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Today's HOME-Spun Wisdom

RISMEDIA, May 26 – Today is the birthday of singer Stevie Nicks.
Here are some of her notable quotes and facts about her life:

She is a singer/songwriter, whose first recording was released in
1973. She spent the better part of three decades as a member of the
band Fleetwood Mac, and began a concurrent solo career in 1981.

"When I joined Fleetwood Mac, I didn't think I was a lead singer. I
have a strange voice, a hard voice to get accepted ~ that's why I
always considered myself a writer and not a singer. Only in the last
couple of years have I begun to think I could sing."

" I'm inspired by life, I'm inspired by people. If I fix up a room
with some nice candles and put some beautiful things around, I can
usually sit down at the typewriter or with a journal and write. I
think it's all about environment. You can change your environment
and change your whole mood. If you're not happy, then you just have
to pack a bag and go somewhere else. There's nothing like it to
bring out the creative side of you. I just throw some stuff in a
duffel bag and take off..."

"Sable on Blond is my serious statement on The Wild Heart. It fits
into a particular group of my songs; Rhiannon, Beautiful Child and
Sara. It reflects the mood I was in when I moved into my new house
last year. It was a time when I was learning how to live with
myself. Sable on Blond meant to learn how to be a stranger, to learn
to be with yourself, to learn to be one color. In the legend of
Excalibur, the sword is there for protection, but you don't call
upon it unless it's absolutely necessary. During that period in my
life, I was learning how not to call on the sword."

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--- In rhiannonsenchantedgarden@yahoogroups.com, rhiannon102_44420
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Henley and Nicks soar together on concert tour
> By Sarah Rodman
> Thursday, June 9, 2005 - Updated: 10:05 AM EST
>
> It was a meeting of two great classic rockers, the mystic and the
> cynic, last night at the Tweeter Center.
>
> As the respective superstars from the Eagles and Fleetwood
Mac,
> it seems odd that Don Henley and Stevie Nicks had never teamed up
> for a tour before.
>
> But the Eagle and the Nightbird made up for lost time by
taking
> wing for a splendid three-hour performance.
>
> As he's proven in recent Eagles outings, Henley has barely
> shaved a note off of his impressive vocal range. Although he
seemed
> to occasionally struggle with power during his smart hour-and-15-
> minute performance, he never wavered with pitch or control. He hit
> shiver-inducing high grace notes on the sinister bump and grind of
> ``Witchy Woman,'' the elegant ``Heart of the Matter'' and crowd
> favorite ``Boys of Summer.''
>
>
>
> The set list was more like a hit list as he whipped through
the
> still sadly prescient rocker ``Dirty Laundry,'' the mournful ``End
> of the Innocence'' and a white-hot ``Life in the Fast Lane.'' To
> thunderous applause - the two-thirds capacity crowd seemed to
> slightly favor Stevie - Nicks joined her one-time paramour for
duets
> of ``Hotel California,'' ``New York Minute'' and ``Last Worthless
> Evening'' and their salt and sandpaper vocals were a warm match
and
> helped inject new fire into the familiar songs. (And, at 57, they
> both looked great.)
>
> Nicks cheekily played the ``Edge of Seventeen''
> sampling `'Bootylicious'' as an intro to her equally strong
> performance. While less hit-packed - and featuring some generous
but
> time-sucking guitar and drum solos to cover her costume changes -
> Nicks pleased the faithful with solid vocal turns on the gauzy
> ``Rhiannon,'' the emotional piano ballad ``Beauty and the Beast''
> and a truly scintillating ``Stand Back.'' Henley returned the
favor
> in her set joining in Nicks-Tom Petty stomper ``Stop Draggin' My
> Heart Around.''
>
> The duo closed out the night with a note-perfect rendition of
> their 1981 hit ballad ``Leather and Lace'' that found Nicks
> teasingly cooing ``take from me my lace'' and Henley sheepishly
> declining. It was a sweet moment that brought a beautiful evening
of
> camaraderie to a warm close.
>
> Don Henley and Stevie Nicks, at the Tweeter Center, Mansfield,
last
> night.
> *******************************************************************
> Music Preview: Don Henley takes time away from that elusive Eagles
> album to tour with Nicks
> Thursday, June 09, 2005
>
> By Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
>
> "[The recording of the new Eagles album is] going quite well.
