Stevie Nicks Posts Letter She Wrote to Her Mother and father 50 Years In the past Earlier than Becoming a member of Fleetwood Mac

Stevie Nicks shared a uncommon letter she despatched to her mother and father whereas recording Buckingham Nicks alongside Lindsey Buckingham to rejoice the album’s re-release.

Nicks, 77, posted the handwritten observe, which was despatched on stationery from Sound Metropolis Studios in Van Nuys, Calif., on Instagram Monday, Sept. 22.

“I needed to share this letter I wrote to my household whereas Lindsey and I have been making Buckingham Nicks,” the legendary singer-songwriter wrote within the caption. “My mother saved it and it’s been in a drawer for over 50 years.”

Within the letter, the “Rhiannon” singer quipped that she was “getting very bored with listening to over 12 hours of music per day” however that she was assured “it’s going to repay ultimately.”

Nicks launched the letter in honor of the Friday, Sept. 19, reissue of Buckingham Nicks, the primary album for each artists. It was initially launched in 1973, a 12 months earlier than she and Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac.

“And when I’m sitting in my small however luxurious Beverly Hills house overlooking my small however tasteful pool that’s completely secluded, the place I can solar within the nude and tan my total fats physique whereas ready for my cosmetic surgery leg carry – it’s going to all be value it,” Knicks humorously added in her letter. “In any other case, the whole lot right here is simply ‘peach-y.’ ”

The rock star then added that she hoped her “little household is doing positive and never working too arduous” earlier than joking that her father, Jess Nicks, was “already fantastically tan and lythe.”

“How sickening that he appears to be like higher than I do at 47(?) and I’m solely 25. (Give me a break, Dad!),” she wrote on the time.

“Talking of being virtually 25 – I’ve determined that we should always put aside the complete month of Might to rejoice the truth that I’m now 1 quarter of a century outdated. A brand new landmark like this could not merely be handed over as yet one more birthday, however ought to embody a gala celebration. I shall depart it to the three of you to plan it. By the best way, presents will likely be accepted any time after the primary of Might – no C.O.D’s please,” she wrote of her then upcoming birthday, which falls on Might 26.

She then referenced an early reduce of what would turn out to be the Buckingham Nicks observe “Do not Let Me Down Once more,” complimenting Buckingham’s guitar enjoying expertise.

“By the best way – Dad and Chris – that rock and roll tune that you just each favored (“Child Child, don’t deal with me so unhealthy”) with the flamboyant guitar work is sort of completed and Lindsey might go down in historical past as considered one of ‘greats’ in guitar enjoying. It actually is kind of superb,” she wrote on the time.

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Nicks and Buckingham would go on to have a tumultuous relationship. After assembly in highschool, the pair started relationship in 1972 and cut up 4 years later. On New Yr’s Eve in 1974, the previous couple formally joined Fleetwood Mac, with their later cut up coinciding with the band’s rise to fame amid the discharge of their album Rumours.

Within the years to come back, the pair continued to make music and carry out collectively as exes, alongside bandmates Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and the late Christine McVie.