When Stevie Nicks originally wrote the song “Leather and Lace,” it was intended for her friends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. But when the country music couple didn’t use the song, Nicks recorded it for her Bella Donna album—with an assist from her ex, Don Henley.
The 1981 soft rock duet had all of the hallmarks of a hit: gentle acoustic guitar and keyboards with tender lyrics delivered by two superstars. “Leather and Lace” became one of Nicks’ biggest solo hits, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time of its release.
Forty-five years later, the song has kept the exes connected in a special way.
“We did go out for about a year and have remained such good friends,” Nicks, now 78, told Rolling Stone of her relationship with Henley in 2024. “‘Leather and Lace’ draws us together forever.”
Nicks once revealed that she and Henley recorded a demo for “Leather and Lace” in the mid-1970s, but that the song was inspired by multiple relationships.
“I mean, I was writing about Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, but I was writing about me and Lindsey (Buckingham, of Fleetwood Mac),” she told High Times magazine. “And I was, at that point, going out with Don Henley and I was writing about Don and me. I was writing about the few couples that I knew and what they went through to try and work it out. … It was the most disciplined song I had ever written.”
Nicks further explained her mission for “Leather and Lace” in the liner notes for her Crystal Visions compilation album, noting that it was originally meant to be a song about how Jennings and Colter’s relationship “that was somehow working in this crazy music business.”
“While I was working on the song, Don Henley would come over to my house and give me advice about it,” she shared. “Then I found out that Waylon and Jessi were splitting up. Waylon still wanted me to finish the song, and he was going to sing it by himself. But by then I had fallen in love with the song, and felt that Don and were the only two people who could possibly sing it.”
Nick added, “How strange and how wonderful that Don and I remain such great friends all these years later. We still sing ‘Leather and Lace’ together every chance we get. It became part of the tapestry of both our lives.”
Decades later, “Leather and Lace” remains more than a memorable rock duet. It’s also a lasting reminder of a rock ‘n’ roll relationship that ended, but never truly faded.
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