Stevie Nicks Releases New Song ‘Show Them The Way’
Stevie Nicks has released a new song title “Show Them The Way” and an accompanying video directed by Cameron Crowe.
The song is Nicks’ first piece of new music since 2014’s 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault. An acoustic piano version of the song was also released and can be heard below.
Nicks took to (1/7) The year was 2008… I was in St Charles, IL. It was cold, snowing~ and it was winter~ February. I was there to edit a concert film. It’s like making a record. You go to the studio everyday~ come home~ sit down with your dog – and turn on the tv. https://t.co/QNf4ZFZXdr pic.twitter.com/nuAylLLGGM
“The year was 2008… I was in St Charles, IL. It was cold, snowing~ and it was winter~ February. I was there to edit a concert film. It’s like making a record. You go to the studio everyday~ come home~ sit down with your dog – and turn on the tv.
It was the Democratic Primaries. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were fighting over who would be the candidate for President. I started watching the documentaries being aired from the late 50’s up to the present. Mostly the fight for civil rights – The dreams of John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Kennedy and John Lewis ~ and all the hidden figures that surrounded them. I was hypnotized. This went on for two months.
One night I had a dream. A dream that was so real that I was pretty sure it had happened. It was a cinematic story. It had a beginning, a middle and an end. Every detail, every color, every smile ~ was there. I started writing the story the moment my eyes opened.
I was invited to a party~ to play piano and sing a few songs. It was a benefit. There were political people there. It felt~ really important. I was just the piano player, the voice, part of their dream. I wrote the poem the next day~ and the music the day after that.
I never recorded it until now. I felt that this was its time, its reason. I understood what it meant then and what it means now~ Please God, show them the way~ Please God, on this day. Spirits all, give them the strength. Peace can come if you really want it.
I think we’re just in time to save it. I hope that this song and its words will be seen as a prayer ~ a prayer for our country ~ a prayer for our world.”
“Show Them The Way” is available for streaming and download here. Nicks notes that all proceeds from “Show Them The Way” will benefit MusiCares.
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