Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn " Stevie" Nicks ( born May 26, 1948 in Phoenix, Arizona ) is an American singer-songwriter and composer.
Life
In 1968, Stevie Nicks with Lindsey Buckingham and two other friends in California, the band Fritz. The group was relatively well known in the music scene of the west coast and played among other things as the opening act for Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Creedence Clearwater Revival. In 1972, the band broke up again. Stevie Nicks took in 1973 with Lindsey Buckingham Buckingham Nicks under the name of a shared album on which, however, was not a success.
Together with Buckingham Stevie Nicks came in 1975 to the Anglo-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. With her compositions and her husky voice, she coined the success of albums Fleetwood Mac (1975 ), Rumours (1977) and Tusk (1979 ) some of the biggest hits of the group, such as its composition Dreams by 1977.
The early 1980s, she launched a solo career with great success, but participated to 1990 continue to Fleetwood Mac projects. However, they could get out drug problems and their management for some years from the music scene later. They originally wanted to never again appear in public, but in 1997 it came to a successful reunion of the band. In addition, Nicks performed regularly with the Dixie Chicks and Sheryl Crow, who in Shangri-La also produced Nicks ' Trouble album and songs she wrote. She has collaborated among others with Don Henley of the Eagles, Tom Petty and John Stewart.
Importance
Nicks is true for several generations of women in the United States as a model:
"She gets out there, and she's the weight she is, she's the age she is, and she's still got so much dignity and class and humor. Stevie Nicks is not about repentance; I always thought she what about consciousness. But to know there 's different chapters and different battles at different moments in your life did you have to make peace with so you can take on new battles is a pretty great thing for kids to see. "
" You go on stage and she stands there with the weight she has, with age, she did, and she still has so much dignity and class and humor. Stevie Nicks is not for repentance; I always thought it stood for reflection. And for the kids it's great to see that there are different chapters and battles in your life and that you have to make your peace with it, so you can hit new battles. "