What if I told you that classic rock superstars of the 1970s like Stevie Nicks, Phil Collins and James Taylor played with the same band? No, I’m not referring to some sort of supergroup, I’m talking about what has now become known as The Immediate Family, a crew of session musicians who recorded with just about every relevant rock musician of the era. The new documentary Immediate Family chronicles their time running amok in the industry and helping to write some of the world’s biggest singles of all time while, for the most part, flying under the radar. The documentary touches on the time they spent recording with Nicks in particular, and it’s no surprise that its members reflect on the past with the same nostalgic romanticization that the singer/songwriter did when she was watching Daisy Jones & the Six.
Recently, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac fame gushed about Daisy Jones & the Six, the Amazon Original show that uses Nicks’ career as inspiration for the titular character. Producer Reese Witherspoon, star Riley Keough and more were over the moon to hear that Nicks not only loved the show, but became emotional, feeling like a “ghost watching my own story.” When I brought this up to Immediate Family guitarist Waddy Wachtel, he reflected on his own experience with musician Willie Nile, calling both stories an example of their collective “musical heart”
Recently, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac fame gushed about Daisy Jones & the Six, the Amazon Original show that uses Nicks’ career as inspiration for the titular character. Producer Reese Witherspoon, star Riley Keough and more were over the moon to hear that Nicks not only loved the show, but became emotional, feeling like a “ghost watching my own story.” When I brought this up to Immediate Family guitarist Waddy Wachtel, he reflected on his own experience with musician Willie Nile, calling both stories an example of their collective “musical heart”
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00:00 I don't know. I don't see that really. At least not yet. I haven't noticed anybody
00:06 directly stealing a portion of my life to actually write something valid about.
00:12 But you hear things here and there. You go, "Gee, that kind of sounds like me."
00:17 In bands and things. But it's exciting when you hear, for me anyway, for these days,
00:26 to hear a band that you like coming out of what we've come through and all the music.
00:31 We lived and played and rock and roll music coming up through all the beautiful songs we've done,
00:38 aside from the rock and roll songs. To hear, for example, a dear friend of ours named Willie Nile,
00:45 who's a great songwriter, terrific, amazing entertainer. A couple of years ago,
00:52 he's got a song called "Forever Wild." I'd heard of Willie Nile, but I really didn't know much
00:58 about him. I heard this song on the radio, Sirius XM played this single, and I came home
01:06 with this huge grin on my face. I was just so happy to hear a song that captured all the essence of
01:14 the rock and roll that I lived by and lived through and lived with. I got home and I told
01:20 my wife about it, and I called Kooch. I said, "Do you know this guy, Willie Nile?" He goes,
01:26 "Oh yeah, I know Willie." "Do you know him? You've got to give me his phone number right now."
01:31 He did. I called Willie and I just expressed everything I just said to you about the song.
01:37 Willie is one of our dearest friends in the world. The last time we played in New York,
01:41 he and his band opened for us. He sat in with us at the end of our set. He's tremendous.
01:48 For Stevie to go on and on about Daisy is like me going on about Willie. To hear something that
01:55 really strikes you in the musical heart you have is a wonderful thing. It doesn't happen often
02:02 enough, really.
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