“She'd be walking around with 14 stuffed animals close to her because she'd want to pick up every flower arrangement and every stuffed animal,” Perry says, noting that the newness of the experience made Nicks feel "like a 10-year-old kid at Disneyland." He adds, "She was a completely different person at that time from the last time she'd been onstage with Fleetwood Mac.” Perry also remembers the fans having a huge impact on Nicks by dressing like her and leaving her presents onstage that she attempted to gather at the end of every show. Watch Stevie Nicks Perform 'Sara' on the White Wing Tour in 1981 It was much more emotional to her at that point, being without Fleetwood Mac, you know, being on her own and having that kind of acceptance." She couldn’t believe how big the audiences were and how accepting they were.
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She was literally in tears after every show. “It wasn't just the first show it was about the first month or two. Nicks was nervous to headline her own tour, producer Gordon Perry recalls to UCR - actually, he calls her a “nervous wreck.” Perry was along for the whole thing as Lori’s husband. I've never really heard him outside of the context of Springsteen.”
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“He elevates all the material, both Fleetwood Mac and solo, with his presence. “Roy Bittan is just incredible,” Paul Fishkin, who co-founded Modern Records with Nicks and Danny Goldberg in 1980, tells UCR. And one of her big gets for the road group was Roy Bittan, pianist for the E Street Band. After spending half the year on the Hard Promises Tour with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - including a handful of East Coast shows in September and October where Nicks showed up to sing “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” - Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench also agreed to come out for the White Winged Dove dates. Lori Perry and Sharon Celani, her backing vocalists, obviously had to be part of the show. Waddy Wachtel, who played guitar on several Bella Donna tracks, joined her, as did bassist Bob Glaub and drummer Russ Kunkel. Some of the musicians she’d recorded with were either touring with other artists or booked up in the studio. Warren has written many arrangements for his mentors Quincy Jones and David Foster, ranging from Quincy's 'Q: Soul Bossa Nostra' (on which Warren produced a track and co-produced a second), 'Back on the Block' and 'Q's Jook Joint' to feature-film scores to various records with Michael Buble, Celine Dion, Brandy, Leann Rimes, and many others.Īs of 2011, Warren divides his time between producing records and writing both underscore and songs for feature films, including the #1 hit, "The Wedding Planner" and the critically acclaimed "A Raisin In The Sun" (2008).One of the most important steps was assembling her band. 2 Dance hit - 'The Power of One' for Donna Summer.
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1 R&B hit - 'Last Night' by Az Yet produced a Billboard Top Ten hit - 'I Believe In You & Me' (movie version) by Whitney Houston, from the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum soundtrack to The Preacher's Wife and penned a Billboard No. Warren co-produced with Babyface a Billboard No. On his own, Warren earned an additional Grammy Award for the all-star 'Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration,' as well as five additional Grammy nominations, an additional Dove Award (of two nominations), and two Gospel Music Workshop of America Awards, including one for Contemporary Producer of the Year. Together they won four Grammy Awards, six Dove Awards, two Stellar Awards, and a Soul Train Award. On those albums, Warren produced, co-wrote, and arranged most of the award-winning songs. With them he recorded two albums - one platinum, and the other, gold. Warren was an original member of Take 6, the a-cappella sextet that took the world by storm in 1988. His client roster (from Barbra Streisand to Chicago to DMX) and his film scores (from comedy to drama to action) speak for themselves.
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Mervyn Warren, 5-time Grammy Award winner and 10-time Grammy Award nominee, is a highly accomplished film composer, record producer, lyricist, songwriter, arranger, pianist and vocalist.Įqually adept at any style, his work spans many genres - pop, R&B, hip-hop, classical, orchestral, jazz, vocal, country, and gospel.