Davie Robb Talks About Stevie

michelej1 · #1 03-16-2014, 03:15 PM

[I just am excerpting the Stevie parts from this long interview]

The Scotsman

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footba...reer-1-3341404

Mar 15 2014 07:25:30 Saturday Interview : Davie Robb : Brush with Pele, Stevie Nicks and Oliva Netwon John

He doesn't have much need of a haircut now either and I almost don't recognise the rounder fellow, now 66, with the disposition of a jovial farmer, who leads me to his favourite coffee shop.Incredibly, Olivia Newton-John and Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac both turn up in this story which features the unforgettable line "I'm Pele and this is David Robb" - but it begins near Dundee in Broughty Ferry.

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Years later when Robb worked in oil they ran into each other in Los Angeles. "Bizarrely, she was living next door to our company's lawyer. At first I don't think she recognised me. I told her I had happy memories of the first time we'd met."Then there was Stevie Nicks. "I knew who she was. Fleetwood Mac were performing in Philadelphia and we met them afterwards for drink and drugs. That's a joke - at least the team didn't touch the drugs. 'Where are you from?' she asked. 'Scotland,' I said. 'A little village outside London.' Neither of us wanted to to be at this party so we did a runner. We went to a nightclub and I remember she had no money with her. Then it was back to the hotel. Ach, everything was so free and easy ... "

For his best pal in America, Rodney Marsh, even the booze was free. "For mentioning his favourite vodka in public so many times he got sent 144 crates. He didn't know what to do with it so he filled his pool, his jacuzzi. I sat in the vodka jacuzzi." Robb, it should be emphasised, is still not boasting. I have to prise these details out of him. In the US that long hair earned him modelling gigs. Now he gets OAP discount on No 6 razorcuts - "You can hear the blade going right down to the wood!"Life is much quieter in Banchory where he lives with the youngest of his three sons following a messy end to his second marriage. But as an ex- footballer you'd continue to file him under "different" because of his work as a volunteer counsellor for people with addictions. "I started doing this after the death of my brother who drank heavily. And I stopped drinking myself when my wee laddie told me he didn't like the smell when he kissed me goodnight."Robb quit smoking for the same reason but the memory of his cup-winning goal still flickers. "It came off my shin! I felt a bit guilty because I got so much praise. But Bobby Clark told me I deserved it for playing for so long for Aberdeen and never getting any."And with that an old hero rejoins the city bustle for the 17.22 miles home, his big secret safely tucked away.

Deeshere · #2 03-16-2014, 04:12 PM

Well if the implication is correct, it sounds like Mr. Robb had a very fun night with Ms. Stevie Nicks...because you know...everything was free and easy back then....

michelej1 · #3 03-16-2014, 04:39 PM

In the picture, the guy looks like a retired priest.

Michele

Deeshere · #4 03-16-2014, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

In the picture, the guy looks like a retired priest.

Michele

Oh Really?!? Well Stevie seems to like all kinds of men.

michelej1 · #5 03-16-2014, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Deeshere

Oh Really?!? Well Stevie seems to like all kinds of men.

I imagine he was "hot" when he was young though.

Michele

Aussie W/Heart · #6 03-16-2014, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

In the picture, the guy looks like a retired priest.

Michele

He sure does

PenguinHead · #7 03-16-2014, 11:17 PM

He probably didn't look so priestly when Stevie met him. There is no mention of how long his encounter occurred. It could have happened thirty-five years ago.

Davictoes · #8 03-18-2014, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

In the picture, the guy looks like a retired priest.

Michele

Well you know how Stevie's into those priests of nothing. X)

jannieC · #9 03-22-2014, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

I imagine he was "hot" when he was young though.

Michele

Um, no.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6FEk9xs2_U...vie%20Robb.JPG

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...lRU1jtMBd_fznK

bombaysaffires · #10 03-22-2014, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jannieC

Um, no.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6FEk9xs2_U...vie%20Robb.JPG

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...lRU1jtMBd_fznK

Yet another case of WTF when it comes to Stevie's men.

michelej1 · #11 03-23-2014, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jannieC

Um, no.

That gave me a good laugh. Hey, at least red hair is unique. Ginger is alluring.

Michele

MoonSister75 · #12 03-23-2014, 12:14 PM

poor Stevie..... Its a shame she can't speak for herself here. Did she really sleep with him?

michelej1 · #13 03-23-2014, 01:54 PM

[Here's a letter to the editor in response to Robb]

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Please...a.-a0362129370

GLASGOW RECORD: PLEASE NO, NOT OLIVIA.(NEWS)

By ALASTAIR ROBERTSON
March 20 2014 (Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)) -- Byline: ALASTAIR ROBERTSON

I SHALL never again be able to listen to Olivia Newton-John belting outYou're the One that I Want now that ex-Don Davie "The Brush" Robb has revealed/ hinted he spent a night of passion with the Grease and Saturday Night Fever star when playing"soccer"in the US.

The Brush, named for his bog brush hair style, met her at Sammy Davis jnr's Miami pad in her pre-Grease days.

Something clicked. She later invited him back to a party at her apartment. Or so he thought. But they were the only ones at the party. Exclamation mark. Exclamation mark.

Now 66 and living in Banchory,The Brush lived a freewheeling life in the US rubbing shoulders with Frank Sinatra, drinking and playing with Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, George Best and Johan Cruyff.

Certainly he took Fleetwood Mac legend Stevie Nicks to his heart, as it were, when they both found themselves at a loose end one night in Philadelphia.

I can forgive him Stevie Nicks.

But sweet innocent Olivia? No.