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Kirwan was described by those who knew him in Fleetwood Mac, between the ages of 18 and 22, as a brilliant and exceptionally talented musician, but also as nervous, sensitive and insecure. Christine McVie said in an interview in 2018, "Danny was a troubled man and a difficult person to get to know. He was a loner."
Jun 9, 2018 · Danny Kirwan, the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist who played on five of the British band’s albums, died Friday at the age of 68. Mick Fleetwood, who recruited the then-18-year-old Kirwan to join ...
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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 11, 2018 · Danny Kirwan, the guitarist who joined Fleetwood Mac at age 18 and played on five of the band's albums, died Friday in London at age 68. His death was announced by Mick Fleetwood on the group's ...
Jun 9, 2018 · Danny Kirwan, a guitarist who appeared on five of Fleetwood Mac’s albums, died in London on Friday, according to the band. He was 68. “Danny was a huge force in our early years,” said a ...
Jun 10, 2018 · Danny Kirwan, a guitarist, singer and songwriter for Fleetwood Mac whose work fueled the band’s rise during its early years, died on Friday in London. He was 68. His former wife, Clare Morris ...
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Jun 11, 2018 · Danny Kirwan performs with Fleetwood Mac at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1971. (Image credit: Gijsbert Hanekroot/Getty Images) Danny Kirwan—guitarist and member of Fleetwood Mac from 1968-1972—died Friday, June 8, at age 68. Mick Fleetwood confirmed Kirwan's death in a post on the band's Facebook page.
