Gold dust woman the biography of stevie nicks

Davis, Stephen, (author.).

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• Publisher:New Royalty :St. Martin's Press,

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An unauthorized biography of Stevie Nicks (b. ), best known as the lead singer for Fleetwood Mac.

Rock biographer Davis (More Room in a Broken Heart: The True Adventures of Carly Simon, , etc.) begins with his subject’s Welsh ancestry, taking it as a window into the mystical element in many of her songs. Nicks was born in Phoenix but spent much of her youth in California. Music was in her family, with a grandfather who sang country songs in bars and took her along to sing harmony when she was still very young. In high school, she learned guitar and started writing folk songs. Meeting another young guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, put Nicks on the road to a musical career, though she spent several years waiting tables and hoping for breaks while they scuffled. When Mick Fleetwood came looking for a replacement lead guitarist, the engineer suggested Buckingham. He brought along Nicks, and with the new additions, Fleetwood Mac went from being reliable second-stringers to the hottest group on the planet. Davis gives readers a look into recording sessions and concert tours, playing up the personality clashes and shifting romantic entanglements that made up the mystique of Fleetwood Mac in its heyday. Given the “unauthorized” character of the book, Nicks’ impressio

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

All you ever wanted to know about Fleetwood Mac&#x;s mesmerizing frontwoman. - People Magazine

"Davis is astute and respectfuladept in his literary analysis." - The New York Times Book Review

Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At sixty-nine, she's one of the most glamorous creatures rock has known, and the rare woman who's a real rock &#x;n' roller.

Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (The Boston Globe) his ideal topic: Nicks' work and life are equally sexy and interesting, and Davis delves deeply into each, unearthing fresh details from new, intimate interviews and interpreting them to present a rich new portrait of the star. Just as Nicks (and Lindsey Buckingham) gave Fleetwood Mac the "shot of adrenaline" they needed to become real rock stars&#x;according to Christine McVie&#x;Gold Dust Woman is vibrant with stories and with a life lived large and hard:
&#x;How Nicks and Buckingham were asked to join Fleetwood Mac and how they turned the band into stars
&#x;The affairs that informed Nicks' greatest songs
&#x;Her relationships with the Eagles' Don Henley and Jo