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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
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.
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the renegotiation thing is a mystery to me also. like you said, not all that much money was at stake and the 3 brits were rich af by then anyway... why not just include bob in these meetings? it created such bad blood to exclude him.
If bob was boating off key biscayne before he wrote Bermuda triangle, that would have been prior to 1974... john was around that area in the mid-late 80s but i'm not sure he would have been boating with bob as early as 73 or 74...? i guess it's possible. i'm not sure john even knew how to sail before they moved to the malibu area in 74, and he didn't own a boat before late 76, i think. but i guess they could have gone w a crew etc.
one of my few regrets in life is that marty and i never got to nashville for the little trip we were thinking about taking, to meet bob and wendy and have dinner etc. it was hard w 2 young kids to make plans for someone to stay w them etc, but i wish we would have tried a little harder to just get there for the weekend. i'm sure we would have heard some amazing stories. ugh i kick myself. i had about a million things i wanted to talk w him about.
--Lis