Jahfin Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 According to the San Jose Mercury News former Fleetwood Mac member and solo artist Bob Welch has been found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Nashville, TN. He was 66. Quote
Jahfin Posted June 7, 2012 Author Posted June 7, 2012 It's been one very tragic year for the music world. Quote
Strider Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 It's been one very tragic year for the music world. You ain't kidding...next year's Grammys are going to have to add an extra hour for the Memorial segment. Quote
mstork Posted June 7, 2012 Posted June 7, 2012 According to the San Jose Mercury News former Fleetwood Mac member and solo artist Bob Welch has been found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Nashville, TN. He was 66. Very sad, RIP. I could put "Sentimental Lady" in the nostalgia thread, pretty song... Quote
ledzepfvr Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 OMG!!!! Say it ain't so. I am so sad to hear this. Loved his solo stuff in the late 70's. RIP . Quote
zeplives66 Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 A little more info: Bart Herbison, executive director of the Nashville Songwriters Association, quoted his wife Wendy as saying Welch had spinal surgery three months ago and doctors told him he would not get better, and he did not want her to have to care for an invalid. Quote
the chase Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) This is terrible. I hate hearing this stuff. Such a talented guy. I've read Mick Fleetwood's Autobiography a couple of times. Bob Welch was obviously a very important part of the bands history. His time in the band was overshadowed, sandwiched between the Peter Green era and the Buckingham, Nicks lineup. But his songwriting, singing and playing was always top notch. It was also great the way Fleetwood Mac helped Bob with his solo career after they bacame mega huge. It's just sad that he would feel that this was his only option... An old friend of mine commited suicide a couple of months ago... He was deeply depressed, and suffering from Lymes Disease. I don't want to preach but ... If you're depressed and feel like doing this ...get some help. There's no shame in getting help. Rest in Peace Bob. Edited June 8, 2012 by the chase Quote
the chase Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) Ex-Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch dead Piya Sinha-Roy | Reuters – 1 hr 44 mins ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Welch, an early member of rock band Fleetwood Mac who enjoyed a successful solo career with hits such as "Ebony Eyes," died on Thursday of an apparent suicide at home in Nashville. He was 66. Police said Welch's body was found by his wife Wendy with a single gunshot wound to the chest, and he had left a suicide note. Welch suffered from health problems, but police did not disclose what those issues were. Mick Fleetwood, one of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac and Welch's manager during his solo career, had remained in close contact with his former band mate over the years and told Reuters that Welch's suicide was "incredibly out of character." "He was a very, very profoundly intelligent human being and always in good humor, which is why this is so unbelievably shocking," he said. "He was a huge part of our history which sometimes gets forgotten ... mostly his legacy would be his songwriting abilities that he brought to Fleetwood Mac, which will survive all of us," Fleetwood said. "If you look into our musical history, you'll see a huge period that was completely ensconced in Bob's work." Welch is the second member of Fleetwood Mac to die this year. In January, another former guitarist for the band, Bob Weston, died in London from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage, at the age of 64. Welch was born on August 31, 1945 in Los Angeles to movie producer father Robert L. Welch and actress mother Templeton Fox. He moved to Paris to study French at the Sorbonne, then returned to Los Angeles in the early 1970s. He was invited to join Fleetwood Mac after the departure of founding members Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. He played guitar and was a vocalist with the band from 1971 to 1974, working on five of their early albums including 1971's "Future Games," 1972's "Bare Trees" and 1973's "Mystery to Me." It was after Welch's departure from the band in 1975 that Fleetwood Mac went on to find its largest measure of fame on albums such as 1977's "Rumours" with the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to the band's lineup. Nicks released a statement, calling Welch's death "devastating." "He was an amazing guitar player - he was funny, sweet - and he was smart - I'm so very sorry for his family and for the family of Fleetwood Mac - so, so sad," Nicks said. Welch fell out with his former band mates after suing the group in 1994 for unpaid royalties, which led to his exclusion from the group's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 1998. The singer and guitarist formed a hard rock group called Paris in 1975, releasing two albums, "Paris" and "Hunt Sales," before disbanding the group a few years later and embarking on a solo career. His debut solo record, the pop-driven "French Kiss" in 1977, went platinum and produced the hits "Sentimental Lady," "Ebony Eyes" and "Hot Love, Cold World." Welch followed up with 1979's "Three Hearts," and four more albums throughout the early 1980s, none of which emulated the same success as "French Kiss." He moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1987 and formed a short-lived group called Avenue M, before moving to Nashville in the late 1990s, working on a songwriting career and releasing a tribute to bebop music, "Bob Welch Looks At Bop," in 1999. His most recent albums, 2003's "His Fleetwood Mac Years and Beyond" and 2006's "His Fleetwood Mac Years and Beyond 2," had previously unreleased material as well as new compositions. (Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy and Bob Tourtellotte; Editing by Bernard Orr, Vicki Allen and David Brunnstrom) Edited June 8, 2012 by the chase Quote
Bong-Man Posted June 8, 2012 Posted June 8, 2012 That sucks. Saw him many years ago in the late 70's and thought he put on a good show. RIP Bob Quote
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