Gold Dust Woman, Stephen Davis
Gold Dust Woman, Stephen Davis
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Gold Dust Woman
The Biography of Stevie Nicks

Bestseller

Author: Stephen Davis

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Unabridged: 14 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/21/2017

Synopsis

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 Lindsay 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

About Stephen Davis

Stephen Davis is America's preeminent rock journalist and biographer, having written numerous bestsellers on rock bands, including the smash hit Hammer of the Gods. He also collaborated with legendary musicians Levon Helm and Mick Fleetwood on their autobiographies. He lives in Boston.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Persephone's Pomegranate on January 04, 2025

Back then … she’s a complete unknown, the new girl in an old band. She’s standing on a soundstage in Los Angeles, about to make her national television debut. She’s trembling slightly as she waits on her taped mark while the director explains that if she steps away from the microphone, she’ll be o......more

Goodreads review by Katie on April 24, 2019

3.5 stars I honestly didn't know that much about Stevie Nicks or Fleetwood Mac prior to reading this book. I've heard many of their hit songs, was aware that Stevie and Lindsay Buckingham dated years ago, and knew that the group continues to tour but sometimes certain members are missing, but that wa......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on December 02, 2017

This book will take you twice as long as you think it will to read it because you'll have to re-listen to a lot of great songs.......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on June 30, 2017

Initially, I thought that this was a bit lifeless. I've changed my tune. Gold Dust Woman is a serious look at the career of Stevie Nicks and by association Fleetwood Mac. I was surprised to learn that the talented front woman actually had little power within the band at least at first. This is an un......more

Goodreads review by Mandi on September 11, 2017

Anyone that knows me knows that I'm a die hard Stevie Nicks-aholic. I gobble up info on Stevie like it's going out of style, and even have a crescent moon tattoo on my wrist dedicated to the original Sister of the Moon. I was lucky enough to see her live a few months ago, and have never been the sam......more

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