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About ULTRASONIC
1974 was a pivotal year in the life of Fleetwood Mac, a year of enormous upheaval, but the first step towards the uplands of the mid-seventies and the Elysian days of hyper-success. Bob Welch had initially joined the band in 1971 and, following the belligerent departure of the alcoholic, violent Danny Kirwin, he had emerged as Fleetwood Mac s principal songwriter and vocalist, contributing most of the songs on 1973 s Penguin and Mystery to Me . A subsequent legal wrangle with their manager, Clifford Davis, over who owned the name Fleetwood Mac put the band out of commission for over a year. The group finally returned in September 1974 with Heroes Are Hard To Find , an album largely written by Welch and Fleetwood Mac s highest charter to date. This performance from Ultransonic Studios in New York in October 74 comes at the pivotal turning point in Fleetwood Mac s history, just a few weeks after the release of Heroes Are Hard To Find . Supported by the band s engineer, Doug Graves, on keys, Welch leads Mac through a selection of their best work from the period, beginning with Peter Green s The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown) and taking in Welch s Sentimental Lady and Hypnotized as well as Christine McVie s Why and Spare Me A Little Of Your Love . There is also a searing rendition of Green s Black Magic Woman that showcases just what an able guitarist Bob Welch was. Shortly after the session at Ultrasonic, Bob Welch left the band, exhausted by the trials of keeping Fleetwood Mac on an even keel. Nevertheless, his stewardship of Fleetwood Mac was a critical passage in the band s long and storied career it kept them relevant, and set them up in California at a time when a local guitarist named Lindsey Buckingham was looking for a gig for himself and his girlfriend, Stevie Nicks. Ultrasonic stands as a fascinating document of the last glance of Bob Welch.