We're
> all very pleased -- surprised even. I think everybody in the group
> is surprised about how well it is going and how well we're getting
> along, and how everybody is stepping up to the plate, you know. So
> we're just going to keep recording. We might record enough
material
> for two albums. I don't know."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Don Henley/Stevie Nicks
>
>
> Where: Post-Gazette Pavilion
>
> When: 8 p.m. Saturday.
>
> Tickets: $28.50-$126. 412-323-1919.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> That was Don Henley talking back in March ... 2002.
>
> Now, it's 2005 and the last Eagles album was still in 1979.
>
> This was, after all, the band that gave us "Take it Easy." But
> they've done plenty of that: So what's up with this Eagles record?
>
> "We've been recording Eagles material for the last four or five
> years and putting it away in the vaults," says Henley, who brings
> his solo tour with Stevie Nicks to the Post-Gazette Pavilion
> Saturday, "but we've been away so much we haven't had a chance to
> complete a lot of it. The other big factor is that we're all
married
> and have children -- three of us have young children -- and that
> takes a lot of time. Whereas the Eagles were once our main
priority,
> I think our families are our priority now."
>
> So how many songs would he say they've recorded and finished?
>
> "I think only one or two of them are finished out of 15 or 16," he
> says.
>
> Yes, while the Eagles have been in the fast lane, touring-wise,
> since they declared that Hell Freezes Over in 1994, when it comes
to
> recording, they seem to be broken down on the side of the road.
>
> "We don't feel a great deal of pressure to finish anything,"
Henley
> says. "We're not signed to any particular label. I think the
primary
> impediment has been the touring. If we wanted to finish a record
we
> could. ... And there is the fact," he adds, "that we are competing
> with our legacy, our former music. We all agree that if we can't
> make a record that we think measures to the standards that applied
> in the '70s, then we'd just as soon not do it. We're working
toward
> that. We're still working on songwriting chops and experimenting
> with various styles."
>
> Henley adds that it doesn't help that he lives more than a
thousand
> miles away from the other members. Eleven years ago, he left L.A.,
> where he co-founded the Eagles in 1971, and returned to Texas,
> settling in Dallas, a little to the west of Linden, where he was
> born and raised.
>
> "I wanted to have a family, and we didn't want to raise them [in
> L.A.], frankly. My mother was still living in Texas. Her parents
are
> still in Texas. We both agreed that it was very important to have
> children who knew and interacted with their grandparents on a
> frequent basis. My mother passed away a couple of years ago, but
my
> wife's parents are still active with our children. I still love
> California; we still maintain a home there, but it's good to have
a
> different perspective and to get out of the fast lane -- I think
you
> could say that."
>
> Henley -- whose image is so tied to the bronzed Californian, hair
> slicked back and sunglasses on -- enjoys a daily life that
consists
> of waking up at 6 a.m., getting his kids (girls 5 and 9, boy 7)
> ready for school, hitting the local coffee shop, gardening,
working
> out and dealing with office work regarding everything from the
> Eagles to the Walden Woods Project to a revitalization of the
> courthouse in his hometown.
>
> He has a recording studio at the house, but with all that other
> stuff going on, the songs don't come easy.
>
> "It never came easy," he says. "There are certain instances where
> Glenn and I wrote a song in a matter of three or four days. Like
the
> song 'Lyin' Eyes,' for instance. 'Desperado' was something that
> evolved over a span of four or five years. I started that song in
> 1968, before I even met the other guys in the band. ...
>
> "The key to songwriting," he says, "is to try to eliminate
> distractions and to concentrate and to focus. That has become more
> difficult as the years go on. We're just simply not as self-
absorbed
> as we were when we were younger. Songwriting requires a certain
> amount of self-absorption, or at least to the degree that one can
> meditate and concentrate and dream and get into what we call 'the
> zone.' That simply becomes more difficult whether you have kids or
> not. Life rushes in. It's a noisy, clanging world out there."
>
> Henley has always liked to collaborate. He co-wrote with Glenn
Frey
> in the Eagles, and, as the Eagle with the most successful solo
> career (with Top 10 hits like "Dirty Laundry," "The Boys of
> Summer," "All She Wants to Do is Dance" and "The End of the
> Innocence"), he's co-written with producers and artists like Bruce
> Hornsby and Danny Kortchmar.
>
> "I'm not a musical island. I like to collaborate because it gives
> variety to the material and takes me in places that I wouldn't be
> able to go myself."
