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Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus
wow bob looks terrible there. i think it's likely he may have started heroin around that time...? will always regret that he never got to publish that book he was writing. i'll bet it would have had some great tales for mac fans.
--Lis
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OMG What a tale he could write about the Mac but also seeing up close these struggling bands on the Strip turn out to be some of the biggest bands of the 1980s.
All we have is old interviews and his writings on his old website where many times he was very candid what he would have put in the book. Bob made an appearance on American Bandstand in 1982 where he looked pretty good. But the mid 80s I think were a dark time for him. He was making albums that were not successful, his TV show was cancelled and money was drying up.
I know the settlement is secret but I have often wondered why the band renegotiated royalties on those early albums without him. Its not like mega bucks were at stake but enough for Bob to get some money.
Another thing I would love to know is about Bob boating with John. I remember reading that Bob's inspiration for Bermuda Triangle was from him boating off Key Biscayne and would hear older sailors and captains talk about the Bermuda Triangle. I think John also had a boat off Key Biscayne too so one can assume that may have boated together. Every time I cross that bridge to Key Biscayne I ponder these precious Mac moments that few of us know about. I would always wish if there was someone to sit down with and have a glass of wine and talk old Mac stories was Chris and Bob. But now I would love to talk to John.