . In college Kris Kristofferson won first prize in Atlantic Monthly's short-story contest . . . Joan Allen on fellow Steppenwolf Theater actors in the old days: "John Malkovich's head is so big, we used to call him Bucket Head" . . . Stevie Nicks checks into hotels under the name Emily Dickinson.

http://www.californiachronicle.com/a...s/yb/142558216

[StreetAngel95]

“The night we recorded it, she was in the studio with her boyfriend Liam,” he explains. “We were doing ‘Every Rose,’ and I played him the song. I’m a very freestyle singer. I’m one of those people who doesn’t have a strict pop method about how someone has to do something. And one of her idols, Stevie Nicks, who I’ve written and produced before, and she said ‘I love Stevie.’ I said, ‘try some stuff like Stevie does, try some low harmonies.’ The song is about an adult couple who have been hurt while trying to find love. That’s the lesson of the song, and she’s singing harmonies on it.”

He adds, “I was like ‘defend what?’ There’s nothing to defend. It wasn’t like it was a duet and we were singing to each other. It wasn’t like we were staring into each other’s eyes singing.”

Hm, does Miley like to create scandal?


http://www.okmagazine.com/2010/03/br...9-miley-cyrus/

[vivfox]

ALICE COOPER To Guest On DAMON JOHNSON Album - Mar. 17, 2010

According to a posting on the ALICE COOPER fan site SickThingsUK, guitarist Damon Johnson is in the final stages of recording a new solo acoustic album, tentatively titled "Release". This will be his first solo effort since 2000's "Dust".

"There was a stack of songs sitting around that I felt I'd be proud to have a recorded version of me singing them," Damon says. "For all the different projects I've been involved in, the one thing they all have in common is great songs. It's been amazing to be able to collaborate and learn from all these great musicians and songwriters."

"Release" is being recorded at Kensington Road Studios in Birmingham, Alabama and will showcase a diverse array of material. There are a couple of songs that have been staples of Damon's live acoustic shows in recent years, like "Leave It All Behind" and "Every Day", which Stevie Nicks recorded a version of in 2001. Several songs will feature a full rhythm section accompaniment, and Damon's daughter Sarah duets with him on "Better Days Will Come At Last" and a cover of SHELBY LYNNE's "Where I'm From".

"I've lived in Birmingham since 1987," Damon says. "As I'm getting ready to move my family and start our new life in Nashville, this album is sort of a love letter to Alabama."

The new album will also contain a cover of Damon's favorite ALICE COOPER song, "Generation Landslide", featuring Alice himself on harmonica. "I've wanted Coop to add this song to the live set ever since I joined the band," Damon says. "The original version from 'Billion Dollar Babies' is centered around the acoustic guitar, and we've stayed true to that arrangement. We had a blast recording it."

The album will be mixed by Damon's longtime collaborator Kelly Gray, and should be completed by June 1.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/bla...sitemID=136906

[michelej1]

Vegas Deluxe article about a SN tribute band.

http://www.vegasdeluxe.com/blogs/lux...ie-nicks-las-/

Contributing photographer Tom Donoghue was front and center for this photo gallery of Bella Donna at the Las Vegas Hilton on April 7. The eight-piece Los Angeles band, named after singer Stevie Nicks’ double-platinum CD, pays tribute to Stevie as a solo artist and in her career with Fleetwood Mac in the 1970s and ’80s.

Lead singer Michelle Tyler was surprised recently when Stevie herself went backstage to meet them. Several members of the audience were so enthusiastic about the band that they hopped onstage to dance out the finale at the Hilton.

[vermicious knid]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Stevie Nicks checks into hotels under the name Emily Dickinson.

http://www.californiachronicle.com/a...s/yb/142558216

So that makes :
Lily Chanel
Sara Anderson
Emily Dickinson

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by vermicious knid

So that makes :
Lily Chanel
Sara Anderson
Emily Dickinson

And Kay Deloncray.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by vivfox

. . . Stevie Nicks checks into hotels under the name Emily Dickinson.

http://www.californiachronicle.com/a...s/yb/142558216

Interesting. Puts me in mind of Gift of Screws.

Michele

[vivfox]

Anyone who know me knows that I am a devoted Stevie Nicks fan! Her poetic music and lyrics have always resonated with my soul. When I opened myself up to joining several Stevie facebook groups, my whole world and business changed! It all started with an invitation from a wonderful woman named Arlene Lewis to a private group, where I met the most gracious, sweet women! (and men!) Around the same time, I had designed a Stevie inspired wineglass for myself and done an oil pastel portrait of my muse as well. I posted them on the site, just to venture out, with no expectations and my business in turn took off. These wonderful women put my art store link in their news feeds without me asking, sent me orders and more compliments that my heart can probably contain! They told me they cried when they received my art, and they said they were my biggest fans! They encouraged me to put whimsical projects out there like top hats with brooches and feathers (which I will be doing soon!) They were honest enough to tell me that my prices are too low….(and they may be, but right now I am searching mostly for coins of confidence in my bank roll

I cannot say what it has meant to me to be able to embrace my adoration for Stevie Nicks through these women. (and I should note there are many men in the groups…so thank you to my Sisters and Brothers of the Moon)!! So thank you to Arlene, Robbin, Julie, Lisa, Jennifer, Alicia, Brooke, Diane, Joan, Kathy, Lily, Linda, Susan, Alan….and all my other Sister of the Moon facebook friends! They have allowed me the comfort of embracing what I truly love and being able to express it in my artwork. I should have known all along (to quote Stevie) that this is where I would be able to “pick up the pieces and go home.”

http://dreamalittledesigns.wordpress...-inspired-art/