>
> Henley's last solo record was "Inside Job" in 2000, and now, he
> says, "I have some things in the can. But there's a gray area
> between my own material and the Eagles material. If I'm writing
> something, even if I might have intended to put it on my solo
> record, if I get to a certain point in the creation and I decide
it
> might be good for the Eagles album, I might give it over to that.
> That would be my first priority. Some of my solo stuff would not
be
> suitable for the Eagles."
>
> For now, he's put all of those projects on hold while he does a
> quick June tour with Stevie Nicks, with whom he recorded the
> hit "Leather and Lace" for her first solo record back in 1981.
They
> plan to do a few songs together on stage, and he, of course, will
> front his solo band, many of whom also play on the Eagles tour.
>
> In August, he'll hook up with the Eagles again for a West Coast
> tour. Asked if playing classic Eagles songs remains fresh for him
> night after night, he laughs and says, "Depends on how far into a
> tour we are. The audience makes it fresh every night. Sure, we get
> tired of some of these songs sometimes. Some of these songs we've
> been doing for 33 years. But when the lights go down and we walk
out
> on stage and the cheers go up from the audience, it's a brand new
> world every night. The crowds are what make it worthwhile. They
give
> us our energy."
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> -----------
> (Scott Mervis can be reached at smervis@p... or 412-263-
> 2576.)
>
>
> ******************************************************************
> Nicks, Henley no dynamic duo
> While the Fleetwood Mac songstress carried her weight, the Eagles
> singer fell flat.
>
> By DAVID PENCEK
> Norwich Bulletin
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> -----------
>
>
> MOHEGAN-- Don Henley and Stevie Nicks became the solo stars for
two
> of the biggest bands during the 1970s.
>
> In the 1980s, they both enjoyed solo success and recorded a hit
duet
> single "Leather & Lace."
>
> More than 20 years later, the song could have been used as an
> appropriate theme for the two's double-bill headlining show Monday
> in the Mohegan Sun Arena.
>
> One could have also used the phrase "oil and water" because that's
> how different the two approached their portion of the three-hour
> concert.
>
> Where Henley went through the motions and gave a passable, yet
> uninspired performance, Nicks was more energetic and responsive to
> the audience. She demonstrated why there are few equals to her
when
> it comes to female rock singers.
>
> Each performed 80-minute solo sets that included duets with the
> other. However, the two had little chemistry together, which is
> perhaps why press photographers were not allowed to take pictures
> when both were on stage.
>
> Henley appeared stiff next to theatrical Nicks and he didn't even
> mention Nicks' name when she came on stage during his set. His
only
> acknowledgment was, "She'll be back," as Nicks retired backstage.
> When he performed during Nicks' set, Henley stood in the dark next
> to Nicks' guitar player until it was his turn to sing.
>
> At one point, Henley didn't know whether to hold Nicks' hand or
not
> when she extended her hand out to him.
>
> He didn't.
>
> Henley even began the concert on a slow note. He didn't take the
> stage until 40 minutes after the scheduled 7 p.m. start time and
he
> opened with the curious tune "The Genie," a song from his 2000
> album "Inside Job."
>
> Both Henley and Nicks mixed their sets with solo material and
songs
> from their bands -- the Eagles for Henley and Fleetwood Mac for
> Nicks.
>
> Nicks received an ovation when she came out to perform "Hotel
> California," "New York Minute" and "The Last Worthless Evening."
The
> applause continued each time she finished her part of a song.
>
> Henley's best moments came toward the end of his set with acoustic
> renditions of "The End of the Innocence" and "Desparado." His one
> encore was "I Will Not Go Quietly," although when compared to
Nicks,
> he actually did.
>
> After a 15-minute intermission, it was Nicks' turn. Her singing
> of "Rhiannon" continues to pack a powerful punch. She was
> consistently strong throughout with performances of "Gold Dust
> Woman," "Stand Back" and "Edge of Seventeen" highlighting her set.
>
> Henley joined Nicks for "Gold Dust Woman," "Stop Draggin' My Heart
> Around" and "The Circle Dance." He also came out for the encore
that
> included "Leather & Lace."
>
> Another difference in the two performances was Nicks allowing her
> band members to show off their talents. She left the stage several
> times to change outfits and her band, especially the drummer and
> percussionist, kept the show moving and increased the anticipation
> of the next song.
>
> If you missed the show, Henley and Nicks will perform tonight at
the
> Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Mass.
>
> dpencek@n...
