But Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood understood, and set it to music. And the lyrics, whether by one member of the band or collaborations by several, spoke to us in that complicated time of our lives when so much was happening in and around us we couldn’t begin to understand it all. The blend of blues and rock in the sound, the guitar breaks and the big heartbeat of a drum through the music had us singing along and banging dents into the dashboards of our friends’ cars. It was so different from everything playing on the radio at the time: Commodores, Marshall Tucker Band, Queen, Heart, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Linda Ronstadt, Andy Gibb - all equally great music to the largely undiscerning teenage ear.īut even we knew Fleetwood Mac, often led by Stevie Nicks’ vocals, was different. My friend Donna slammed that huge cartridge into the player in her ‘72 Pontiac GTO and turned it up loud so we could hear it over that big engine. I first heard Stevie Nicks in 1977, shortly after Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” had been released on LP and 8-track tape.
Photo gallery: Stevie Nicks brings solo, Fleetwood Mac hits to Raleigh concert
She floated across the arena stage the way her songs have floated in and out of our lives for nearly 50 years.
She hauled out the capes, the drapes and the fringe.
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