Whenever I Call You "Friend"

[SisterNightroad]

Originally Posted by WatchChain

Kenny claims that he pushed Stevie pretty hard in the studio to get a great vocal. He got the impression that Fleetwood Mac has a pretty laid back style of recording, where a lot of work didn't always get done. In turn, Stevie called Kenny a "slave driver" in the studio.

It was the 1982 High Times interview:

HIGH TIMES: You did a duet with Kenny Loggins, "Whenever I Call You Friend."

STEVIE NICKS: That was a discipline thing. I call him Slave-Driver Loggins. He cracked the whip on me for two days to get that particular performance. And I was downright angry at points where I was going, "I'm not going to do this." He said, "Yes, you are." He's a real good producer, Kenny, he got exactly what he wanted. When it was done and I left, I was knocked out. I really had to keep my mouth shut and do what I was told. And it worked. He wasn't interested in a dull vocal.

HIGH TIMES: How does he get the performance out of you? Does he have to create a mood?

STEVIE NICKS: Yeah, that's exactly what I do, I light a little incense. Jimmy did it for me too. If I get mad enough, he'll say, "This is really uncool" over the talkback. We have the most hysterical video of him giving us a lecture telling us we were doing something wrong. We don't answer him, we just talk to each other. He says it's like tuning in on my mother's poker game. He walks out carrying my little bottle of brandy that I use when I sing, which he hates because he doesn't drink. I asked him for some and he's swinging it at us as he's talking. He said, "Okay, you want a little drink?" He goes into this incredible thing about us being magpies. And we're totally ignoring him. We would turn to each other and forget what he said completely. He'd say, "Wait one second everybody, stop talking and listen to me." Then someone would make some sly comment about little girls who have been caught doing something wrong, and then we'll get back on the track. That was basically what Kenny did too. He let me kind of tangent off to a point and then he'd say, "That's it, now we have to start doing this for real."