Expert: Callie Pillar - 11/7/2004

Question
Stevie Nicks has said that there are ten songs she wrote that she calls the "songs of Rhinnon."  Do you know the names of all ten, and whether some of them have been released?  I think I might have read that "Planets of the Universe" was one of them.

Answer
Hi Richard,

I have searched many sites and have found the names of the 10 "Rhiannon" songs.  There are actually 11 songs according to Stevie Nicks herself, but I could not find the 11th song.  I will continue to look for it.

10 of the songs in the "Rhiannon" series are:

1. ANGEL - "Tusk" Album 1979
2. FOREST OF THE BLACK ROSES - Available Demo
3. GOODBYE BABY (THE TOWER) - "Say You Will" Album 2003
4. LADY FROM THE MOUNTAINS - Available Demo
5. LEGEND OF THE SONG OF THE BIRDS OF RHIANNON - Stevie Nicks said herself that this was the first song in the "Rhiannon" series.  - Unavailable demo
6. MAKER OF THE BIRDS (THREE BIRDS OF RHIANNON) - Available Demo
7. PLANETS OF THE UNIVERSE (NO LIGHT) - "Trouble In Shangri-La" Album 2001
8. RHIANNON - "Fleetwood Mac" Album 1975
9. SORCERER - "Trouble In Shangri-La" Album 2001
10. STAY AWAY - Unavailable Demo

*****All of these songs were written in the early to mid 1970's during the Buckingham Nicks era, before Stevie joined Fleetwood Mac.

Here are some of the links I used for my research.

http://www.geocities.com/gypsydreamer.geo/rhiannon2.html   - "Three Birds Of Rhiannon" Lyrics

http://members.aol.com/GypsyNicks/rhiannon.html - Rhiannon Film Project

http://216.109.117.135/search/cache?p=rhiannon+series+demos+&ei=UTF-8&u=www.jagu... - Rhiannon Motorcycle

http://www.angelfire.com/nt/WildHeart/stayaway.html - Lyrics To "Stay Away"

http://www.angelfire.com/nt/WildHeart/forestofbr.html - Lyrics To "Forest Of The Black Roses"

http://216.109.117.135/search/cache?p=rhiannon+lady+from+the+mountain+demos+&ei=... - Song Of Rhiannon CD

http://www.purplemoon.com/stevienicks.html - Three Different "Songs Of Rhiannon" - Lyrics

http://www.burnish.net/articles/livetonight.php - Stevie's Explanation Of The "Rhiannon Songs"

http://www.inherownwords.com/rhiannon.htm - In Her Own Words On Rhiannon

http://www.inherownwords.com/rhiannon2.htm - In Her Own Words On Rhiannon 2 by Stevie Nicks

http://66.218.71.225/search/cache?p=legend+of+the+song+of+the+birds+of+rhiannon&... - More On Rhiannon In Stevie's Words

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I hope this answers your question.  I enjoyed researching it for you and will let you know as soon as I find the mysterious 11th song!

Take care,

Callie Pillar

P.S. If any of the links do not work, please let me know and I will check them and resend them to you.