>
>
> Originally published June 8, 2005
>
>
> --- In rhiannonsenchantedgarden@yahoogroups.com, rhiannon102_44420
> <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > Stevie Nicks off the old block
> >
> >
> >
> > By BRITTANY SCHAEFFER
> > DAILY NEWS FEATURE WRITER
> >
> >
> > Nicks wanna-bes imitate the Fleetwood Mac singer at Night of a
> > Thousand Stevies.
> >
> > Perched atop patent-leather platform boots and wrapped in a gold-
> > threaded shawl, Cathy Cervenka tugs her curly blond wig down
over
> > her eyes.
> > "Perfect — just like Stevie," she says to the mirror.
> >
> > Swiveling on 4-inch heels, Cervenka stomps and twirls to the
voice
> > of Stevie Nicks singing "Edge of Seventeen."
> >
> > "There's something so special about Stevie," says Cervenka
> > breathlessly. "Nobody else in rock 'n' roll has a style like
hers."
> >
> > Indeed, three decades since she fronted Fleetwood Mac, Nicks
> > maintains a massive cult following.
> >
> > Nicks and her former fling, the Eagles' Don Henley, play Friday
at
> > Jones Beach, but her uber-fans warmed up last month at the 15th
> > annual Night of a Thousand Stevies — an all-night party
> celebrating
> > Nicks' music and her taste for leg warmers, hippie shawls
> > and "tamboquets." (That's a tambourine adorned with flowers and
> > fabric.) Nearly 30 acts at the Knitting Factory copped her
songs,
> > her dance moves and, especially, her clothes.
> >
> > Cervenka's group, the HoHos — which also includes Jill Pangallo
> and
> > a trio of male dancers — has been playing the Thousand Stevies
> event
> > since 1992. For its devotion to the cause, the group was
assigned
> > the night's much-coveted theme song: "Gold Dust Woman," Nicks'
> fairy-
> > tale tune about love — and also possibly her decade-long cocaine
> > addiction.
> >
> > In a short video introduction/send-up, Cervenka plays Nicks,
> > ostensibly snorting coke and refusing to come out of her
dressing
> > room, while Pangallo and the dancers act as members of Fleetwood
> Mac
> > who try to coax her onstage. "Stevie's songs are famously hard
to
> > understand," says Cervenka. "So we stretch the story to fit our
> own
> > vision of it."
> >
> > As the video screen lifted, Cervenka and Pangallo appeared
dressed
> > as Stevie while dancers Wilson Chan, Mike Albo and Wilder Selzer
> > interpreted the lyrics.
> >
> > "Rock on — gold dust woman ... Take your silver spoon ... And
dig
> > your grave."
> >
> > Cervenka belted out the song, while Pangallo screeched backup
> vocals
> > intermittently, playing a hysterically strung-out Stevie. "We
are
> > comedic," says Cervenka. "But it's lovingly that you make fun of
> > her."
> >
> > Other performances ranged from soloist cross-dressers lip-
synching
> > to acts by such serious rock royalty as Debbie Harry of Blondie.
> >
> > But the devotion for some goes beyond parody. Days after
Thousand
> > Stevies, Cervenka and Pangallo jetted to Las Vegas to see the
real
> > Stevie Nicks' performance in Celine Dion's mega-theater.
> >
> > "We got Stevie-fever, and we decided that we had to go to
Vegas,"
> > says Cervenka. "It's not even like I'm spending money — it's
more
> > like destiny calling."
> >
> > Originally published on June 7, 2005
> >
> >
> > --- In rhiannonsenchantedgarden@yahoogroups.com,
rhiannon102_44420
> > <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > > Concert review: Stevie Nicks, Don Henley By Deborah Wilker
> > > Tue Jun 7,10:42 AM ET
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > HOLMDEL, N.J. (Hollywood Reporter) - Big-ticket heritage acts
> have
> > > been propping up the listing concert business for years now,
and
> > if
> > > this is the way it must be, the industry would do well to take
a
> > > close look at a novel (but too-brief) new tour from Stevie
> > Nicks
> > > and Don Henley -- one of the most magical rock shows in a
> long
> > > while.
> > >
> > > ADVERTISEMENT
> > >
> > > More than just the standard double bill, these songwriting
> legends
> > > (and fronts for two of the greatest bands of all time,
Fleetwood
> > Mac
> > > and the Eagles) work hand in hand, interpreting each other's
> stuff
> > > in a way rarely done by truly big stars.
