Stevie on "Ellen"

Stevie Nicks was on Ellen yesterday to promote her new greatest hits CD/DVD comp, Crystal Visions... The Very Best of Stevie Nicks.

Her performance of "Stand Back" on the show was hands down the best solo Stevie we've seen live in over a decade. I've seen her in concert and on TV shows many times since falling in love with her in '97, but never since then have I seen her perform live with this much energy. Keep drinking that coffee, girl! (Or uh, whatever it is you're doing.)

She also performed "Landslide." Both of them are below for your viewing pleasure.

The other day, a friend of mine told me a great Stevie story from her Enchanted Tour in 1998. It was at a concert in Denver and it was pouring. She said between songs, "You know, there's a lot of talk about me being a witch. If I was a witch, don't you think I would stop this rain?" And literally, all at once, the rain came to an utter hault.

She was very freaked by it and just sort of cautiously said, "Ooookay, we're going to um, continue now."