Live Wire: Wild Heart band offers intimate Stevie Nicks tribute
Stevie Nicks just turned 77 on May 26, and although she still tours, seeing her live can be both difficult and expensive.
But local fans have an alternative way to experience her live show with the Wild Heart Tribute to Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac.
Now in its 11th year, Wild Heart was the brainchild of local singer Jami Delia, who became enchanted with Nicks at the age of 17 and now finds herself inhabiting Nicks' persona on stage.
'We may have started out doing it because we love the music, but it didn't take long to realize that once choosing a tribute, we were on a path of not looking back,' Delia said. 'Other Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks tributes have popped up in and around New England, and each has something special about it. Our specialty is our intimate portraits, our theatrical approach, and our connection with the audience.'
The group will play a slate of local shows this summer, starting with one at Outlook Farms summer concert series in Westhampton on June 7 at 4 p.m. (with a rain date of July 13). Other dates include The Stationery Factory in Dalton on Aug. 2, the Majestic Theater in West Springfield on Aug.7, the Southwick Rotary Club on Aug. 13, and Glendale Ridge Vineyard on Aug. 31.
Delia talked about the tribute show in a recent interview.
Q: What inspired you to form a tribute band around Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac?
A: Stevie Nicks inspired me when I was a teenager. Her lyrics and music helped me through up-and-down relationships, inspiring me to sing, perform and to write music. I saw her on her first solo tour in 1981 and again in 2015 at Mohegan Sun.
Q: Do you do any Fleetwood Mac songs that aren't written by Nicks? And what's the balance between Nicks material and other songs?
A: Absolutely. We play Lyndsey Buckingham and Christine McVie songs. Stevie wrote for herself and for Fleetwood Mac, so her music is still more than one-third of the material.
Q: What is it about Stevie Nicks that has made her such an icon in the music world?
A: Stevie's material, like her persona, is timeless, ageless. Her words seem to affect people today who hear it for the first time equally to those who heard it for the first time in the 1970s. Most of the songs are about relationships, which most people relate to. The music is recognizable and unique. She has performed live with Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey and the band HAIM; this is a brilliant way to keep her music and her 'Stevie-ness' alive and youthful.
Q: When you play in larger or more formal settings, you have said the show is more theatrical. In what ways is it theatrical?
A: Our tribute is unique amongst tributes in that we have built in space between and during songs where we talk about where the music came from in the lives of the artists. The costume changes are authentic, and my personal handler is quick on a dime to switch me out, just as Stevie does in her work, from one shawl to the next, and one set of boots and gloves, and the hair – everything that fits the songs in the era they were created.
In our tribute, many of these songs are not just music to recreate. They are experiences to have in that moment together, based on the nostalgia that we all know and feel when we hear them.
Q: If you had to pick one Stevie Nicks song as your favorite, which one would it be and why?
A: It's very difficult to do because I really do love them all, however, 'Silver Springs' is Stevie's swan song to Lindsey. This music and lyrics are stirring. She is singing of her optimism that if he could just allow it, he would always be there with her, and then in her very unique and stylized way of stating her bitterness, she gently threatens that she'll follow him down to the sound of her voice will haunt him. It's chilling and beautiful.
Q: And which song seems to be an audience favorite when you play it?
A: 'Don't Stop' is a favorite, as it is one of the very few true optimistic songs. It's really what people need these days to believe that we always can look forward and we need to stop getting stuck in the past. The music is absolutely perfect and each member of Fleetwood Mac has a verse so that's always a fun component as well.
More information about each show, including ticket prices, can be found on each venue's website. For more information about the band, visit Wild Heart's official website.
Read the original article on MassLive.
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