I should add that some consider the quasi-disco embellishments found fused within French Kiss and Three Hearts a faux paus. For blues enthusiasts in particular, that could be considered going overboard (or off the deep end), and exposure to it would be akin to ingesting the wrong kind of kool-aide. And in all fairness, with few exceptions disco did suck. But then, so did most of the punk and grunge and techno that followed on its heels. Even psychedelia, when carried to its improvisational-and-free-form-to-no-end limits, almost brought rock to its knees way back when.
But I happen to feel Bob's FK/TH pair were the best and most stylish fusion of rock and disco from the era, mostly because the disco elements are more of a draping, as opposed to the core or center. Plus it's metered ever so slightly. Boz Scaggs pulled it off likewise, at least on a swig of his stuff. As for Welch's post-FM productions, some were stronger than others. But if you can't appreciate at least a Best Of Welch collection, you flat out don't groove to BW, or appreciate his unique style and approach.
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