How about Carole King join Fleetwood Mac? She ain't doing much, right?
- She plays piano in a McVieish way (check out her lightweight blues intro to "Smackwater Jack")
- She sings in a McVieish way (reedy alto with minimal ornamentation)
- She writes classic pop songs
- She has a legacy & an audience
- She has the critical stature to play with the Mac (nobody would say she doesn't measure up)
- She's about their age.
True, she isn't a cutting-edge, push-the-envelope, "relevant" rock
artiste, but then neither are they. Would she be compatible with Buckingham's more avant-garde leanings in the studio? Maybe not, but no less so than Nicks herself is.
Imagine a tour -- imagine a stage -- with Nicks & King harmonizing on a Buckingham song (or Buckingham & King harmonizing on a Nicks song).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fveEU8NAhcc
