Stevie Nicks, Lady Antebellum Come Together for CMTs CrossroadsIf you tune in to the new episode of CMT Crossroads, which has Stevie Nicks and Lady Antebellum as its latest cross genre pairing, youll hear a version of Rhiannon that almost sounds more like Fleetwood Macs original version than Fleetwood Mac could do. Perhaps we should let Stevie explainI gave Hillary Scott that high part in Rhiannon because I dont sing it that way on stage because I cant reach that note, Nicks tells The Hollywood Reporter. I reached it once the day we recorded the song in 1. I thought, you know what, if were gonna do this, wouldnt it be great to actually have her sing the real melody of Rhiannon. Because it has not been sung since it was writtenThats not to say that Nicks took the lazy way out, long abandoned high notes excepted. CMT producers say theyve never had a guest from the rock world approach a Crossroads taping with quite as much preparation or work ethic as the FM mainstay. And this particular coupling was Nicks own idea, coming out of a dream she had where she was cheating on Lindsey Buckingham, musically speaking. The dream was very short, Nicks says. And the dream was actually very fun. But I just want to clarify that so that when my other half hears this by other half, she means her professional partner Buckingham, he doesnt get all pissed off, because it wasnt that kind of a dream. We were just having our usual little disagreement in the dream, because thats what we do. And I laughingly said to him, Well, fine. Ill just go join Lady Antebellum. Ananda Thandavam Tamil Songs. And then the dream ended, and I sat up, and there it was. PHOTOS CMT Music Awards Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift Mingle With Countrys Biggest Stars. Nicks didnt think much more about this nocturnal prophecy until three days later, when she went to the premiere of a Led Zeppelin concert movie and was approached by Bill Flanagan, a longtime producer for MTV Networks specials, who asked her for the umpteenth time if shed be willing to do a Crossroads. Tank Hunter Java Game. Much to his shock, she said she could fit it in right before rehearsal started for this years Fleetwood Mac tour. And before he could start listing potential names, Nicks told him about how Lady Antebellum had just popped up in her rapid eye movement revelation. For Lady A, it didnt matter that Rumours came out before they were born there wasnt much homework required. We didnt have to listen we already knew, says Charles Kelley, who maintains that translating Nicks classics from their collective memory into band recreations was a cinch. Nicks had more research to do, since she admits she was only familiar with a handful of Lady As tunes at the time of inception. I knew the ones Id heard on the radio because I still do listen to radio like Need You Now and Just a Kiss. And then I found Cold as Stone, which I loved, because I love that kind of Appalachian sound. I also loved We Own the Night and Love Dont Live Here Anymore, and I even learned Downtown, so I just kept adding, until my list became ridiculous. Then I watched one of the Crossroads shows where they only had a total of four or five songs, and I was thinking, this is not going to work for us. In the end, Crossroads is airing a total of seven songs on the telecast far fewer than the two acts prepared or even shot, but still a hefty helping. They join forces on Nicks Landslide, Edge of Seventeen, Stop Draggin My Heart Around, and Rhiannon as well as Lady As Need You Now, Love Dont Live Here Anymore, and Golden. Their joint version of Just a Kiss was a highlight at the January taping, with Nicks added harmony making the country ballad feel more complete than it ever had before, but for whatever reason, CMT cut it from the broadcast. CONCERT REVIEW Fleetwood Mac Reunites in Madison Square Garden. When they do Lady As multiple Grammy winning smash Need You Now, Nicks opens the tune by duplicating the spoken word phone call monologue that begins the original recording. The latest news articles from Billboard Magazine, including reviews, business, pop, hiphop, rock, dance, country and more. Get the latest news on celebrity scandals, engagements, and divorces Check out our breaking stories on Hollywoods hottest stars Debbie Reynolds, Actress Singin in the Rain. Debbie Reynolds was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Maxine N. Harmon and Raymond. The band didnt know Nicks was going to do that, and you can see Scott cracking up over the surprise. They did a subsequent retake that nixed Nicks unexpected recitation, but fortunately, producers went with the first version that included Stevie going whole hog with the songs drunk dialing motif. Nicks spent two months absorbing all of Lady As albums before she ever got on the phone with the group to start making definite plans. By the time I talked with them, I had listened to the music for so many days in a row that I really felt like I had known them for a hundred years, she says. So it was really one of those fun phone calls where it felt like we were friends forever. The connection made in those calls was just priceless, agrees Scott, and the way it allowed us to build a relationship was reflected, I think, once we hit the stage. You can tell when you watch one of these if they dont know each other or if they do. But, she hastens to add, the actual rehearsals were hard work. And we were standing the whole time, says Nicks. And Hillary was pregnant, and standing up for like eight hours a day for three solid days, standing on concrete. I almost always sit in my chair when Im rehearsing. But I said to Hillary, Were better off to stand and sing, because if we sit, youre all like this at which point she adopts a scrunched up posture that might indeed be uncomfortable for a performer who is in a family way. Plus, I felt like we just had way too much work to do to actually sit. It was a very ambitious project that we took on. Fleetwood Mac went into rehearsal around the 1. Partial Sum Calculator Program Software'>Partial Sum Calculator Program Software. February, and our first date was in the middle of April, so we were rehearsing for six weeks, five days a week, six or seven hours a day and all of those are songs that we already knowSTORY Steven Tyler, Carrie Underwood Team Up For CMTs CrossroadsThe one song they ended up doing together from Lady Antebellums new album, Golden, wasnt the hit Downtown even though Nicks learned it but the more subdued title track. As Kelley explains it, Theres this one part in Golden where we totally kind of take a Crosby, Stills Nash little moment on the bridge. And she had referenced them when we were on the phone with her, saying, You know what I love about your three part harmony is, it reminds me a lot of Crosby, Stills Nash. And I go, Aw, man, I just have to send you this song. Maybe we can almost recreate a Crosby, Stills, Nash Young thing, with a four part harmony moment. So we send this song, and when we met her she had this really great, heartbreaking story about how the song had touched her. Elaborates Nicks Im in my beautiful little bathroom in my condo that took me a year to complete. F713600000578-4705638-Big_night_Cara_and_Rihanna_joined_their_co_star_Dane_DeHaan_and_-a-148_1500360061329.jpg' alt='Hollywood Edge Premiere Edition Track Listing' title='Hollywood Edge Premiere Edition Track Listing' />Its a little white jewel box room. Im in there and I get the song and I play it once, and I start to cry. My best friend from the 7th and 8th grade, when I lived in Salt Lake, has a daughter who has a brain tumor, and she has golden, curly hair. The song was on repeat, and it started again, and she walked in, and I just put my arms around her and held her really tight and just really sobbed for the whole four minutes of the song.