We continued touring America for the remainder of There was hardly room for the general public. It was a wild show. Stevie was in my dressing room doorway, wearing a faux-fur coat just like the first time I met Annie. Underneath she wore a black lace dress and she had long, flowing hair. She invited me back to her house for a party, and 10 minutes later, still in full sweaty leather stage gear, I was in the back of a limo with Stevie and her backing singers.
Actually it was hours. I just went to bed in one of the four bedrooms upstairs. I woke up at about 5 a. I remember at one point actually falling backward out of bed onto the floor, which made us both laugh hysterically. Stevie recently told me that all she could see when she came out of the bathroom that night was a mound of black leather and chains on the floor and a wild head of hair poking out of the bed covers.
I remember making love once, but she later told me we made love twice. I was woken up at about a. After San Francisco we had some time off, and I decided to go back to L.
I had no idea of the complexity of the relationships among Jimmy, Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty at the time. But I was soon to find out more than I ever imagined. Jimmy had been living with Stevie in when he was producing her album Bella Donna, which was a huge success. Now he was working on her next album, except this time around they were not together.
Stevie said later that it was because she was so addicted to drugs at that time. This is going to be great. I jumped at the chance to work with Stevie, and we went right into the studio a few days later. When we started recording, Stevie was acting strangely and not really coming out of the bathroom much.
