Today’s aspiring songwriters and lovers were so dirt poor that at times they struggled to even feed themselves. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were down and out before the joined Mick Fleetwood…Just between them, they couldn’t even afford a bed frame and slept on a mattress on the floor. as it turns out, that would be a key memory years later… after they had sold millions of records with one of the biggest bands of the 70s, Fleetwood Mac,. Penned by the enchanted songstress Stevie Nicks, today’s track is a bittersweet, nostalgic look back at the days before her meteoric rise to fame Gypsy barley missed the top 10 but epitomizes what Fleetwood Mac is all bout. The song begs the question was she better off as a struggling songwriter than a global superstar? It’s a rags to riches throwback track, that comes with some other unexpected tie ins as well… including the tragic death of a close friend and an ill-advised marriage to that friends husband that happened for all the wrong reasons. The story is coming up… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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Today we are rewinding back to the early 80s to give an in-depth look at song that just missed the Top 10 on the Hot 100… but really should have been so much bigger. It’s such a beautiful representation of this band with it’s intricate harmonies, sublime guitar work and precise percussion. A Hallmark of one of the greatest bands ever. It’s Fleetwood Mac with the Stevie Nicks’ penned Gypsy, from their 1982 album Mirage.
So as we’ll see in few minutes, Gypsy is a bittersweet, throwback track that has Nicks longing for her days as a struggling songwriter… before Fleetwood Mac and the complicated mess of becoming a superstar. Back in those days, it was just her and Lindsey Buckingham living on minimum wage, fighting tooth and nail to make their mark in the music business. The two were of more than just aspiring musicians, they were also romantic partners… although their relationship was a volatile one. To support them financially, while Buckingham labored over his musical craft, Nicks worked a series of cleaning and waitress jobs. They didn’t pay much. Dirt poor, the two used to sleep on a mattress without a bed frame, and often could only afford to divvy up a slice of pizza for dinner.
These were trying times for the pair. Constant financial and relationship stress… at one point, probably more than once, Stevie was ready to quit music altogether. But their perseverance landed them a 1973 studio album credited to the duo as Buckingham Nicks. However, it didn’t do much to improve their prospects. The record was all but ignored by their label Polydor and received little promotion. Subsequently, it bombed. And the two were dropped from the label shortly after. Their dreams dashed, it was back to the drawing board. So Stevie and Lindsey continued on their previous arrangement.