Sheryl Crow to Join Fleetwood Mac

[mountainvue]

http://www.spinner.com/2008/03/13/sheryl-crow-to-join-fleetwood-mac/

"We definitely have plans for collaborating in the future, and we'll see what happens," Crow tells Spinner. As to when fans might hear those collaborations, she says, "I think that's going to be next year."

And what songs would she ideally like to perform onstage with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham? "I'd love to do 'The Chain' and 'Second Hand News,'" she says. "There's so many great songs that I absolutely love, and just to get to sing harmonies on them is going to be a thrill."

For Crow, who is just beginning to tour in support of her recently released 'Detours' album, the opportunity to join the legendary group (and fill the shoes of Christine McVie, who retired from touring in 1998), is a chance to work with her close friend Nicks. Perhaps more important, it will help keep the band alive, as Nicks had previously gone on record as saying she was unwilling to carry on Fleetwood Mac without McVie, who had been one of the constants of the often-evolving group since she joined in the early '70s.

According to Crow, Nicks has been a major influence in her life as an artist. "I love people that are not jaded or de-sensitized and that are still really into what they're doing and into growing as an artist, and that's her," Crow says. "She'd walk out and stand at the microphone, and I swear I was looking at a 20-year-old, because she just exudes this kind of sensual love for music."

[mountainvue]

1. kick. n/t

[Mike Daniels]

2. Well that would be interesting.

Since Buckingham has generally been responsible for the overall "Fleetwood Mac" sound production-wise it would be interesting to see whether Crow's songs will blend in sonically or go their own way (no pun intended) in terms of the overall album flow.

That said, I'm really not into Crow's music and Fleetwood Mac peaked creatively with Tusk but I'd definitely give the album a listen or two just to see what the new blood brings in.