Rolling Stone Magazine
By Elliot Cahn
1975

SAN FRANCISCO Christine Mc-Vie glanced up from her drink – in the hotel bar, a look of surprise on her face. “You know, you’re the second person today who’s told me he thought Bob Welch was hogging the show,” said Fleetwood Mac’s attractive blond keyboard player. “It never struck me that much until the Don Kirshner TV show we did last fall. When I saw that, I said, *Hang on a minute. Am I in the band?'”

Bob Welch has moved increasingly into a position of dominance within the band since replacing Jeremy Spencer – who disappeared mysteriously in Los Angeles in early 1971, only to turn up with the Children of God. By last year Welch was playing lead guitar, cowriting and singing most of the group’s material and running the stage show. The rest of the band, especially McVic, their other singer/songwriter, was pushed into the background,.

“I don’t know how it really happened,” McVie added. guess I let myself get pushed back. Bob Welch was such an energetic, speedy guy. I was happy to let him do all the work. It just boiled down to basic laziness on my part. Anyway, it’s a lot more balanced now.”

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