From: owner-sheryl-crew-digest@smoe.org (sheryl-crew-digest) To: sheryl-crew-digest@smoe.org Subject: sheryl-crew-digest V4 #92 Reply-To: sheryl-crew@smoe.org Sender: owner-sheryl-crew-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-sheryl-crew-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk sheryl-crew-digest Tuesday, April 3 2001 Volume 04 : Number 092 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [sheryl-crew] Re: Fan review from Stevie's show [Brigitte Subject: [sheryl-crew] Re: Fan review from Stevie's show Thanks for posting that Sylvia.. ' If you go to Stevie's site (www.nicksfix.com) there's an interview with her from Q magazine (UK, may issue) here are some pieces of that about Sheryl. Is Sheryl Crow another of your rock star friends? She is. I can't pull anything with Sheryl, nor her with me. Also, I can give her advice because I've already gone through everything she could possibly think of going through. She's like the little sister I never had. Rosanna Arquette and Laura Dern were with you in the studio when you were recording the track Fall From Grace. Do you have any "normal" friends? You know what? That was the first time I met them! The only reason they were there was because they'd come to see Sheryl Crow. Sheryl does know everybody. I don't. My producer John Shanks was cutting three verses out of that song and Rosanna and Laura told him, "John, put these things back in - you're screwing up the story!" And this is from the Billboard article you can also find on that site: "First, Sheryl's brilliant," Nicks says. "She's an amazing songwriter, singer and musician. But she's also someone who gets it. She understands the life of a woman in rock'n'roll. There's no room for playing games with her or saying, 'You don't understand what I'm going through.' She understands, and that's brought us closer than I can explain." For Crow, connecting with Nicks is something she tries not to "get too deep into my head about," she says. "She represents such a huge chunk of my life that it's almost unreal to be in the same room with her." Still, Crow notes that there was an instant ease in their relationship--both in and out of the studio. "Stevie's just so real, so completely open as a person," she says. "And as an artist, she continues to work hard. Sometimes you meet your heroes, and you discover they've stopped growing or have gone past caring about what they do. Stevie's still so vital. She's still looking to try new things." Nicks and Crow both point at the "Shangri-La" highlight "Sorcerer"--a song the pair co-wrote and on which Crow lends guest vocals and guitars--as an example of their successful experimentation. "Sheryl challenged me to explore different areas of my voice," Nicks recalls, noting the soulful falsetto that she reaches during the song's initial verses. "It was fun to do, and it wound up working so well within the song's arrangement." Adds Crow, "Stevie's an incredible singer. She approaches music in such a unique manner. It would be easy for her to just stick to the same old thing, but she's clearly not content to do that." In addition to "Sorcerer," Nicks notes the Crow composition "It's Only Love" as a personal favorite. "It's a song that I love to sing," she says. "I'm hoping that it will be part of the set for the tour." Brigitte ------------------------------ End of sheryl-crew-digest V4 #92 ********************************