Peter Asher recording a track with Stevie

[OldTimer]

Well, maybe PA's comments about working with Stevie aren't all that old. He might have been working with her just before going to do this Canada gig, although that means Stevie's post-tour break would have been quite brief! I wonder if he works out of a studio in LA?

[vivfox]

Ok so last night I had a dream about this song. The radio station near me played a snippet of this song as an upcoming preview. They said the song was three and a half minutes which is short for a Stevie song, and they played a minute and a half for us. I grabbed a blank cassette and recorded it. Although they didn't say so, the song turned out to be a duet with Sheryl Crow. I wish I could remember the song! I have dreamt several SN songs in my life that were brand new but don't exist.

Anyhoo, I was telling you Ledgies I got it on tape and that it was a really good song, the kind of song you love from the first listen and you were all asking me to upload it for you and I was unable to. Just like so many other cassettes of mine that I want you to hear, I am unable to "computerize" them.

Then I found out that Stevie was at the radio station so I went down there and there was a crowd waiting to meet and take pictures of her. We were held behind the VIP rope but someone spotted her in the distance sitting on a park bench with Sheryl and then mayhem as we witnessed the two ladies kissing passionately and all of us fumbling to get our cameras ready for the "money" shot. My camera got that coveted photo.

Next they were sneaking Stevie and her crew out the studio door dressed as pidgeons. They were the actual sizes of birds but with humans in them. Don't ask how--this is a dream, right?
The birds walked slowly passed us and we were all trying to figure out which one was Stevie. Somehow I knew which one was Stevie and I casually asked her if she could make the time to perform solo in Connecticut some time soon. She called me by my middle name-and I was so shocked that she knew it-that I can't remember the quick conversation she had with me and then off she and the other birds went in the limosine.

[OldTimer]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Come to think of it... isn't this all kind of, um... ick? I mean, it's one thing to commemorate one's birthdate. But I find it a bit morbid to "celebrate" the anniversary of one's death.

Yeah, I can see your point. It's probably not so much intended to coincide with the anniversary of his death, but rather the half-century-ago era when he was so influential. (56-59?)

That is, IF this is a for-real gonna happen project we're talking about.

[OldTimer]

Viv, you're scaring me.

[petep9000]

Originally Posted by vivfox

I have dreamt several SN songs in my life that were brand new but don't exist.

I once dreamt of a new Stevie album that didn't exist. I had the dream in 1987, and in the dream the album title was called 'Clouds Through Sara'. I was very surprised in 1989 when the title TOSOTM was announced, because I thought for sure my dream title was some sort of a premonition that was going to come true.
Such weird teenage notions, lol!

[wheart]

Originally Posted by petep9000

I'm just not terribly interested in hearing another cover from her. I'm not a huge fan if her going retro either. Call me a party pooper.

I agree...if she's back in the studio she needs to be recording something she wrote. She is, after all, a songwriter...at least, she used to be.

[David]

Originally Posted by OldTimer

I hope it's true, though. And after Stevie rocks her way through Not Fade Away , maybe then she'll get going on her own new stuff.

Did you ever hear that audience audio recording of Stevie & the Heartbreakers rocking their way through Not Fade Away at the Petty concert in Tempe in July 1985? It's tasty!

[OldTimer]

Originally Posted by David

Did you ever hear that audience audio recording of Stevie & the Heartbreakers rocking their way through Not Fade Away at the Petty concert in Tempe in July 1985? It's tasty!

No, I had no idea she'd done that song! It was just the first BH song that came to mind. I'd LOVE to hear that! Does anyone have the recording David referenced?

If there was a Buddy Holly tribute album, I wouldn't mind Stevie doing one little number. Not Fade Away was the first one that came to mind. I think she'd do fantastic on It's So Easy To Fall In Love, too, but Linda Ronstadt's got her signature all over that one.

Hopefully not Peggy Sue, unless Viv's Stevie/Sheryl dream comes true, then Stevie could substitute Sheryl Crow for the Peggy Sue refrain ..... "my Sheryl, my Sheryl Crowaho, a-ho, a-ho ho..."

[GypsyBlueEyes]

Originally Posted by vivfox

We were held behind the VIP rope but someone spotted her in the distance sitting on a park bench with Sheryl and then mayhem as we witnessed the two ladies kissing passionately and all of us fumbling to get our cameras ready for the "money" shot. My camera got that coveted photo.

This is my worst Stevie nightmare...of all the people in the whole world, why oh why did you have to dream that it was Sheryl Crow??? I've had dreams where she was singing songs that I'd never heard before too. Its kind of weird when that happens. Of course, you can never remember the lyrics when you wake up...only that you really liked the song.

I agree about the Peggy Sue thing...I wouldn't want her to sing that one either. In fact, I find it kind of hard to imagine her singing any BH songs. For me, it would have to be either Not Fade Away or Loves Made A Fool of You.

[ragrsrocalot]

Originally Posted by OldTimer

No, I had no idea she'd done that song! It was just the first BH song that came to mind. I'd LOVE to hear that! Does anyone have the recording David referenced?

If there was a Buddy Holly tribute album, I wouldn't mind Stevie doing one little number. Not Fade Away was the first one that came to mind. I think she'd do fantastic on It's So Easy To Fall In Love, too, but Linda Ronstadt's got her signature all over that one.

Hopefully not Peggy Sue, unless Viv's Stevie/Sheryl dream comes true, then Stevie could substitute Sheryl Crow for the Peggy Sue refrain ..... "my Sheryl, my Sheryl Crowaho, a-ho, a-ho ho..."

Not Fade Away
http://www.sendspace.com/file/coiujq

[RockALittle250]

To me, it sounded like the tribute album and Stevie's track are unrelated...like he or the writer used a non-sequitur between two different thoughts. And the article is dated from yesterday, so i would assume this is/has just happened, whatever the case may be. It's quite exciting!

[ragrsrocalot]

Originally Posted by ragrsrocalot

Not Fade Away
http://www.sendspace.com/file/coiujq

I would love to hear Stevie sing this with Mick Jagger.
Forget about it.

[OldTimer]

Originally Posted by ragrsrocalot

Not Fade Away
http://www.sendspace.com/file/coiujq

Thank you, THANK YOU, ragrsrocalot! She and Tom sound like they're having a blast!

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by RockALittle250

To me, it sounded like the tribute album and Stevie's track are unrelated...like he or the writer used a non-sequitur between two different thoughts. And the article is dated from yesterday, so i would assume this is/has just happened, whatever the case may be. It's quite exciting!

You know, when I first read it I thought it seemed kinda unrelated. It's like he states he has been in the studio making the Buddy Holly tribute album and then he restates that he has been in the studio with Stevie. It seems to me he wouldn't have repeated the "been in the studio" part if he meant he that she was recording a song for the album, but that he has been in the studio producing the BH album AND he has been in the studio recording a track with Stevie, instead of being in the studio producing the BH album having recently recorded one of the tracks with Stevie. But who knows, maybe he just decided to word it strange. But I do believe it is recent.

[GoldDustBoy]

Oh god, PLEASE don't let her do another cover. I think that she is frightened of the low sales of SYW, and TISL, so she just keeps on playing safe by doing covers. Could it be that she doubts the amazing talent she's got? Doesn't she realize that after 150 covers it gets pretty boring? I prefer to have one bad Stevie song over ten great covers. I guess we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed that she is actually recording some new material of hers. IMO both Stevie and FM have at least one good album left to be made.