I wrote this song and made [rhiannon] into what i thought was an old welsh witch It was issued as a single the following year. It’s just about a very mystical woman that finds it very, very hard to be tied down in any kind of way.
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Fleetwood mac perform rhiannon live at studio instrument rentals in 1976
Rhiannon, in celtic religion, the welsh manifestation of the gaulish horse goddess epona and the irish goddess macha
And the spell extended to rhiannon “rhiannon” is about desire and the impossibility of fully possessing someone who refuses to be claimed Whether she represents a real person, a myth, or even nicks herself, the song captures the feeling of chasing something or someone you can never truly have. One of nicks’ most mystical songs, “rhiannon,” came to her right around the halloween of 1974
About two months prior to joining fleetwood mac, nicks stumbled across the enchanting name of her.
