(The studio version fades out after barely four minutes.) But it’s just beginning. At the 4:30 point, there’s a hush and you think the song is over. But you can hear a hint of Miranda Lambert in Stevie’s growl.ġ6. This performance happened on June 11th, 1976. An aviary of white-winged doves, growing out of Stevie’s head.ġ5. Note: This garment probably now has its own corner of Stevie’s private temperature-controlled Shawl Vault.ġ4. She doesn’t overdo it - she just sways from side to side, lifting her lace chiffon in the air, a black widow weaving her spiderweb. They still jam like this onstage in 2015, during Stevie’s now-legendary “Crackhead Dance.”ġ3. Lindsey’s ‘fro devours him and spits him out while he plays the Mick Taylor solo from the Rolling Stones’ “Bitch” all the way through - twice! The Mac jam like they did in the 1960s with Peter Green, like they did in the early 1970s with Bob Welch and Danny Kirwan - except it’s better now, because Stevie wrote the song. Mick Fleetwood has a cowbell, but doesn’t bang it, because when you’re as cool as Mick Fleetwood, all you need is for the cowbell to sit there and listen to you.ġ2. As always, he looks like he showed up for a barbecue and was surprised to find a concert going on.ġ1. Everybody in the band gets a showcase close-up, even John McVie. Lindsey steps on his magic pedal and transforms into a Welsh druid.ġ0. The 360-degree Lindsey-cam action at the 3:10 point - perhaps the finest cinematography of the 1970s to involve an upside-down bearded guitar freak in a kimono. Their harmonies really make you notice how much “Rhiannon” sounds like Nirvana’s greatest song, “Heart-Shaped Box,” except not even Kurt would try to get away with rhyming “darkness” and “darkest.”ĩ. That Stevie-Christine split-screen duet in the third verse. I think she just said this song is about a sandwich?” They have no idea what they’re in for.Ĩ. These people have heard “Rhiannon” on the radio, but they don’t know Stevie’s name. She and Lindsey just joined Fleetwood Mac the previous year. Keep in mind, the audience has no idea who Stevie Nicks is. Stevie’s opening words: “This is a song about an old Welsh witch.” Translation: This “Rhiannon” is a totally different beast from the smooth studio version you’ve heard a million times. Here are 17 reasons why this performance proves Stevie is simply the coolest thing in the universe.ġ. Behold: This insane clip of Fleetwood Mac doing “Rhiannon” on The Midnight Special, 1976. If you want to make the case for Stevie Nicks as the most powerful American rock singer of the Seventies, here’s your Exhibit A.
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