Bob Welch has died

[sharksfan2000]

I wish we could stop the whole "Fleetwood Mac intentionally left Bob Welch out of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" thing. From everything I've read, that is completely untrue, yet the idea is perpetuated here and elsewhere.

I hope I can quote David from another thread here since he stated very clearly what I understand to be true about this (he's responding to an article about the band):

Originally Posted by David

Another stupidity is the journalist's conclusion that Welch was left out of the RRHOF by the band as punishment for suing them. There are plenty of print interviews around of RRHOF committee members (like Robert Hilburn) explaining the decision (which was a committee decision, not a band decision—the band doesn't get to choose).

From what I recall reading about this at the time was that the committee inducted those two line-ups of the band since they had big hits with both line-ups, while they never had any big hits during the Bob Welch years. I don't believe the band had any part in deciding who was inducted and who was not.