About the Song
“Italian Summer” is inspired by Stevie’s trip to the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy. Some footage of this trip was included in the In Your Dreams documentary (2013).
“You can be walking down the street, and see someone that catches your eye, and say, ‘Gosh! That was a gorgeous man,’ and something touches you, and you might go home and write a poem about that, you know? Or you go to Italy, which I did on the Fleetwood Mac tour (in 2009). I was there for four weeks, and I wrote the song ‘Italian Summer,’ and it sounds like I wrote it about a big love affair, but I didn’t. I wrote it about Italy, walking around on the cobblestone streets and feeling free and feeling safe. So you can be inspired by anything.” (Riff City, 2011)
About the Song “Italian Summer” is inspired by Stevie’s trip to the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy. Some footage of this trip was included in the In Your Dreams documentary (2013).
“You can be walking down the street, and see someone that catches your eye, and say, ‘Gosh! That was a gorgeous man,’ and something touches you, and you might go home and write a poem about that, you know? Or you go to Italy, which I did on the Fleetwood Mac tour (in 2009). I was there for four weeks, and I wrote the song ‘Italian Summer,’ and it sounds like I wrote it about a big love affair, but I didn’t. I wrote it about Italy, walking around on the cobblestone streets and feeling free and feeling safe. So you can be inspired by anything.” (Riff City, 2011)
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