Bob Welch(1945-2012)
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Bob Welch, a native of Los Angeles, California, was a guitarist and
vocalist for Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974. He formed the British
rock group Paris in 1976 and scored his biggest hit with "Sentimental
Lady", which reached No. 8 on the Billboard chart in 1977 and his
second biggest was "Ebony Eyes" in 1978. His other singles included
"Precious Love" in 1979 and "Hot Love, Cold World" in 1978. When
Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998,
Welch was not included in the group. As a songwriter, Welch had his
songs recorded by Kenny Rogers, Sammy Hagar, the Pointer Sisters and
others. In 1999, he released a CD, "Bob Welch Looks at Bop", a salute
to bebop music in the 1940s. He had lived in Nashville, Tennessee since
the 1990s. Bart Herbison, executive director of the Nashville
Songwriters Association, quoted his wife Wendy as saying Welch had
spinal surgery three months ago and doctors told him he would not get
better. He did not want her to have to care for an invalid. He was
found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest; a suicide note
was found.