Stevie says at age 18 she had a record deal

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Her grandfather brought her to a saloon where she danced on tables one night when an Atlantic record executive was drinking. He saw her singing and approached her grandfather about a record deal. The deal was signed but fell apart because of the touring conflicted with her age getting into bars.
Several years later her parents bought her a guitar and she wrote a few songs with Robin one of them being California Dreaming. She was proud of it but felt it was not right for her and offered it up to the Mamas and the Papas. Later at school she met Lindsey and she taught him the chords and they performed together for the first time.