05/23/2024
Stevie Nicks and the late Tom Petty were very good friends, but never lovers. Musically, though, the relationship was something of a romance. Nicks admired Petty deeply, even idolized him, and told him she wished she could be a member of his band, the Heartbreakers. They wrote songs for each other, and sang together live and on each other's albums, most notably the track "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," which was a song Petty wrote for his own band but essentially "gave" to Nicks. It went to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was her biggest hit. After decades of collaboration, Nicks finally did get the invitation she'd always wanted when Petty made her an honorary Heartbreaker. In fact, the last time they performed together -- at London's Hyde Park, in July 2017, just a few months before his death -- Petty welcomed her to the stage by saying, "over the years, we've become very close and she is the honorary girl in our band—Stevie!"
