What HAS helped the Eagles is that they embraced their "country" influences, whereas Fleetwood Mac (as a whole) has shunned them.
Had they attempted to get some airplay on country radio, they could've reached a whole bucket load of new "ears". The Eagles & Fleetwood Mac had a similar demographic audience back in the '70s, but, when the '90s "new country" stations started playing Eagles songs, and then with the release of the
Common Thread Eagles tribute album by then current top country artists, that just blew open a whole new audience for them.
It seems like Mick & John (and whoever else was involved) had this standoffish attitude about "country music" that they just put a damper on their own success. Just think about the songs that could have been in rotation on country radio in the past 25 or so years:
Blue Letter
Crystal
Say You Love Me
Landslide
Never Going Back Again
I Don't Want To Know
World Turning
That's Alright
Sara
When I See You Again
When The Sun Goes Down
Do You Know?
Talkin' To My Heart
I Got It In For You
Nothing Without You
Destiny Rules
Say You Will
Any of those would fit just like a glove alongside what is "Today's Country".