> > >
> > > On the second night of this 10-date swing, Henley, up first,
got
> > > things rolling with some dry wit and a well-received "Witchy
> > Woman."
> > > Quickly he was into the big stuff -- "Hotel California" --
> during
> > > which Nicks sauntered in from the wings to join him, setting
off
> > the
> > > kind of frenzied, organic ovation that touring's modern-day
> > > corporate labs simply cannot manufacture.
> > >
> > > Superstar pairings are best, of course, when there is mutual
> > > admiration between the artists and a career path that is
somehow
> > > parallel yet also different -- as with Billy Joel and
> > Elton
> > > John. Tortured friendships are also great for the box office
> (
> > > Eric Clapton and George Harrison) -- and if the two were
> also
> > > lovers back in the day, well, that's a grand slam.
> > >
> > > Henley and Nicks -- both pioneering California rockers -- were
> > > indeed an item in the late 1970s (after her split from FM
> > > bandmate Lindsey Buckingham) and have remained friendly.
> While
> > > they don't quite set off the unrequited sparks that the
> > > Nicks/Buckingham-led Mac still produces to this day, there is
a
> > > familiarity about them that lends both comfort and renewal to
> hits
> > > such as "The Last Worthless Evening" (his) and "Gold Dust
Woman"
> > > (hers).
> > >
> > > On this particular night, there was also a defiant "Stop
> Dragging
> > My
> > > Heart Around," a wistful "New York Minute" and their lone hit
> > > together, 1981's "Leather and Lace."
> > >
> > > Each also worked hard separately. From his seemingly
> inexhaustible
> > > supply of frothy radio singles and sturdy album tracks, Henley
> > > pulled out "Dirty Laundry," "Life in the Fast Lane" and the
> > > brilliant "Heart of the Matter." Nicks, who only gets better
> with
> > > age, countered with an ethereal "Rhiannon," and dramatic
> versions
> > > of "Stand Back," "Edge of Seventeen" and others from her long
> > > career, all set off by her usual costume array of flowing
> ribbons,
> > > scarves and ponchos.
> > >
> > > Though this terrific evening ran almost three hours, there was
> > still
> > > a lot missing, including the rumored set-closer "Desperado" --
> > > something they're bound to get to if this limited run becomes
> the
> > > full-fledged tour promoters are said to be banking on for next
> > year.
> > >
> > > Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In rhiannonsenchantedgarden@yahoogroups.com,
> rhiannon102_44420
> > > <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > > > "Eagle Flies With Nightbird"
> > > >
> > > > By Sarah Rodman
> > > > June 8, 2005
> > > >
> > > > Don Henley is nothing if not a gentleman.
> > > >
> > > > When asked in what order he and ``Two Voices'' tourmate
Stevie
> > > Nicks
> > > > would perform at their co-headlining show at the Tweeter
> Center
> > in
> > > > Mansfield tonight, Henley laughs.
> > > >
> > > > ``I'm going to go first every night,'' he says, ``because
> there
> > > are
> > > > certain things that she has to have.''
> > > >
> > > > Those include, but are not limited to, special lighting,
time
> > for
> > > > costume changes and the proper performing temperature.
> > > >
> > > > ``I'm just a guy,'' Henley says. ``Guys don't mind sweating.
> I'm
> > > > just
> > > > going to go first and that will make my life a lot
simpler.''
> > > >
> > > > The charming Eagles frontman and Fleetwood Mac's witchy
woman,
> > > both
> > > > 57, have long been friends - and more in the mid-'70s. They
> even
> > > > scored a hit duet in 1981 with ``Leather and Lace.''
> > > >
> > > > What songs will they sing together on tour?
> > > >
> > > > Speaking by phone from Dallas, Henley chuckles.
> > > >
> > > > ``We've already exchanged lists. Now we're in the process of
> > > arguing
> > > > about it.''
> > > >
> > > > Following his stint with Nicks, Henley hopes to begin work
on
> an
> > > > album of new American standards by the likes of Leonard
Cohen
> > and
> > > > Randy Newman.
> > > >
> > > > Then he'll hit the road again with the Eagles in August. If
> > you're
> > > > waiting for that long-promised new Eagles album, Henley has
> some
> > > > advice: Don't hold your breath.
> > > >
> > > > ``I don't know if that's ever going to come to fruition,''
he
> > > > says.``It used to be frustrating, but I had to adopt a more
> > > Zenlike
> > > > position or tear my hair out.''
> > > >
> > > > http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?
> articleid=88456