Contemporaries circa 1975-82

[becca]

Curious as to what folks here would think of as FM's peers and close cousins musically from the Buckingham-Nicks period (aside from the obvious being things they contributed to by Bob Welch, Walter Egan and John Stewart etc.).

I guess The Eagles is a pretty obvious comparison lacking only female vocals (and I prefer John McVie bass to almost anything).

I'm not sure I see much in common with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers outside of the Stevie Nicks collaboration. Maybe a bit with some of Tusk. Speaking of which could Joe Jackson or Elvis Costello have been an influence on Tusk the album? I loved Joe Jackson at the time and hated Tusk probably because as a double LP it cost more, had an annoying looking cover, and sounded so different from what I expected.

Other possibly analogous albums I was buying around the Rumours time period were by Kansas, Chilliwack, Bob Seger, Styx, ELO, Wings, Journey, REO Speedwagon (just Hi-Infedility) and The Police. Other possible peers might be Ambrosia, Foreigner, Hall & Oates, Chicago?