Before All That Happened (Goldmine)

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Originally Posted by michelej1

McVie's original explanation was not wholly accurate, of course - Bob Welch was not on his way out after all; which was something of a mixed blessing, to Walker's mind. "The musical content of the band at the time was Chris [McVie] and Bob Welch's songs, and I'm sorry, but they were crap as far as I'm concerned." It quickly turned out, however, that Welch was no more enthused by Walker's presence in the band - "[he] thought he was too blatant," Mick Fleetwood reports, "too rough around the edges, too shallow as a performer."

Why join a band if you think so lowly of their work??