Bob Weston ex-Fleetwood Mac Guitarist dies Age 64
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Topic: Bob Weston ex-Fleetwood Mac Guitarist dies Age 64
Posted By: rushfan4
Subject: Bob Weston ex-Fleetwood Mac Guitarist dies Age 64
Date Posted: January 06 2012 at 10:30
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LONDON (AP) — Bob Weston, a British guitarist who played with Fleetwood Mac, has died aged 64. Police say Weston's body was found in his north London home on Tuesday after neighbors raised the alarm. Police said Friday that his death was not being treated as suspicious. An autopsy revealed the causes of death as gastric intestinal hemorrhage, cirrhosis of the liver and throat problems. Weston joined Fleetwood Mac in 1972 as replacement for Danny Kirwan, and played on the band's albums "Penguin" and "Mystery to Me." But during an American tour the next year, Mick Fleetwood discovered Weston was having an affair with his wife, Jenny Boyd. Weston was fired. He released several solo albums and recorded with musicians including Long John Baldry, Murray Head and Steve Marriott. http://news.yahoo.com/ex-fleetwood-mac-guitarist-bob-weston-dies-64-154850217.html" rel="nofollow - http://news.yahoo.com/ex-fleetwood-mac-guitarist-bob-weston-dies-64-154850217.html ------------- 
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 06 2012 at 12:44
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 06 2012 at 13:24
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RIP ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 06 2012 at 16:40
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As I recall, he wasn't fired immediately after Mick discovered the affair. Mick sucked it up for a while, to keep the band together, as Jenny and Bob kept having the affair right under his nose (and they knew he knew, too). Mick fired him only after he couldn't take it any more. Mick had a tendency to ignore Jenny in favor of the band - he was essentially the band's manager ever since Peter Green left, and he was really married to the band too. So Jenny's need for attention turned her to Weston, who was much more attentive.
"Mystery to Me" is one of Mac's better albums, IMO, and Bob Weston's work on there is quite nice. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: January 06 2012 at 17:56
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I am not very acquainted with this era of Fleetwood Mac, but he certainly deserves to rest in peace. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |