The reunion of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham earlier this year sent music fans everywhere into a meltdown.
Stevie, 77, has now revealed a letter she sent her parents when they were first recording their 1973 album Buckingham Nicks.
The album was not originally a commercial success but led to the duo joining Fleetwood Mac and has now been remastered for the first time since its release.
During the recording, a 24-year-old Stevie shared an update with her family — and predicted how history would remember her then-partner, Lindsey.
‘My mom saved it and it’s been in a drawer for over 50 years,’ the Silver Spring singer wrote on Instagram along with a picture of a handwritten letter.
Amid jokes about tanning and her birthday, Stevie praised Lindsey, 75, saying he ‘may go down in history as one of “greats” in guitar playing’.
She shared: ‘Well, here I am – once again at the “famous” Sound City Recording Studio. I am getting very tired of sitting around listening to 12 hours of music per day.’
The Los Angeles studio’s logo can be seen on the top of the paper, which is filled with her neat, joined-up handwriting across four pages.
‘Oh well, I know it will pay off in the end,’ she continued. ‘And when I am sitting in my small but luxurious Beverly Hills home overlooking my small but tasteful pool that is totally secluded, where I can sun in the nude and tan my entire fat body while waiting for my plastic surgery leg lift – it will all be worth it. Otherwise, everything here is just “peach-y”.
‘I hope that all of my little family is doing fine and not working too hard. I am sure that dad is already beautifully tan and lythe – making those gorgeous blue grey eyes even more sparkling than they usually are. How sickening that he looks better than I do at 47(?) and I’m only 25. (Give me a break, Dad!)’
Stevie said she wanted to ‘set aside’ the whole of May to celebrate her 25th birthday, calling it a ‘landmark [that] should not simply be passed over’.
She told her family — her mum, dad and brother Chris — to plan a ‘gala celebration’ with her presents accepted ‘any time after the first of May’.
‘Moving right along,’ the Rhiannon icon added. ‘I just want to say that I certainly do miss you all, and wish you could be here to hear some of this stuff.
‘By the way – Dad and Chris – that rock and roll tune that you both liked (“Baby Baby, don’t treat me so bad”) with the fancy guitar work is almost finished and Lindsey may go down in history as one of “greats” in guitar playing. It really is quite amazing.’
Lindsey is famed for his fingerpicking guitar style and was ranked in Rolling Stone’s 2011 list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
‘Well, no more news as of yet – so much love to you all – and hold good thoughts about this thing,’ she signed off.
At the time of writing, Stevie and Lindsey had been together for several years after meeting during her senior year.
The guitarist performed California Dreamin’ at the Young Life Club, with Stevie joining in as she thought he was ‘darling’.
She then joined his psychedelic rock band Fritz, performing as openers for Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix on tour.
The duo signed to Polydor Records and released Buckingham Nicks before being dropped by the label within a year.
By 1974, the record had made its way to Mick Fleetwood, who invited them to join Fleetwood Mac — and the rest is history.
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