Robert (Bob) Weston was born in 1947 in Liverpool, England. He began his musical career playing violin at the age of 8. But after only a few short years, inspired by blues legends like John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, and Buddy Guy, he decided to take up the guitar. He was just 12 years old at the time.

In the early days of his career, Bob was in the band Black Cat Bones, appearing on their song "The Warmth Of The Day" from on the “Come Aboard” QE 2 commemoration album. He was also in a band called Ashkan and played on their "In From The Cold" album. “He also worked with other artists such as Ashman Reynolds, playing on their 1972 “Stop Off” album which also included a song he co-wrote called “Takin’ Off”

Weston's real break came while playing with Long John Baldry's band, with whom he recorded "You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover" and "Lord Remember Me". Both songs appeared on Baldry's "Everything Stops For Tea" album -- an album that happened to have been produced by none other than Rod Stewart and Elton John. While gigging with Baldry, Weston met the members of Fleetwood Mac. And the rest is history.

Bob Weston; "My big moment came when I was asked to join Long John Baldry's band.Sammy was going through some personal problems, and he had been sacked. We trotted off to America. It was wonderful! But the money was terrible, £60 per week. We often opened for Fleetwood Mac. Mick Fleetwood was being particularly friendly at the time. I thought, nice people, very charming."

As the story goes, in 1972 Danny Kirwan was asked to leave Fleetwood Mac. Manager Clifford Davis decided to hire a lead vocalist, Dave Walker, and a guitar player. That guitar player was Bob Weston. For the first time in it's history, Fleetwood Mac went on tour as a six-piece band.

In January 1973, the new line up entered the studio to record the "Penguin" album. Although most of the tracks on this album were written by Christine McVie and Bob Welch, Bob Weston contributed significantly, penning the beautiful acoustic guitar piece "Caught In The Rain" and sharing lead vocals with Christine on the magnificent "Did You Ever Love Me". The latter was released as a single but unfortunately never charted.

After the album's release, the band toured the States and Europe. It wasn't long, however, before it became very clear that the European fans were missing the classic Peter Green/Danny Kirwan/Jeremy Spencer sound. Not long after that, Dave Walker was asked to leave the band; Bob Weston remained with the four other members.

The band recorded another album, the inspiring "Mystery To Me". It contained such Mac classics as "Hypnotized", "Emerald Eyes", and the song "Why" which was a Bob Weston arrangement (a fact sadly left off the album's liner notes). It is also interesting to note that Bob Welch's song, "Good Things (Come To Those Who Wait)" was dropped at the last minute (but not before thousands of record sleeves and lyric inserts had been printed) in favor of a song suggested by Weston, the Yardbird's "For Your Love", which was also released as a single.

Eager to support the promise of "Mystery To Me", the band scheduled a tour of the States. The tour had already begun, when Mick Fleetwood noticed something was awry. Bob Weston, always the ladies' man, was spending a whole lot of time with Mick's wife, Jenny. Not surprisingly, it became increasingly difficult, as the tour progressed, for the two musicians to appear on stage together. And Jenny did nothing to dispel his worst suspicions. Mick toughed it out as long as he could, but by the end of October it was clear someone had to go. Road Manager John Courage did the deed: Bob Weston was fired on October 26, 1973.
Bob's post-Fleetwood Mac career has flourished for 25 years. In 1975, Bob played acoustic and electric guitar on the very successful Murray Head album (in France and Canada) "Say It Ain't So". Weston co-wrote and sings co-lead on one of the tracks on that album entitled "Silence Is A Strong Reply”.