Forgotten Superstars-Bob Welch

We return to to the Forgotten Superstars universe with the addition of musical solo artist Bob Welch.
Welch is best remembered for his two hit albums (French Kiss and Three Hearts) that saw four singles hit the charts.
Ebony Eyes has been a hard-driving mixtape (mix cd?) staple of mine for years, Precious Love is an interesting mix of the dying days of disco and the start of techno style and Sentimental Lady is a song that I'd wager has been on the wedding DJ lists for years, but Welch was far more than that in his career.

Bob Welch is often credited as the man that took Fleetwood Mac into the version that became a hall of fame level band as it was Welch that was part of that band putting together their first charting album in 1974 and it was his departure that brought the classic Mac lineup into the mainstream with the addition of Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

Welch is noted for not being part of the Fleetwood Mac hall of fame induction, which is one of many reasons that I look at that hall as being a joke.
Welch was not entered in with the group, despite being more influential than members of the group that were inducted with his work on the Heroes are hard to find album alone is more than enough to prove his chops as a valuable member of the band.

Welch's career stumbled into the '80s surrounded by a cocaine addition that supplemented the slowing album sales and the resulting cleanup of his habit led to a transition from singer to a songwriter.
Welch would make some albums on small labels that would have him make new recordings of songs that he did over his career, many of them from the Fleetwood Mac era, but would never make an impact on the charts again, although they did receive some critical acclaim.

Welch suffered from a spinal condition that saw him undergo a failed spinal surgery that doctors told him would not improve with time and would eventually be an invalid.
Not wanting to have his wife to have to devote her time to taking care of him, Welch shot himself in 2012 taking his own life.
Although I can understand Welch's decision, suicide takes away far more than it provides for the survivors and I wish that Welch would have taken a different path.

An underrated solo performer and a forgotten member of the rise of one of the most popular bands of all time, Bob Welch put together an excellent body of work and we welcome him to the Forgotten Superstars universe...