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While that should have been an intimate link to Petty, Iovine attempted to separate his work and personal life. Photo: Carlo Allegri/Getty Images Petty wrote “Insider” for Nicks - but then took it back Ironically, two weeks later, she was living with Iovine as his girlfriend. Nicks told Iovine she wanted to be a “girl Tom Petty” in 1979. So he put her in touch with Iovine instead. As Petty detailed in his biography, he had opted not to produce her album, despite the fact that Nicks said she would cater her schedule to his.
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“She basically stole the Heartbreakers from Tom Petty, stole his producer Jimmy Iovine and then stole their next single, which was ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.’ She got everything she wanted.”īut it didn’t quite happen that fast. “She didn’t have a band, she didn’t have a single and she didn’t have anyone to produce her record,” rock biographer Stephen Davis told Interview. “If I can’t be in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, I want to make a record that sounds as much like T.P.’s as possible,” she said in his biography.Īs she started working on her own music outside of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks turned to everyone in Petty’s circle. Her calls to his management went unanswered, so she took on a different approach. When Nicks fell for Petty’s music in the 1970s, she was head over heels - going to extreme lengths to get in touch with her fellow artist. READ MORE: Fleetwood Mac: Behind the Drama, Divorce and Drugs That Fueled the Making of Rumours Nicks infiltrated Petty’s inner circle