Stevie Nicks + Eddie Vedder Play ‘Cease Draggin’ My Coronary heart Round’

Stevie Nicks and Eddie Vedder joined forces Friday night time to carry out Nicks’ Tom Petty collaboration “Cease Draggin’ My Coronary heart Round” throughout her headlining efficiency at Vedder’s Ohana Pageant. You’ll be able to see video of the efficiency beneath.

Greater than 40 years after its launch, the story of “Cease Draggin’ My Coronary heart Round” has been effectively documented. Producer Jimmy Iovine reportedly did not assume Nicks’ 1981 solo debut, Bella Donna, had successful single. Iovine additionally labored with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, so he requested the bandleader to lend Nicks a tune for her LP.

The gambit paid off, as “Cease Draggin’ My Coronary heart Round” shot to No. 3 on the Billboard Scorching 100 and propelled Bella Donna to multiplatinum standing, whereas additionally solidifying a lifelong friendship between Nicks and Petty.

Nicks informed the viewers this story earlier than starting the tune at Ohana Pageant. “‘We recorded it, it is able to go, he’ll even sing it with you,'” she recalled a member of Petty’s crew (doubtless Iovine) telling her. “‘So he is gonna give it to you, and he is gonna sing it with you.’ And I mentioned, ‘Sure!’ And that tune kicked Bella Donna to No. 3 after which to No. 1 on the Billboard charts.”

Vedder strutted onstage throughout the first verse to waves of applause from the gang and proceeded to sing Petty’s vocal components. “That was sneaky Mr. Eddie Vedder!” Nicks mentioned after the efficiency.

The Pearl Jam frontman is about to carry out his personal headlining set on the second day of the competition, sharing high billing with Jack White. Pop star Pink will headline on Sunday.

Nicks launched a canopy of Buffalo Springfield’s legendary protest tune “For What It is Value” final week. “I am so excited to launch my new tune,” she mentioned in an announcement. “It was written by Stephen Stills in 1966. It meant one thing to me then, and it means one thing to me now. I at all times wished to interpret it by the eyes of a girl – and it looks as if right this moment, within the instances that we dwell in, that it has lots to say.”