Slower Dancing Songs: Leather and Lace

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To all remembering and mourning today, may God’s peace be with you. You just can’t waltz past 9/11 like it’s “just another day.” I will continue on with the list of songs that are slower, good for a couples only dance or a slow skate, for @rebelann (who always “complains” about how my songs make her rock too much…oh, you just wait until next month!! ). Here’s today’s song. Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks and Don Henley While NJ Chic reaches for her antacid (I think she hates Stevie Nicks worse than Steely Dan!), I’ll share a little surprise with you. Did you know Stevie Nicks originally wrote this “for” Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter? They were working on a duet album, titled Leather and Lace, and Nicks wrote this with them in mind. As it turns out, Jennings and Colter didn’t record the song, but Nicks was interested in it as a duet. Sooo…she turned to an old lover (based on the things I’ve read about her, that could be any one of a thousand musicians ), Don Henley, for the duet. Henley was coming off the breakup of the Eagles and a little law problem involving cocaine and probably needed the return to relative normalcy. The results were magical. It got Henley’s duet career off to a great start (he’s since had hits with people like Trisha Yearwood, Patty Smyth, and Sheryl Crow) as well as his post-Eagles life. It also relegated Fleetwood Mac to “Stevie Nicks’ band,” which is a crime (especially considering the beauty of Christine McVie’s voice). I’m sort of glad that Waylon and Jessi passed this up. Leather and Lace Written by Stevie Nicks Recorded by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley From Bella Donna (Nicks), 1981 Sometimes cold and scared: