Message from Wendy Welch (re: BW RRHOF induction)

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by MikeInNV

And I wouldn't suggest it was petty at all. I'm really not sure it was any of their business, so maybe they just stayed out of it. I mean, I know they were friends with Bob and respected him, but they weren't involved in the lawsuit, and their tenure in the band didn't overlap with his, so while they (like anyone) might have an opinion about whether he should be inducted, they shouldn't really have any decision-making power.

I agree with this. It wasn't Stevie's or Lindsey's decision.

I get that the two incarnations that had hit singles and albums are the ones that were inducted, and really, with the early Mac, it was all about Peter as far as being the star of the band. So, they got the picture of Mick, John, and the four who wrote the big hits. I've never agreed with that decision, but I understand it. Bob Welch, Billy Burnette, and Rick Vito should have also been inducted.

But that whole night was such an anti-climactic event. They did "Big Love", "Landslide", and the acoustic version of "Say You Love Me". I would much rather have had "Oh Well" (with Peter on vocals), "Dreams", and the "Rhiannon-Go Your Own Way-Don't Stop" melody they did shortly thereafter. Plus, there was no big all-band jam (of course, half the bands inducted had restraining orders...). I mean, no "Rattlesnake Shake" with Peter Green, Lindsey Buckingham, and Joe Walsh???