BACKSTAGE WITH STEVIE NICKS, ROBERTA FLACK AND MAXWELL

It's brief... But it's a glimpse of Stevie backstage at the Grammy Awards. She's watching Roberta Flack and Maxwell sing together. This is part of Taylor Swifts backstage video that she sent in to the Ellen show.

MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND TOUR POSTER PHOTO SHOOT

A couple of interesting shots of Mick Fleetwood, Rick Vito and John McVie.

According to this blogger and profession photographer Tony Novak-Clifford "chase the light" these are shots for the tour poster for The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band.

In the notes on the site, it indicates John McVie is in the band and Lenny Castellanos subs for John on bass for some dates. I didn't realize that John was initially in the band!?  I know Lenny Castellanos has been the only visible bass player thus far in the group.

These photos are from April, 2008 and were taken by tour manager William Pie in Hawaii.

IN DEFENSE OF STEVIE NICKS - SWIFT LABEL CONFIRMS TAYLOR HAD PROBLEMS

Stevie did her best to pull Taylor back on key - you can only do so much in a short amount of time - it happens.... Stevie needs to get out there and do something amazing this year so that 2010 isn't defined by this.

Taylor Swift Defended by Record Label Executive

NYTIMESBLOG

"Mr. Borchetta told The Associated Press that Ms. Swift had a technical problem during her duet with Ms. Nicks and was unable to hear the complete mix of the song as she performed it."

FLEETWOOD MAC'S STUDIO GENIUS OPENS UP - LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM EQ MAGAZINE (4/09)

I've been looking for this since last April when it first came out!... It's a good read.

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NOW IT'S THE BOSTON HERALDS TURN.... SWIFT / NICKS

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CHART ROUNDUP: FLEETWOOD "THE VERY BEST OF" AUSTRALIA AND UK CHARTS

AUSTRALIA:

ARIA TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART - Week of February 1st:
"The Very Best Of" is down 3 spots to No. 5 on the Australian Top 50 Catalogue Charts. Total weeks on the Catalogue Chart = 12.

UK:

UK TOP 75 - Week of February 1st:
"The Very Best Of" is UP 4 positions to #31 in the UK.

UK TOP 75 CHART RUN (2009 Best Of Version):
Week 1 #6 Debut
Week 2 #10
Week 3 #12
Week 4 #15
Week 5 #26
Week 6 #29
Week 7 #31
Week 8 #25
Week 9 #21
Week 10 #23
Week 11 #37
Week 12 #42
Week 13 #31
Week 14 #35
Week 15 #31

STEVIE NICKS INTERVIEW

Radio Legend Cerphe Colwell interviews singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks on ecoPlanetRadio.com

This is an interview from 2009?... ahead of the Fleetwood Mac show in Washington, DC.
(Thanks to the person that left a comment which clarified when this interview took place, except I'm still confused... She said "Last Night when I was singing Edge of 17".  Edge of 17 wasn't performed with Fleetwood Mac in 09 - so that's why I think this interview had to have been prior to 09... or Stevie's lost her mind.)

SHE'S GOT A WICKED LAUGH!!

AND LOVES BED BATH AND BEYOND!

JILL ANDREWS COVERS FLEETWOOD MAC'S "DREAMS" IT'S REALLY GOOD!

Okay, I love this!

Jill Andrews Covers Fleetwood Mac

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Give it a view/listen, and think about helping Haiti while you're at it. Thanks.

February 2010 from Jill Andrews on Vimeo.

