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- Kirwan became a devoted fan of the band’s lead guitarist, Peter Green, and followed Fleetwood Mac around the London clubs, often turning up at gigs during the afternoon to help to carry the gear in and jam with Green after the soundcheck.
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Kirwan's up-tempo blues "Like It This Way" was recorded during the "Man of the World" sessions early in 1969, and was the first Fleetwood Mac recording to feature Kirwan and Green's duelling twin-lead guitars, which became part of the band's live performances.
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For those lucky enough to pack into a sweatbox club in the late-60s and stand inches from Kirwan’s coruscating fingers – dancing across the neck of a Watkins Rapier – the emotional gamut of his playing was a gut-punch. Even those who didn’t – like Wolf People’s Joe Hollick – feel the shiver, half a century later. “Danny is one of those players that...
With Spencer less involved, the main event was the evolving ying-yang between Green and Kirwan, both butting heads on twin ’50s Les Pauls, but with a markedly different thumbprint. “It would have been so easy for Danny to mimic Peter, because he was such a force as the bandleader,” says Cadogan. “It’s interesting that those guys had the same gear -...
Better still was 1972’s Bare Trees, illuminated by the glorious Sunny Side Of Heaven, the propulsive Child Of Mine and the pounding wah-led experimentation of Danny’s Chant. Already, you could hear the band that Fleetwood Mac would become and the distant ringing tills of the Rumours era. “His creative originality most certainly helped to bring new ...
“We lost regular contact after I left the band in 1971,” Spencer continues. “Although we did meet for coffee in London, 1978, and did not meet again until the early 2000s, when my wife and I met him, his ex-wife Clare and their son Dominic for lunch in London. It was pleasant enough, even though he was in his own world.” Kirwan had long left the he...
Jun 9, 2018 · Kirwan became a devoted fan of the band’s lead guitarist, Peter Green, and followed Fleetwood Mac around the London clubs, often turning up at gigs during the afternoon to help to carry the gear in and jam with Green after the soundcheck.
Mar 13, 2024 · This Danny Kirwan song exists in the post-Green era of Fleetwood Mac, and in some ways marks a transition between this and Fleetwood Mac 2. The reason for this is that the band had drafted Christine McVie (wife of bassist John McVie) in as keyboard player and vocalist.
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Apr 26, 2011 · With Danny Kirwan playing his guitar alongside the guitars of Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer, Fleetwood Mac soon became one of the standout bands in the United Kingdom, offering a...
Jun 11, 2018 · Kirwan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac in 1998, but he did not show up to the ceremony.
Jun 11, 2018 · Danny Kirwan was just 18 years old when he joined Fleetwood Mac in late 1968, but the blues guitarist – who died on June 8th of unknown causes – was already an experienced player on the...
