Crow Flying with Fleetwood Mac

All Sheryl Crow wants to do is collaborate; announces venture with '70s supergroup

By Josh Grossberg Mar 14, 2008 10:44 PMTags

For once, Sheryl Crow won't be going her own way. She's ready to join forces with Fleetwood Mac.

"I don't want to make any official announcements, but I will say that we definitely have plans for collaborating in the future, and we'll see what happens," the "Leaving Las Vegas" crooner tells the AOL's music site Spinner.com.

The news comes amid burgeoning rumors hit-making supergroup is planning to reunite for a new tour and/or album.

While Crow, 46, refused to give up details on what her role would be with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band, she did note that she has drawn much inspiration from Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks.

"I think the person I learned the most hands-on from is Stevie Nicks because she allowed me not only to cowrite with her but also to produce her, and she's a true artist," said Crow.

"I love people that are not jaded or desensitized 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."

Crow envisioned what a team-up with the Mac might produce.

"I'd love to do 'The Chain,' I'd love to do 'Second Hand News,' " the Grammy winner said.

Both tunes are off Fleetwood Mac's legendary 1977 Rumours, which is one of the bestselling albums of all time, moving more than 30 million copies.

If Crow indeed joins Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie for a spell, it would help fill the void left by the band's longtime keyboardist-vocalist Christie McVie, who retired in 1998. The band last toured in 2004.

Crow is about to kick off a trek in April in support of her latest disc, Detours, in stores now.