Stephen Davis Gold Dust Woman

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Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At sixty-nine, she's one of the most glamorous creatures rock has known, and the rare woman who's a real rock 'n' roller. Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (The Boston Globe) his ideal topic: Nicks' work and life are equally sexy and interesting, and Davis delves deeply into each, unearthing fresh details from new, intimate interviews and interpreting them to present a rich new portrait of the star. Just as Nicks (and Lindsey Buckingham) gave Fleetwood Mac the "shot of adrenaline" they needed to become real rock stars-according to Christine McVie-Gold Dust Woman is vibrant with stories and with a life lived large and hard: -How Nicks and Buckingham were asked to join Fleetwood Mac and how they turned the band into stars -The affairs that informed Nicks' greatest songs -Her relationships with the Eagles' Don Henley and Joe Walsh, and with Fleetwood himself -Why Nicks married her best friend's widower -Her dependency on cocaine, drinking and pot, but how it was a decade-long addiction to Klonopin that almost killed her - Nicks' successful solo career that has her still performing in venues like Madison Square Garden -The cult of Nicks and its extension to chart-toppers like Taylor Swift and the Dixie Chicks