RIP Bob Welch

Founding member of Fleetwood Mac, who left just before the band took off commercially. Suicide at his home in Nashville.

http://m.rollingstone.com/?redirurl=/music/news/former-fleetwood-mac-member-bob-welch-dead-at-65-20120607

 

Had four or five hits in his solo career, too.



RIP.

 

RIP. Now I'm going to have "Sentimental Lady" stuck in my head all night.

 

I thought this was about the former Cy Young winner.

 

Same here.

 

Love the video for the song, with his chapeau and cigar. And the video's female lead should look familiar.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9TWHj7aGrQo

 

Not a founding member, though. He arrived after the departure of Peter Green, IIRC.

He did, however, inspire the band's move to California, which opened the door to its most popular phase after Buckingham and Nicks joined the band.

 

Not quite true. He came in with the second incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, after the original (and by far the best) version with Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan as a three-guitar attack fell apart. I believe he came in about the same time that John McVie brought his wife into the band.

That's not to say that Welch wasn't responsible for some very nice Mac tunes. In fact, the Bare Trees album, on which he was prominently featured, was full of solid tunes. IMO, his best song, though, was Hypnotized.

At any rate, RIP to a very underrated musician.

 

Valerie Bertinelli?

 

I give up. Grace Jones?

 

I thought this was about the Eugene Register-Guard columnist.