In this exclusive extract from his new Fleetwood Mac book, Mark Blake tells the tale of Bob Welch, the man Mick Fleetwood credits as having played a crucial role in keeping the Mac together ...

The pair would sit up at night, playing music and watching videos of Welch performing at the 1978 California Jam, with Stevie Nicks waving her tambourine and singing backing vocals. Bob ...

He went on to release a host more solo albums, his last being 1999’s Bob Welch Looks At Bop. Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks told Associated Press of her sadness at Welch’s death.