When Exactly Did Bob Welch Leave Fleetwood Mac?

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Ha ha
I never heard or remember that interview from the Dance. However there is a Bob interview on youtube that he says in his own words how much he hated working with the band and how much he could not wait to leave (I am paraphrasing of course). He also said the band hated him and resented him for the music he was making immediately after leaving Fleetwood Mac. He said the band hated his music so much that the band felt his music was going to hurt Fleetwood Mac. I sort of have a memory of Mick also describing Bob was not happy in his books. So I am surprised he said 5% chance.
On Bob's old website he would write how the McVies acted like royalty and Mick and Chris hated his talking during Bermuda Triangle and would give him side eye.
Of course once Fleetwood Mac became superstars they all loved each other again.....well at least until the mid 90s

What is amazing is how fast his replacement came. That live radio show was in December 1974? And just a few weeks later they go out and get drunk on margaritas and hire a guitarist they never played with before.

i remember him saying the band hated his album after he left (and that he took satisfaction in that!), but not that they hated *him*. that's sad if bob felt that way...but 1974 was not a good year for the band or for their marriages, so maybe everybody was just tired and cranky and getting on each other's nerves.

chris and john have both only said pretty nice things about bob, from what i recall. i wonder what they were doing that made bob think they were acting like royalty lol. maybe it was just a very obvious american/british divide in terms of behavior/mindset/expectations. or maybe bob was exhausted from doing as much as he did to try and keep the band going w the lawsuit, getting them all to move to the US etc.. mentally he was prob just done with it all.

--Lis