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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
All excellent points David. The financial strain of the cancelled tour and losing a guitarist definitely could of been financial motive for the fake band. Its a miracle they got their s**t together and did Heroes. While the album is fantastic, it has an odd vibe. Bob and Chris pushed to the front. Were they just going through the motions. Its fun to think WHAT IF the fake band never happened or Weston was never fired. Its likely Buckingham and Nicks would have never made the line up.
Another excellent observation is why people went to see the band. Chris and Welch were not really stars on their own merit drawing people to the band. The band was living off its name which was the perfect storm for a fake band resuming a tour.
Its a shame no one recorded any of these shows. It would be something to hear. But according to Joe Walsh they kicked ass.
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I’d really like to go back and understand the demographic of the fan base back in those days. The Peter green era band was obviously huge in the UK and big in Europe. But really didn’t make a dent in the US. But then the Bob Welch band actually charted in the US….much higher (comparatively) than the early albums. Okay, they weren’t exactly the top of the charts, but there’s a noticeable shift in chart placings from Kiln House onwards. This to me suggests there was actually some fan base for that band. They weren’t just relying solely on the name as they shifted more units in the US than the early albums ever did. Penguin, I repeat….Penguin!!!!! actually broke the US top 50. That might not sound amazing….but somebody is taking a keen interest. I don’t know if it was maybe some sort of underground college thing?