Gold Dust Woman: the Biography of Stevie Nicks

Trade Paperback – New

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

All you ever wanted to know about Fleetwood Mac’s mesmerizing frontwoman.” – People Magazine

“Davis is astute and respectful. . . adept in his literary analysis.” – The New York Times Book Review

Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. She’s one of the most glamorous creatures rock has known, and the rare woman who’s a real rock ‘n’ roller.

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 Lindsey 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