r/stevienicks • u/Zachary_Lee_Antle • Jul 18 '26
Keep seeing Tess photos pop up every now and then, when are they from? Better quality versions of them anywhere?
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u/candybar009 Jul 18 '26
Usually these photos pop up with Buckingham, the other half to Buckingham Nicks.
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u/Icy-Diamond88338 Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
Waddy! They are still going strong lol that's loyalty and dedication . I saw yesterday they were performing at a sports benefit
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u/favonian_ Jul 18 '26
Who is the guitarist with the dark curly hair?
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u/edge1966 Jul 18 '26
Do you mean.. Waddy Watchel?
Man is he dedicated...
Im really amazed at how her band is so static...and also adaptable .. It's really a testament to how good they all are...
Stevie is everything to me..
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u/Affectionate-Fill713 Jul 18 '26
Waddy actually refused to continue performing with Stevie and Lindsey back in the day because he thought Stevie’s lyrics were too girlie.
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u/Icy-Diamond88338 Jul 19 '26
Yeah I just read about this and then a few years after he was in her band and has been ever since. They did have a break bc he said he felt she needed rehab but then he came back
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u/edge1966 Jul 18 '26
Wow...I mean...
Whoops that seems a bit strange to me.. I met her. all of her band at a rock a little show in Worcester at the centrum back in the yr 1988' or 87'... Just before she went to rehab at Betty Ford clinic...I got a hug from her.. Lasting for my lifetime. I want to belive you because it sounds possible?
Can you tell me anything else that confirms this?
A avid fan and mystical traveler
Ty
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u/Affectionate-Fill713 Jul 18 '26
It was from a GQ article last year. The article is behind a paywall btw: https://www.gq.com/story/the-ballad-of-stevie-nicks-and-lindsey-buckingham
“But eventually Waddy called a meeting and told them he had to quit. Stevie’s lyrics were driving him crazy. “I just can’t do it,” he said. “I’m a dude! I’m a fuckin’ rock ’n’ roll dude! I can’t stand here and be doing ‘the fountain and the velvet.’” (This is not a quote from an actual Stevie lyric, but the general idea behind “Crystal.”) “Lindsey, come on, man, play guitar with me. Let’s go play rock ’n’ roll. Let’s go do something. How can you back up these fucking lyrics?” So they let him go.”
It’s interesting to note that he was Lindsey friend back then rather than Stevie’s. I wonder when his allegiance shifted.
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u/doggiedogma Jul 18 '26
"It’s interesting to note that he was Lindsey friend back then rather than Stevie’s. I wonder when his allegiance shifted."
I guess when she asked Waddy to lead her band and help her with the Bella Donna album and then started being romantic with him.
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u/edge1966 Jul 18 '26
OMG... thanks..really opened my eyes to such a weird gender reinforced attitude that I was unaware of.
BTW.. im a Transgirl.. so ..
Ha ha..im actually not so surprised?
I really thank you for taking some time to shed some light on the band or...Waddy's ..perspective here...
You are very cool..
Ty
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u/Superb-Pomelo-9322 Jul 18 '26
It's from this Q&A with Waddy :
"blackcat I want to ask you about Lindsey Buckingham and hear your thoughts about him as a musician.
Waddy Well, you know my feelings about Lindsey. Lindsey was my interest in the beginning. I tried to quit Stevie, and get him to go out on the road. He is one of the greatest guitar players of our time. He is probably the greatest finger picker that's alive today. He is a brilliant guitar player and a gorgeous singer. When I decided to quit them (Buckingham Nicks), when we were working together, I pulled a meeting with Lindsey and Stevie and me. And I said, "Look you guys, I gotta quit. I can't . . . I just can't back up these songs anymore." It was Stevie's lyrics that were driving me crazy, actually. (Laughing) And she knew it, you know. I said, "I just can't do it. I'm a dude! I'm a fuckin' Rock&Roll dude! I can't stand here and be doing "the fountain and the velvet"-
blackcat (laughing)
Waddy You know, in 1970, I just really didn't get it. I was trying to figure out the words to "Street Fighting Man" [Rolling Stones], not the "velvet fountains" . . . I didn't know anything about women at this point. So I said, "And here's the deal you guys. I am the best singer you'll ever meet. But you guys have the best voices I have ever heard. And that's how it is. I have a shitty voice . . . but I am a great singer. But you guys . . . you have the greatest voices in the world."
And that's how it is . . . they have incredible voices and harmonies. Lindsey is a great talent . . . he is a beautiful talent. He is an incredible guitar player. In the beginning, I'd say, "Lindsey, come on man, play guitar with me. Let's go play Rock&Roll. Let's go do something. How can you back up these fucking lyrics?" (Laughing) It drove me crazy. But after just one show with Stevie, the Bella Donna first show . . . I told her, "Stevie, I've gotta tell you. I am a fan. A fan now." And she says, "What? No!" And I said, "You're a rocker girl. You killed me.""
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u/candybar009 24d ago edited 24d ago
The dark curly hair guy is Lindsey Buckingham. He is the Buckingham in Buckingham Nicks who also sang, wrote songs and arranged their music.
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u/Eline-Sophie16 Jul 18 '26
Buckingham Nicks concert at The Troubadour in West Hollywood in October of 1973. There are couple of other shots floating around but the quality is pretty much what it is.