Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon Live 1976

Rhiannon bring out the witch in Nicks

First of all, who doesn’t LOVE Stevie Nicks? Her voice send chills down my spine every time I hear this goddess sing.

After reading the book Triad by Mary Leader, Nicks was inspired to write about mythology. Rhiannon was the name of a Welsh goddess. According to Rhiannon’s myth, she shuns a God and marries a mortal man. That God then frames her for the murder of her own son, and she is forced to stand at the entrance to a city and tell everyone entering she killed her child.

The self-titled record was released in 1975, and later released as a single in 1976. Nicks wrote this on a piano with help from her boyfriend, Lindsey Buckingham. At the time, they were recording as Buckingham-Nicks and about to release this on their second album, but they joined Fleetwood Mac instead and recorded it with them.

The song was became a huge influence on the image of Stevie Nicks and her performances. The book and song inspired her flowing shawls and black outfits she began wearing on stage, and to every appearence. It gave her a mystical look that caught on with her fans, who often dress like her. A trendsetter for generations to come.

Check out Nicks doing what she does best, singing her heart out!

+ Rhiannon Lyrics +

Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and
Wouldn’t you love to love her?
Takes to the sky like a bird in flight and
Who will be her lover?
All your life you’ve never seen
A woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?

She is like a cat in the dark and then
She is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark and when
The sky is starless

All your life you’ve never seen
A woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?
Will you ever win?

Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon

She rings like a bell through the night and
Wouldn’t you love to love her?
She rules her life like a bird in flight and
Who will be her lover?

All your life you’ve never seen
A woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?
Will you ever win?

Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon

Taken by
Taken by the sky

Taken by
Taken by the sky