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- Stevie Nicks shared a uncommon handwritten letter she as soon as despatched to her household whereas recording Buckingham Nicks with Lindsey Buckingham
- She referred to Buckingham as “one in every of ‘greats’ in guitar enjoying” and “really superb”
- Buckingham Nicks was reissued on Friday, Sept. 19, after being out of print for over 4 many years
Stevie Nicks shared a uncommon letter she despatched to her dad and mom whereas recording Buckingham Nicks alongside Lindsey Buckingham to have a good time the album’s re-release.
Nicks, 77, posted the handwritten word, which was despatched on stationery from Sound Metropolis Studios in Van Nuys, Calif., on Instagram Monday, Sept. 22.
“I needed to share this letter I wrote to my household whereas Lindsey and I have been making Buckingham Nicks,” the legendary singer-songwriter wrote within the caption. “My mother saved it and it’s been in a drawer for over 50 years.”
Within the letter, the “Rhiannon” singer quipped that she was “getting very uninterested in listening to over 12 hours of music per day” however that she was assured “it’ll repay ultimately.”
Nicks launched the letter in honor of the Friday, Sept. 19, reissue of Buckingham Nicks, the primary album for each artists. It was initially launched in 1973, a 12 months earlier than she and Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac.
“And when I’m sitting in my small however luxurious Beverly Hills house overlooking my small however tasteful pool that’s completely secluded, the place I can solar within the nude and tan my complete fats physique whereas ready for my cosmetic surgery leg carry – it’ll all be value it,” Knicks humorously added in her letter. “In any other case, every part right here is simply ‘peach-y.’ ”
The rock star then added that she hoped her “little household is doing high-quality and never working too arduous” earlier than joking that her father, Jess Nicks, was “already fantastically tan and lythe.”
“How sickening that he seems higher than I do at 47(?) and I’m solely 25. (Give me a break, Dad!),” she wrote on the time.
“Talking of being virtually 25 – I’ve determined that we must always put aside your entire month of Might to have a good time the truth that I’m now 1 quarter of a century outdated. A brand new landmark like this could not merely be handed over as yet one more birthday, however ought to embrace a gala celebration. I shall depart it to the three of you to plan it. By the best way, presents can be accepted any time after the primary of Might – no C.O.D’s please,” she wrote of her then upcoming birthday, which falls on Might 26.
She then referenced an early reduce of what would turn into the Buckingham Nicks monitor “Do not Let Me Down Once more,” complimenting Buckingham’s guitar enjoying abilities.
“By the best way – Dad and Chris – that rock and roll tune that you simply each appreciated (“Child Child, don’t deal with me so dangerous”) with the flowery guitar work is sort of completed and Lindsey could go down in historical past as one in every of ‘greats’ in guitar enjoying. It actually is kind of superb,” she wrote on the time.
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Nicks and Buckingham would go on to have a tumultuous relationship. After assembly in highschool, the pair started relationship in 1972 and cut up 4 years later. On New 12 months’s Eve in 1974, the previous couple formally joined Fleetwood Mac, with their later cut up coinciding with the band’s rise to fame amid the discharge of their album Rumours.
Within the years to return, the pair continued to make music and carry out collectively as exes, alongside bandmates Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and the late Christine McVie.
