Bob Welch, the former Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist, was found dead in his Nashville home yesterday. Welch’s wife found him, and the apparent cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Welch was 66.
A Los Angeles native whose family was heavily involved in show business, Welch played in a number of bands throughout the late ’60. He joined Fleetwood Mac in 1971, after a few members of the group’s original lineup had left, and he played guitar and sang on several of their albums. Welch left the band in 1974, just before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the group, and he went on to a fairly successful solo career, with Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood managing him well into the ’80s.
Below, watch the video for Welch’s biggest solo hit, 1977′s “Sentimental Lady.”
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wow, you’re kind of a dipshit, aren’t you? i think there are probably about 40 or so million people who purchased rumors back when vinyl was the dominant format simply because they liked the music. people like you love to throw out buzzword terms like ‘hipster’ because you think you actually have something important to say when you’re really vapid and useless. you’re an absolutely adorable idiot.
Hey Alan, I think you mixed up the ‘n’ and the ‘u’ of your last name.
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Bob Welch was the only Fleetwood Mac member not inducted into The Rock Hall. R.I.P.
Well that’s a depressing factoid. I’m not too into Fleetwood Mac’s earlier material (at least not yet) but from what I’ve learned, Welch carried the band for a number of years and not only prevented them from being a short-lived oddity of the British blues-rock scene but also helped them develop a pop/rock aesthetic that would become mostly affiliated with the band’s Nicks/Buckingham period. Just listen to “Sentimental Lady” from the album Bare Trees and tell me that it couldn’t feasibly appear on in their late-70s output.
The lawsuit fiasco was an unfortunate roadblock for Fleetwood Mac but it honestly sucks that Welch has never truly gotten his due credit.
The Welch-era material is well worth seeking out, although it’s harder to find. Mystery to Me, in particular, is a fantastic record.