Bob Welch and the disappearance of Mystery to Me and Heroes are Hard to Find...

[Desiree]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Trying to push the Welch years under the rug is criminal. Mystery To Me is the best FM album ever made!

I think it's criminal, too, whatever the differences. Just wrong...

And, like I said, Bob Welch is really the one who took FM into the realm of the mystical and I'm sure that was a huge draw for SN when she listened to all of FM's records. She has said that LB did the mystical thing with her, so for him perhaps as well. That element, on top of amazing players is what I believe convinced SN they should join FM. I'm not so sure that they would have been so interested without Bob Welch's influences

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Desiree

I think it's criminal, too, whatever the differences. Just wrong...

And, like I said, Bob Welch is really the one who took FM into the realm of the mystical and I'm sure that was a huge draw for SN when she listened to all of FM's records. She has said that LB did the mystical thing with her, so for him perhaps as well. That element, on top of amazing players is what I believe convinced SN they should join FM. I'm not so sure that they would have been so interested without Bob Welch's influences

I disagree. I think "The Supernatural" (okay, not technically Fleetwood Mac), "Black Magic Woman," and "The Green Manalishi" all set a precedent.

[Desiree]

Ok, so that leaves Green Manalishi and Black Magic Woman...but really since it was SN who supposedly did the listening since it seems LB would have stuck to BN without her push...the BW stuff IMO would be more to SN's taste? Maybe, maybe not?

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Desiree

Ok, so that leaves Green Manalishi and Black Magic Woman...but really since it was SN who supposedly did the listening since it seems LB would have stuck to BN without her push...the BW stuff IMO would be more to SN's taste? Maybe, maybe not?

I agree there's some overlap between Bob and Stevie, and I think that's why the "Rumours" had a fairly easy time winning over the old Fleetwood Mac fans. However, I'm just saying that Peter Green certainly brought a mystic vibe to the band's music. That being said, I actually think Stevie as well as Lindsey probably more closely identified with Danny Kirwan's sound.

On a different note, "A Hard Road" was the first album that featured two members of Fleetwood Mac, and ironically, two of Peter Green's contributions to that record were "The Supernatural" and "Leaping Christine" which is pretty eerie in retrospect.