When did Carl and Annie seperate?

[Jay]

I wasn't really sure whether to post this question in the insignificant question thread or just start a new topic. My question is, when did Carl and Annie seperate? Carl seems to have been going through a rough time  as far back as the 15 Big Ones album, and he seems to have hit "rock bottom" in Australia around March of 1978. I have always read that the major contributing factor to this was his seperation and divorce. But Andrew G Doe's website states that Carl and Annie didn't seperate until July of 1978.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I wasn't really sure whether to post this question in the insignificant question thread or just start a new topic. My question is, when did Carl and Annie seperate? Carl seems to have been going through a rough time  as far back as the 15 Big Ones album, and he seems to have hit "rock bottom" in Australia around March of 1978. I have always read that the major contributing factor to this was his seperation and divorce. But Andrew G Doe's website states that Carl and Annie didn't seperate until July of 1978.

I think you just answered your question.

[c-man]

There were a couple of years worth of rough times leading up to the separation & divorce.

[Andrew G. Doe]

There were a couple of years worth of rough times leading up to the separation & divorce.

Yup - the 1978 Australian/NZ tour marked the height of Carl's smack & booze habit, and he wasn't doing that just for the kicks.