Biography
Another adolescent Stevie Nix realized that he wanted to professionally engage in music, which became an integral part of her life. She did not regret his choice and became the only singer who was twice included in the Hall of Glory Rock and Roll - as a solo performer and participant of the Fleetwood Mac group.Childhood and youth
Stephanie Nicks appeared on May 26, 1948 in Phoenix, Arizona. When the future star was still small, spoke her name as "Ti Di", which led to the emergence of the nickname of Stevie, under which she became known.
The girl grew in a secured family, the work of her father demanded frequent movements, so in the early years she managed to visit Texas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Stephanie was a favorite child, surrounded by music and fairy tales, which often imagined themselves as part of a special cozy world.
A great influence on the creative formation of the star was the grandfather, who taught her to sing and took with him the speeches to the bars and clubs. Therefore, Stevie soon ceased to the public and felt comfortable on stage. She was tried as an actress and was engaged in a quieter for some time, but in the end realized that he did not see himself with anyone, except for the performer.
At 16, Nix received a guitar as a gift from parents, which wrote the first song. Later she joined the group The Changing Times, who played music in the folk rock genre. But the turning point in the biography of the artist was acquainted with Lindsay Buckingham, who in his youth was her partner in life and in creativity. She first saw a guy in the club, where he performed the song California Dreamin, and joined him to sing a duet.
After some time, already when Stefani graduated from school and studied at the State University of San Jose, Buckingham called her and asked to replace the Fritz dropped soloist. During this period, the singer was fascinated by the music of Jimi Hendrix and Janice Joplin and with the blessing of his parents threw her studies to devote himself to the scene.
Music
The period after the collapse of Fritz was not easy for the star. They organized a duet with Lindsay, which was called Buckingham Nicks, and continued to work on a demo record. Artists even managed to conclude a contract with Polydor Records and release a debut album, but he was failing.Soon, Bucking was seriously ill, and Stephanie had to get a few part-time job immediately to stay afloat. She was a waitress and maid in the house of Keit Olsen's producer, where they from Lindsay found temporary religion. Trying to distract from the depressing reality, the girl was addicted to cocaine. Then she did not know that it could be dangerous, and just wanted to have fun. But despite all the difficulties, the actress continued to create, she created songs Rhiannon and Landslide, which in the future made her famous.
In 1974, a light strip came in the life of the singer when the player with the game of Buckingham heard the Fleetwood Mac Mac Fleetwood leader. He suggested Lindsay to take a guitar player in his group, but he insisted that he would not speak without Stephanie. As a result, during the first joint rehearsals, it became clear that newcomers presented the team a new sound.
A year later, Fleetwood Mac presented the same album, which was warmly accepted by listeners in the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Single Rhiannon was particularly popular, the execution of which Nix turned into a theatrical representation every time. Later, Fleetwood compared it with the rite of exorcism.
Embed from getty imagesHe fascinated by the mystical and mysterious sound of a song, Stevie together with the designer Marti Kent created his own unique style, which in the future inspired not one generation of fashion designers. She wore dresses with long sleeves and fluttering skirts, hats and boots on the platform. In addition, the star is strighed.
The success of the first record spurred the participants of the collective as soon as possible to finish the second album Rumors, for which the performer wrote the Dreams track. He also became a hit, so soon the musicians decided to create a clip to him, which was a record from the concert.
The next release of the team, Tusk, also turned out to be successful, but Nix had more and more songs that she wanted to share with the public. Therefore, in 1981, the artist presented the debut album Bella Donna, who received recognition of listeners and critics. But combining solo and collective creativity, the star spent more and more energy that was trying to restore with the help of drugs.
To get rid of dependence, Stevie was forced to undergo a rehabilitation course and visit the psychiatrist. He wrote to her a tranquilizer, which became a new perception of actors for the next 8 years. This time, the performer remembers with horror, because she could not create and spent all his free time to view the TV.
Even then, the star continued to tour and replenish the discography with new albums, but more and more suffered from fatigue and memory problems. As a result, she did not stand and after the tour in support of Behind The Mask decided to leave the team because of disagreements with Fleetwood. The singer first reunited with other participants only in 1993 at the request of Bill Clinton.
But over the years, the dependence on the tranquilizer is not doing anywhere. The star rapidly gained weight, which reached 80 kg with a height of 156 cm, and once he lost consciousness and cut his forehead when falling. It was the last drops, and Stevie again went to rehabilitation to get rid of fellow addiction forever.
Soon after, Nix returned to the scene. In 1996, she finally resumed cooperation with Fleetwood Mac to make the creation of a new Live album The Dance, which was commercially successful and awarded the "Grammy" nomination.
In the following years, the singer continued to actively advocate, please the public with new tracks and appearances on television. In 2014, she participated in the tele show The Voice ("Voice"), where he became the adviser to the Adam Levin team, and 3 years later released the composition Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems together with Lana Del Rey.
Personal life
The personal life of the American singer has always been the focus of the press. She is known for his novels with the musicians of Lindsay by Buckingham, Mick Flitfood, Don Henley and Joe Wall. Wanting to give a full-fledged family to her close friend, Stephanie married her widow Kim Anderson. But the union collapsed in a few months.
Embed from getty imagesAccording to the artist, she never wished to have children, because then it would not be able to completely devote themselves to creativity. In 1979, the performer made an abortion when he learned about the pregnancy from Henley. At that time, she regularly took drugs and knew that he could not give birth to a healthy baby.
Stevie Nicks now
In 2020, the star was forced to wasolate in his house due to a coronavirus infection pandemic, because the disease could harm its vocal abilities. But she did not stop doing the work and communicate with journalists.In November, Stevi had a joint track with a pop star of Miley Cyrus, who was created by connecting their songs Edge of Seventeen and Midnight Sky and got the name of Edge of Midnight. And in December it became known that she sold the right to their musical works, the name and image of PRIMARY WAVE.
Now the performer continues to keep in touch with fans in "Instagram", where publishes news and photos.
Discography
With Buckingham Nicks:
- 1973 - Buckingham Nicks
With Fleetwood Mac:
- 1975 - Fleetwood Mac
- 1977 - Rumours.
- 1979 - TUSK.
- 1982 - Mirage.
- 1987 - Tango In The Night
- 1990 - Behind The Mask
- 2003 - Say You Will
Solo albums:
- 1981 - Bella Donna
- 1983 - The Wild Heart
- 1985 - Rock A Little
- 1989 - The Mirror's Other Side Of The Mirror
- 1994 - Street Angel
- 2001 - TRUBLE IN SHANGRI-LA
- 2011 - In Your Dreams
- 2014 - 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault