Bob Weston (guitarist)
| Bob Weston | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robert Joseph Weston |
| Born |
1 November 1947 Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Died | 3 January 2012 (aged 64) Brent Cross, London, England |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1967–2012 |
| Associated acts | Fleetwood Mac (1972–74) |
| Website | bobweston |
| Notable instruments | |
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Gibson Les Paul Danelectro DC 59 |
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Robert Joseph "Bob" Weston (1 November 1947 – 3 January 2012) was a British musician who had a brief role as guitarist and songwriter with the rock band Fleetwood Mac in the early 1970s. He also recorded and performed with a number of other musicians, including Graham Bond, Long John Baldry, Murray Head, Sandy Denny and Danny Kirwan.
Weston was born in Plymouth on 1 November 1947 and moved to London in the mid-1960s. He joined a band called The Kinetic, and supported Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry at concerts in France.
Weston was recruited into the Fleetwood Mac line-up in late 1972 as replacement for the recently sacked guitarist Danny Kirwan. Together with fellow new band member, vocalist Dave Walker, Fleetwood Mac recorded the Penguin album in January 1973. Weston's contribution to the album was mainly as a lead guitarist alongside Bob Welch, but he stood out thanks to his slide guitar, especially on the Christine McVie song "Remember Me", and his accomplished harmonica and banjo playing. He also sang with Christine McVie on the song "Did You Ever Love Me", and wrote the instrumental that closed the album, "Caught in the Rain".
Later in 1973 Dave Walker was asked to leave the band, and the remaining members of Fleetwood Mac recorded their next album, Mystery to Me. Weston contributed yet more solid guitar work, for example his slide intro on "Why", a song for which he felt he did not receive the credit he deserved. He also co-wrote one track, "Forever", with Welch and John McVie.
During a tour of the US in late 1973, when the band were beginning to gel particularly well onstage, it emerged that Weston had been having an affair with Mick Fleetwood's wife, Jenny Boyd. Fleetwood tried to carry on regardless, but eventually after a gig in Lincoln, Nebraska, he had had enough and informed Welch and the McVies that he could no longer play with Weston. Weston was fired by their roadie John Courage and the rest of the tour was cancelled, the band members each travelling to a different part of the world to gather their thoughts. It was this situation which gave rise to the "Bogus Fleetwood Mac" saga in which manager Clifford Davis recruited a new group of musicians, passed them off as Fleetwood Mac, and sent them out to complete the tour. Although the fake band were quickly rumbled by fans, the subsequent legal battle lasted years, preventing the genuine Fleetwood Mac from recording.
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