Who is “Rhiannon”?

Rhiannon is a character in the 1973 science fiction novel Triad by Mary Leader. Stevie liked the name so much that she wrote the song that became the classic “Rhiannon.” Years later, Stevie learned that...

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What is the Fleetwood Mac song “Sara” about?

“Sara” is mainly about Stevie’s three-month affair with Mick Fleetwood during the Rumours Tour in 1977. But, like many of Stevie’s songs, “Sara” alludes to different things happening in her life, as the original version...

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What is the song “Gypsy” about?

In “Gypsy,” Stevie reflects on her young-adult life in the 1960s and early 1970s. She describes it as a wish or a search for the life she knew before Fleetwood Mac. So I’m back to the Velvet Underground ~ The first...

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What is the first song that Stevie ever wrote?

For Stevie’s 16th birthday, her parents gave her a Goya guitar. She wrote “I’ve Loved and I’ve Lost,” a song about a boy whom she was interested in but ended up dating her best friend instead.