Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks

Stephen Davis

Nov 2017 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this ebook

Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At 68, 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 Lindsay 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

Ratings and reviews

I have read a lot of rockstar biographies. And I mean, a lot. I hate to say this is the worst one I've ever tried to read. This book is a slog to get through from beginning to end with no strong narrative styl to tie together a string of facts (that aren't even accurate a lot of the time). The author is misogynistic in language constantly. The references to her body weight and other women's looks and linking them to their sense of worth comes across as ignorant and dismissive. I forced myself to make it 75% of the way and put it down... Stevie is such an engaging human and this book was skin deep.

So many facts are wrong in this book

Love Stevie....not this book...

About the author

STEPHEN DAVIS is America's preeminent rock journalist and biographer, having written numerous bestsellers on rock bands, including the smash hit Hammer of the Gods. He also collaborated with legendary musicians Levon Helm and Mick Fleetwood on their autobiographies. He lives in Boston.