First published 2017
Stephen Davis examines Stevie Nicks through fresh interviews and detailed research. The Boston Globe calls Davis the gold standard among rock biographers, and he applies that expertise to Nicks' compelling personal and professional story. Davis explores how Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac and transformed the group into superstars. He reveals how romantic entanglements shaped her most famous songs and details her relationships with Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and Mick Fleetwood himself. The book explains her surprising marriage to her best friend's widower and chronicles her battles with cocaine, alcohol, and marijuana. Davis shows how a ten-year Klonopin addiction nearly destroyed her life. He follows her solo success that keeps her performing at Madison Square Garden and examines her influence on artists like Taylor Swift and the Dixie Chicks. The biography presents an intimate portrait of a star who lived boldly and survived to tell about it.
Genres: biography, addiction, 20th-century, non-fiction, biography-memoir, music, 21st-century, musicians
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: celebrity, rags-to-riches, redemption
Setting: Madison Square Garden
Period: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
352 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: addiction, drug-use, substance-abuse