Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks had had a long and complex love life. Over the years, the ethereal "Rhiannon" singer, 77, has been linked with high-profile musicians such as Don Henley and colleagues Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham, per People. But one person reportedly stands out to her as "the one." It was the Eagles' Joe Walsh, 77, with whom Nicks was allegedly involved from 1983 to 1986.
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Per Far Out Magazine, "...Nicks has often referred to Walsh as the great love of her life...."
She understands that being with her can be very challenging for a romantic partner. Her schedule is unpredictable, demanding, and hectic, her fame overwhelming. Per the outlet via the New York Times, she said eleven years ago, "It would be fun if I could find a boyfriend who understood my life and didn't get his feelings hurt because I'm always a phone call away from having to leave in two hours for New York or a phone call from having to do interviews all day long. It's not very fun to be Mr. Stevie Nicks."
Stevie Nicks Claims She Had an Instant, Magnetic Attraction to Joe Walsh
Per the outlet via The Telegraph, Nicks shared in 2007 that she ran into Walsh at a hotel in Dallas and that she was amorously smitten. "I looked at him and I walked across the room and I sat on the bar stool next to him, and two seconds later I crawled into his lap, and that was it,"
Calling them the "perfect, complete, crazy pair," Nicks sounded as if she would have gladly upended her life for Walsh. But there were obstacles that could not be dodged. She said that he headed to Australia "to get away from me, basically." Both of them reportedly had substance abuse issues that drove them apart.
She Waxed Lovelorn About Him
Nicks said, "He thought — or so I'm told by my friends that Joe told — that one of us was going to die, and the other person would not be able to save them. And I did think I was going to die, absolutely. It took me a long, long time to get over it — if I ever got over it. Because there was no other man in the world for me."
