Part of the group’s second best selling album, aptly named fleetwood mac. 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 “i come to find out, after i’ve written the song, that in fact rhiannon was the goddess of steeds, maker of birds,” nicks explains “her three birds sang music, and when something was happening in war you would see rhiannon come riding in on a horse. Rhiannon is a song performed by fleetwood mac
The song became so popular that it is now considered one of the top 500 of all songs ever It is an outstanding achievement that really showed the power of stevie nicks’ song writing capabilities. 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. It was issued as a single the following year. It is speculated that rigantona was an old celtic goddess, perhaps associated with fertility and horses like the gaulish epona.
