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Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Eagles: Rock for the Ages
The four-year snub is over. Looks like Fleetwood Mac's going to the Hall.
The smooth, pop-rock sounds of the prototypical Southern California band, currently riding high with a top-grossing reunion tour and strong-selling live album, will be deigned worthy of induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, according to reports Wednesday.
Mac, which first became eligible for the Cleveland-based music palace in 1993, will reportedly join Billy Joel and the Eagles as members of the hall's Class of 1998.
There was no comment from officials Wednesday. The final list of inductees is expected to be announced later this month. Up to seven acts can be honored in one year. Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel and the Eagles were notified on Tuesday that they'd made the cut, sources told Daily Variety.
The 14th annual hall of fame ceremony--typically a raucous excuse for an all-night, all-star jam session--is scheduled for January 12.
A plaque and a place among previous inductees--luminaries Ray Charles, the Beatles and Janis Joplin, included--would cap a comeback trifecta for Fleetwood Mac. Earlier this year, Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie and John McVie--the most popular of the ever-morphing Mac lineups--set aside decades of bitterness to mark the 20th anniversary of their landmark Rumours album, and make new, old music again. The result was The Dance, the tour, the album, the big-time moneymaker. (At induction ceremonies, all Mac members--touring and recording, past and present--would be honored.)
Billy Joel's induction, meanwhile, would come at a crossroads in the Piano Man's life. The tunesmith recently announced his intention to renounce rock in favor of classical music. (He has since backed off, saying he wants to temporarily explore the genre.) Joel's nod would also be something of a surprise, considering he has long been more a popular, rather than critical, favorite. His career was originally launched with the 1971 release of Cold Spring Harbor.
Nothing surprises about the Eagles. The laid-back California group, with its repertoire of campfire-friendly, sing-along hits ("Peaceful Easy Feeling," "Already Gone"), has been ruling the country-rock roost since its 1972 self-titled debut.
Acts become eligible for the hall of fame 25 years after the release of their first recordings. Other possible inductees from the 1998 ballot of finalists: Earth, Wind & Fire, the Mamas & Papas, Santana, Del Shannon, Dusty Springfield, Iggy Pop's the Stooges, Gene ("Town Without Pity") Pitney, Solomon Burke, soul singer Joe Tex, the Moonglows, Lloyd Price and guitar great Gene Vincent.
Heavyweights still on the outside looking in (and not even on this year's ballot), include: ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and George Harrison (what, no Ringo?) as solo acts, Darlene Love and Black Sabbath.
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