Bob Welch has died

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Originally Posted by wetcamelfood

Didn't Bob post on the ledge (I think in the Rumours section) that he tried to go see Stevie last time they came to his area on the last tour but Karen Johnston wouldn't let him or Wendy in? I know he didn't think Karen was nice because he said Karen was unsympathetic to disabilities that I guess Wendy has or something.

John

I think you may be referring to these...

Originally Posted by missus

And BTW; recently my wife was (THANK GOD) MIS-diagnosed with a fast moving form of liver cancer...We were told, erroneously thank GOD, that the chemo and other treatment could completely bust our lifetime insurance cap....and that we better start thinking about maybe doing some fundraisers...we were panicked..I immediately got on the phone and started calling;....1st Mick Fleetwood...Mick said he would play(we weren't asking for money, just "time and talent)anytime, anywhere...so did Rick Vito...so did Billy Burnette...so did Walter Eagan....so did Jeff Baxter. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey didn't bother to even return my calls. The die is cast...I now know who's got a heart and who doesn't....REALLY got a heart, not the phony heart on sleeve BS that often passes for "empathy" in Hollywood. Sorry to have to say this...Stevie stiffed me and my wife....so did Lindsey....Mick and everybody else came through when we really thought Wendy was at death's door...A misdiagnosis, again, thank God. I will never forget who was a friend....and who wasn't.

Bob Welch
wx-Fleetwood Mac,Capitol Records artist etc. etc.

...and...

Originally Posted by missus

Betsy...Thanks for your good wishes ! In Nick's case, I don't think it was a "management protecting the prima-donna" thing...because I called Stevies brother , Chris Nicks too.And Chris is very close to Stevie, like I am with my own sister...So I'm sure he told her...she just didn't want to get involved...too many "other" charity gigs with higher publicity profiles I guess..

BTW, these were culled from the "Sheryl Crow joining Fleetwood Mac" thread from 2009.

So here's my take... the fact that Bob would even consider reaching out to Lindsey and Stevie at that point in time means that he was at least on some sort of speaking terms with them, which theoretically wouldn't be the case if either one of them had banished him from the RRHOF.

Noticeably absent from the "charity gig" post were John and Christine. Is it possible that John has not quite gotten over the lawsuit? John is an enigma... a "mystery to me," if you will. He seems so easy-going, humble and civil, yet I understand he is a dyed-in-the-wool Republican , which totally flies in the face of anything resembling "sympathetic" or "compassionate." When Louie asked John about Bob being inducted into the RRHOF in his Ledge Q&A, John's reply was decidedly terse and vague:

That's a good question. Maybe he should have been. What do we do about Bob Weston, Dave Walker, Rick Vito, Billy Burnette & Dave Mason? Thanks again! McVie

And when Louie asked him later on whether he kept in touch with past members of FM, John replied:

I don't have any contact with past members of the Band. I saw Peter briefly in London on the last tour. Billy Burnette turns up every once in a while. As does Jeremy. Mick is the one who stays in touch with a lot of them. And there are a lot of them!

At this point, I almost don't want to know who was ultimately behind Bob's exclusion from the RRHOF. The speculation is so much more interesting.