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Stevie Nicks<\/a> has penned some of the most enduring rock ballads of her time.<\/p>\n Between her tenures as the resident witch of Fleetwood Mac and her prolific, enchanting solo career, her distinct eloquence personifies her personal struggles and the lives of those around her. <\/p>\n Eerily empathetic, Nicks\u2019 writing and vocals capture the essence of her subjects and immortalise them, in all their splendour: the good, the bad and the ugly. She is no stranger to chronicling matters of the heart, baring her soul and exposing others\u2019 in her lyricism. <\/p>\n One of her finest is the song \u2018Leather and Lace\u2019,<\/a> written initially for country singer Waylon Jennings and his wife, Jessi Colter. She was a close friend of the couple and, observing their dynamic, wrote of a man who personified the toughness of leather in contrast with his partner\u2019s gentility.<\/p>\n The song was intended to be included on Jennings and Colter\u2019s duet album of the same name, but when Jennings opted for the song to be sung for his solo work, Nicks became attached to the sound of a duet. Eventually, including it on her debut solo album, 1981\u2019s Bella Donna<\/a>, she enlisted her former lover, The Eagles\u2019 co-vocalist and drummer, Don Henley. The pair were only involved for about a year from 1977 to 1978, but stayed in each other\u2019s lives in the years since. Nicks has since reflected on their time together fondly, though there was a time during the relationship when Henley made an impression on Nicks\u2019 Fleetwood Mac bandmates that stuck.<\/p>\n As Nicks recounts per Stephen Davis\u2019 Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks, she and Henley dated in the tumultuous aftermath of her on-again, off-again relationship with bandmate Lindsey Buckingham, a dynamic that would remain unsteady for years. \u201cHere\u2019s one thing that Don did that freaked out my band so much,\u201d Nicks recounts. <\/p>\n Adding, \u201cWe\u2019re all in Miami, they\u2019re recording at the gorgeous pink house they\u2019re renting. It\u2019s right on the water, totally romantic. Anyway, he sends a limousine driver to our hotel with a box of presents for me, and they\u2019re delivered right to the breakfast room where everyone\u2019s eating. There\u2019s a stereo, a bunch of cool records. There\u2019s incredible flowers and fruits, a beautiful display.\u201d<\/p>\n Slightly caught off-guard by the lavish display, Nicks anticipated a range of reactions from her bandmates. \u201cThe limousine driver is putting all this out onto the table and I\u2019m going, \u2018Oh please \u2026 please \u2026 this is not going to go down well,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cAnd they want to know who this is from. And Lindsey is not happy.\u201d<\/p>\n Jealousy was not a foreign emotion for the members of Fleetwood Mac; rather, it seeped into their dynamic. In light of their romantic and professional crossovers<\/a>, Nicks has since shared that it meant keeping her personal life somewhat concealed. <\/p>\n