Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac

Ever since I saw the Rock A Little Tour at Red Rocks, Colorado in 1986 I've been a huge Stevie Nicks fan, and I quickly grew to love Fleetwood Mac as well. This page is dedicated to the still-reigning queen of rock and to the band that made her famous.

Essays

Here are some brief tracts I've written about my thoughts on Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac. Be warned, though, that these are written for a fan audience -- they can get pretty gushy.

I Have No Fear... I Have Only Love: A rambling essay I wrote after seeing Fleetwood Mac in Kansas City on 8/13/03.
The Second Time: I've been blessed to meet Stevie not once, but twice.
Enchanted 7/21/98: A review of the Denver stop on Stevie's 1998 Enchanted tour.
Meeting Stevie: An account of the time I had the opportunity to meet Stevie Nicks face-to-face.
Earliest Stevie Memories: When I first became aware.
More than a Beautiful Child: Some thoughts inspired by Truman Capote's treatise on Marilyn Monroe, "A Beautiful Child."

Newsgroup Highlights

Below are some memorable posts I've culled from several sources, including the USENET Newsgroups alt.music.fleetwood-mac and rec.music.artists.stevie-nicks as well as Enchanted: The Stevie Nicks Mailing List. I signed off all these groups a while ago, because I found that the dross had begun to far outweigh the gold; I may resubscribe one of these days, but for now I'm content with the Nicks Fix and the occasional trip down memory lane:

Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac / Paul O'Brian / obrian at colorado.edu / Revised April 1999

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