SummaryA New York Times bestseller from the classic rock biographerStephen Davis, author of Hammer of the Godsaserious, vibrant book about the defining face and voice of Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks.Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At sixty-nine, 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 starsaccording to Christine McVieGold Dust Woman is vibrant with stories and with a life lived large and hardHow Nicks and Buckingham were asked to join Fleetwood Mac and how they turned the band into starsThe affairs that informed Nicks' greatest songsHer relationships with the Eagles' Don Henley and Joe Walsh, and with Fleetwood himselfWhy Nicks married her best friend's widowerHer 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 GardenThe cult of Nicks and its extension to chart-toppers like Taylor Swift and the Dixie ChicksAbout the AuthorSTEPHEN 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.Product DetailsPaperback 352 pagesPublisher St. Martin's GriffinBiography & Autobiography Composers & Musicians h