Walter Egan (born July 12, 1948, Jamaica, New York) is an American rock musician, best known for his 1978 gold status hit single "Magnet and Steel" from his album Not Shy, produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut of Fleetwood Mac fame. Walter Egan performed at the first Texxas Jam on July 4 weekend in 1978 in Dallas, Texas, at the Cotton Bowl in front of 100,000 people with musical acts like Aerosmith, Van Halen, Ted Nugent, Journey, Frank Marino, and close friends of Walter´s, Eddie Money and Heart (www.TexxasJam78.com). The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #32 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).[1]
Buckingham also co-produced Egan´s first album, Fundamental Roll, with Stevie Nicks. "Magnet and Steel", inspired by Nicks,[citation needed] was featured in the 1997 film Boogie Nights, as well as in the 1998 film Overnight Delivery and the 1999 film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. Egan also wrote "Hearts on Fire", which was covered by Gram Parsons on his album… ³