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Three Hearts is the second solo album by rock musician and former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch . Just like Welch's previous effort French Kiss, Three Hearts was a commercial success. The album reached number 20 on the US charts in 1979 and went gold. [2] It spawned a hit single, "Precious Love", which peaked at number 19, making it Welch's ...
- 1978
- February 1979
C+ [2] French Kiss is the solo debut by former Fleetwood Mac singer/guitarist Bob Welch. The songs, with the exception of "Sentimental Lady", were intended for a projected third album by Welch's previous band, Paris. However, the group fell apart in 1977 before recording could begin. So instead, Welch used these songs for his debut solo album.
- 1977
- 16 September 1977
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Welch was born in Hollywood, California, into a show business family. His father, Robert L. Welch Sr., was a producer and screenwriter at Paramount Pictures, producing films starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Welch Sr. produced the 25th Annual Academy Awards TV special in 1953 and The Thin Man TV series from 1958 to 1959. Bob's mother, Templeton Fo...
In 1971, Welch auditioned for Fleetwood Mac at Benifold, their retreat in England. The band had recently lost one of its front-line members, guitarist Jeremy Spencer, and were looking for a replacement. Judy Wong, a friend and part-time secretary for the band, recommended her high school friend Welch. The band had a few meetings with Welch and deci...
In 1975, Welch formed the short-lived hard rock power trio Paris with ex-Jethro Tull bassist Glenn Cornick and former Nazz drummer Thom Mooney. With a guitar-driven aesthetic compared by retrospective critics to Led Zeppelin, Paris released two commercially unsuccessful albums: Paris and Big Towne, 2061. Hunt Saleslater replaced Mooney until the gr...
Following the release of Eye Contact (which failed to chart), Welch took to partying with Guns N' Roses, who were rehearsing in his garage. He became addicted to cocaine and heroin, and was hospitalized for detoxin spring of 1985. Welch reflected on that era as "being a very bad boy, very decadent, very cynical, VERY stoned. It was not a good time....
Three months before his death, Welch underwent spinal surgery. The procedure was unsuccessful. He was still in considerable pain, despite taking the medication pregabalin(Lyrica) for six weeks. On June 7, 2012, around 6:00 a.m., Welch died by suicide, shooting himself in his Nashville home where his wife Wendy — for whom he left a nine-page suicide...
Bob Welch is mentioned throughout episode one of season eighteen of Family Guy called "Yacht Rocky." The main character, Peter Griffin, finds out that Bob Welch has passed away and takes a moment to lie down and stare at the ceiling while listening to "Sentimental Lady." This repeats several times in the episode as different characters lament about...
Bob Welch discography at DiscogsBob Welch at IMDbFrench Kiss by Bob Welch released in 1977. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. ... Three Hearts (1979) Bob Welch (1981) Eye Contact ...
Jan 26, 1998 · Genre. Pop/Rock. Discography Timeline. See Full Discography. French Kiss (1977) Three Hearts (1979) Bob Welch (1981) Eye Contact (1983) Looks at Bop (1999)
