Stevie Nicks’ highly effective efficiency fashion has earned her many followers, however David Crosby mentioned she didn’t examine to 1 of her idols, Grace Slick. Nicks admired Jefferson Airplane’s Slick and tried to emulate her throughout Fleetwood Mac concert events. Slick has complimented Nicks, however Crosby mentioned she couldn’t maintain a candle to her. Right here’s what he discovered so distinctive about Slick.
David Crosby mentioned Stevie Nicks couldn’t examine to Grace Slick
Nicks mentioned that as she was growing her infamous efficiency fashion, Slick was one of the first folks she tried to emulate.
“Flamboyance and attitude from Janis [Joplin], humbleness and grace from [Jimi] Hendrix, and a little bit of slinky from Grace Slick,” Nicks mentioned (per Rolling Stone). “Those were the three people who I emulated when I was on stage.”
In keeping with Crosby, although, Nicks’ efficiency fashion didn’t come near capturing the ability of Slick’s.
“When they got Grace in the band, that was just beyond belief,” he mentioned of Jefferson Airplane, per the e book Obtained a Revolution!: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane by Jeff Tamarkin. “She was stunning. She had a power and intensity onstage that Stevie Nicks should only ever dream she could get. With Marty [Balin], she was like a bullfighter with a bull. She would circle him and dart at him and pull from him and electrify him and touch him with bare wire. And Marty rose to the occasion.”
Stevie Nicks is a profitable performer, even when she isn’t identical to Grace Slick
In keeping with Crosby, Nicks doesn’t emulate the identical uncooked energy as Slick in her performances. Whereas she mentioned that Slick was an affect on her, she wasn’t making an attempt to repeat her complete efficiency fashion. Nicks might not have had the “bare wire” depth that Slick did, however she wasn’t going for that.
Nicks wore flowing skirts and gauzy shawls to carry a way of magic to the stage. She danced round, twirling and shaking a tambourine in a method that introduced lightness to the efficiency. A bullfighter’s depth wouldn’t match very nicely with Fleetwood Mac’s musical fashion. Nicks’ performances did match their songs.
As well as, Nicks was succesful of unwavering depth when she wanted it. Anybody watching her stare down Lindsey Buckingham throughout a rendition of “Silver Springs” would have a tough time doubting that.
Grace Slick mentioned watching Fleetwood Mac makes her cringe
Slick has complimented Nicks on her songwriting skill, however she mentioned that Fleetwood Mac performances had been robust for her to look at. Slick, who retired from music at 50, mentioned the band was too previous.
“There’s something about old people singing rock’n’roll lyrics that bothers me – it just doesn’t match,” she instructed WENN (by way of Louder Sound). “I saw a film of Fleetwood Mac doing something, and I was okay as long as I didn’t look at them. I couldn’t look at them. They sounded great, and if I looked away and imagined young people singing I was okay with it.”
Slick mentioned she retired as a result of she felt she was too previous to proceed performing.