the story behind the story: who really commissioned "Leather and Lace" and why Stevie Nicks and Don Henley perform, meanemotion=grace

A song that exudes grace is called “Leather and Lace” by Stevie Nicks and Don Henley. In the liner notes of the CD: The best of Stevie Nicks: TIMESPACE, she writes:
“I wrote this song because Waylon Jennings called me up and asked me to write a song called ‘Leather and Lace.’ It was to be a duet for him and his wife, and I worked very hard trying to explain what it was like to be in love with someone in the same business, and how to approach dealing with each other. It’s probably the hardest thing in the world to do because it falls out of your hands and into the hands of the world, which tends you not be able to handle it. I have to tell you now that Mr. Don Henley was pretty much responsible for this song because he came over every other day to either start over, or that I was right on track, and he made me finish it (because I almost gave up many times). When it was finally finished, don and I made a very simple demo of it…he sang it with me and it was…truly wonderful. And then I found out that Waylon and Jessi were breaking up, and Waylon wanted to just sing it by himself. After all the work I had put inito the philosophy of two people dealing with this problem, I told Waylon that only four people in the world could sing this song: he and his wife, or myself and Don Henley. Don and I had been going out quite awhile, and, bless his heart, he did sing it with me, and, again, as fate would have it…it became one of the most special love songs that I would ever write…and remains that today, after all these years. All in all, it was an unforgettable experience, as was he…Blame it on my wild heart. -Bella Donna…1981”

We measured the speed frequencies of Leather + Lace as:
a) meanspeed=76.1 beats per minute,
b) meanemotion=grace,
c) meanspace=788 milliseconds per beat,
d) meanphase=1.27 beats per second,
e) meanpitch=324.80 hertz, 74 cents above Eb4=311. 127 hertz, 26 cents below E4=329.628 hertz.


photo from Stevie's URL:
http://www.nicksfix.com/


Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music Trust
December 22, 2006
USA