Stevie Nicks Gypsy (1977)

Stevie Nicks Gypsy (1977)Stevie Nicks in character as Rhiannon, the mythical Welsh White Witch she sings about in the bands hit Rhiannon. One of Fleetwood Macs most enduring hits, Stevie Nicks used to introduce Rhiannon by saying: This songs about an old Welsh witch. During her heyday, Nicks performed the song with such passion and intensity that Mick Fleetwood referred to it as like an exorcism. Nicks wrote Rhiannon on the piano and had some help from then boyfriend Lindsey

Stevie Nicks in character as Rhiannon, the mythical Welsh White Witch she sings about in the band’s hit “Rhiannon.”

One of Fleetwood Mac’s most enduring hits, Stevie Nicks used to introduce “Rhiannon” by saying: “This song’s about an old Welsh witch.”

During her heyday, Nicks performed the song with such passion and intensity that Mick Fleetwood referred to it as “like an exorcism.” Nicks wrote Rhiannon on the piano and had some help from then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham. 

Nicks came across the Rhiannon character from a 1972 novel by Mary Bartlet Leader titled “Triad”.

She recalls, “It was just a stupid little paperback that I found somewhere at somebody’s house. And it was all about this girl who becomes possessed by a spirit named Rhiannon. I read the book, but I was so taken with that name that I thought: ‘I’ve got to write something about this.’ So I sat down at the piano and started this song about a woman that was all involved with these birds and magic.”

 “Rhiannon” influenced Nicks’ fashion especially with the flowing shawls and black outfits she wore on stage.