PHOTOS AND PRESS MENTIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Just some of the newspapers featuring photos of Stevie from the Grammy's

Chicago Tribune (USA) | Toronto Star (Canada) | Calgary Herald (Canada) | The Press (New Zealand) | The Gulf News (UAE) | The Dominion Post (New Zealand) | The Kansas City Star (USA)

LA TIMES: CALENDAR SECTION (Pg. D1) STEVIE NICKS AND TAYLOR SWIFT

Monday February 1, 2010 - LA Times

(HI-RES GRAMMY PHOTOS) STEVIE NICKS AND MICK FLEETWOOD

TAYLOR SWIFT COULDN'T COMPETE WITH VOCALS OF STEVIE NICKS

Grammy Awards Brought Most of Pop’s Big Guns Together
By Jeff Miers
Buffalo News

"Trotting Stevie Nicks out to sing “Rhiannon” with Taylor Swift was meant, one assumes, to suggest that Swift is to her generation what Nicks was and is to hers. That was tough to swallow once Swift started singing the Fleetwood Mac tune next to the gravel-voiced but still spot-on Nicks—Swift was out of tune and her tone was thin and reedy. Swift fared better on her own when the pair went into the younger singer’s “You Belong To Me,” though the nursery rhyme-like melody left Nicks without much to do".

Butch Walker admits his appearance last night on the Grammys playing banjolin in Taylor Swift’s backing band may have confused some viewers.
Entertainment Weekly

I had a blast, it was so fun. And it was great being onstage. You could tell by watching me: I was dancing like a… a… jerk, basically. I was elated to hear this huge pop star doing my version of her song. And performing with Stevie Nicks (who sang with Swift on both “You Belong With Me” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon”) didn’t suck either.

Was there a problem with the sound onstage? There seems to be a wide consensus of opinion that Taylor was struggling to find the right notes when she was singing “Rhiannon.”

I didn’t really notice it being out of key that much. But I guess the TV doesn’t lie. I think a lot of people give her unnecessary grief. Her appeal is not in [having] some sort of big diva voice. Like, Pink obviously has a voice of God coming out of her when she sings and it’s beautiful and it’s powerful and bluesy. Taylor comes from country. It’s a difference approach to singing.

It must also be pretty terrifying to perform with Stevie Nicks for a global audience.

There is that factor, you know. How about anybody try doing that without being nervous? It wasn’t even my show and I was nervous.

Taylor Swift Duet with Stevie Nicks at 2010 Grammy Awards Worst Ever?

Taylor Swift Won Four Grammy Awards but Couldn't Compete with Vocals of Stevie Nicks

Associated Content

One of the more persistent rumors circulating before the 2010 Grammy Awards aired was that Stevie Nicks would appear, with some mentioning that she would do a duet with young country pop phenom Taylor Swift. With the confirmation that Lady Gaga and Elton John were opening the Grammy Awards ceremony, anticipation grew that the Stevie Nicks rumor would prove to be true as well. And it did. But what looked to be a promising duet left that promise unfulfilled and the quadruple Grammy-winning Taylor Swift sounding far out of her vocal league.

Ryan Seacrest, host of American Idol, introduced Swift after prefacing her performance with the announcement that she had already won three Grammy Awards (she would end up winning a fourth, Album of the Year). The young starlet began by singing a couple of lines from her song "Fairytale," then introduced Stevie Nicks to wild applause as the music to Fleetwood Mac's classic, "Rhiannon," started up.

Stevie Nicks is the consummate performer, her voice a unique blend of smooth and gravel. But when Taylor Swift stepped in to sing a few lines of "Rhiannon," her reedy, almost flat vocals stood at stark contrast with Nicks'. And as the song progressed, as Taylor Swift kept producing flat renderings (except in the harmonies, which were done fairly well), it became glaringly apparent that Taylor Swift's level of vocal stylings paled in comparison to that of Stevie Nicks.

Sadly, it went from bad to worse. When Taylor Swift sang her hit, "You Belong With Me," Stevie Nicks stepped back, providing back-up vocals and keeping time on a tambourine. And although the song sounded a bit better than "Rhiannon" (possibly because it was recognizably Swift's own song), the flatness in her voice continued. The entire performance came off as if a delusional Stevie Nicks were letting her pretentious and marginally talented niece take the stage...

Unfortunately, anyone who has ever seen Taylor Swift perform live can attest that she always performs that way...