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Danny Kirwan
Danny is my hero! Peter's playing seems like too lofty a goal to achieve in it's sublime pinnacle nature, but I feel a certain kinship to Danny's style and unique sound!
Most everyone is familiar with Peter Green and the internationally known superstar band; Fleetwood Mac, that he formed as he ended his stint as the next guitarist in line with John Mayall's Blues Breakers after Eric Clapton... But not everyone is as familiar with his protege` Danny Kirwan. I believe in 1968 Peter Discovered Danny plahying in a tight little garage blues band called Boilerhouse and took him in and under his wing. Danny was a pretty prolific song writer and guitar player in his own right and really bloomed under the mentoring of Peter Green and wrote hits like "Like It This Way," "Only You," "Something Inside Of Me," and "One Sunny Day" that are some of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs of all time. Danny was another huge Les Paul playing icon of the late 60's wave of the The British Invasion Blues guitarists, and I'd stack him up against any of 'em! He started-off his Fleetwood Mac career as Peter Green's apprentice at the age of 17... During that time he became a British Rock & Roll icon of guitar magic making some of the best music ever that helped propel Fleetwood Mac from another in a long line of good British Blues groups, to out-selling The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined in 1969! His phenomenal work can be seen and heard on YouTube and I believe most of the leads on their wildly popular "Oh Well" were played by Danny on that '56 GoldTop as can be seen on The BBC's Music Mash from 1969... I believe to my core that Danny Kirwan deserves more recognition for what he accomplished with both Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and his side projects like Tramp etc. of the era... On a side note, I honestly believe that Danny Kirwan had simply the best left hand vibrato ever! You can hear his tour-de-force vibrato in the classic Fleetwood Mac Shrine '69 album, especially in this rendition of; "Something Inside of Me."
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Midnight in San Juan is one of my all time favorites from him!
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Jimi Mac, I couldn't agree more and lately I've been pulling out the old records and wonderful gems that have surfaced on You Tube that show Danny as the first class musician that he is. Someone commented that Danny along with Peter and Jeremy so richly deserve to be household names of the calibre of Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton; a truer statement about Fleetwood Mac has never been spoken. Although history gave us the glorious Buckingham Nicks period, I can't help but wonder what Danny could have achieved if he could have gotten his personal life under control and continued to make great music that would've quite literally defined a generation. Woman of a 1000 years, heck just about every song he did with Fleetwood Mac, is right up there in quality and classic status as anything the post '75 band did, and certainly in a class with his contemporaries. He is long overdue for recognition in the classic rock world and his tracks should be appearing with any of the Beatles, Stones and Zeppelin classics. That's how good he is.
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I really wish Danny would come out with new stuff! How is he doing anyway?
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From what we've heard over the last years, he's no longer a homeless. I think he's taken care of byhis family. It's known that he's been struggling with alcoholism most of his adult life, but the situation now is unknown. I read a new interview with Jeremy Spencer from 2013 or 2014. Jeremy said that he last met Danny approx. 10 years ago. So that would be cirka 2003-4. Jeremy and his wife had dinner with Danny, ex-wife Claire and Danny's son (Dominic?...can't remember). According to Jeremy, Danny was doing ok. He had a room and a guitar that he played regularily. He also read very much. Now I wonder if it's fiction, poetry or science..... Last edited by dansven; 02-21-2014 at 12:07 PM.. |
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It's nice to know Danny's doing well and he is not homeless
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[Excerpt From a Flavorwire interview]
http://flavorwire.com/487050/flavorw...t-powers-video Flavorwire Premiere: Holy Sons Channels ‘Lost Highway’ for “Transparent Powers” Video By Jillian Mapes on Nov 7, 2014 2:30pm I love the hazy weight of “Transparent Powers,” and I heard you were inspired by early Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan. What’s the backstory behind this song? EA: My other band Grails had been using Eastern scales for so many years that it made me want to turn back to a much more American style of guitar playing. Ironically, some of the classic reference points for the perfect “American sound” come from the British blues players who helped perfect the electric blues sound we all grew up with. The duo of Peter Green and Danny Kirwan radiates a subtle spiritualism, treating the guitar as a transformative or healing device. Not too dissimilar from when Fugazi plays an open E chord. It just doesn’t sound like anyone else and yet they don’t use any effects. This kind of power of expression comes back to a person’s unique love for music and the purity of their dedication. That clean and very exposed tone Danny Kirwan and Peter Green betrayed has had a huge influence on all the Holy Sons, Lilacs and Champagne, and Grails records for the last few years. |
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That a really great excerpt!
I can really hear the clear and present influence of Danny & Peter in the playing! They've got that tone down quite well! Thanks!
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I read Mick Fleetwood's biography a few weeks ago, and I've been intrigued about Danny Kirwan ever since. I've ordered a copy of the Second Chapter from Amazon, but does anyone know if Midnight in San Juan is available to buy cheaply anywhere? It's unavailable on Amazon.
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Danny
Kevin is Danny's son's name. He would be in his mid 40's. Last summer i spoke with the man in london who sent Danny the acoustic guitar he plays in his room . He showed me the letter of thanks from Danny , in a shaky hand.I travel again from texas to london this summer to absorb more of Danny's world , maybe bump into him , and thank him for the fabulous songs. I love music of many .Danny is the singer, songwriter, guitarist I listen to most, he has about 60 phenomenal songs that he wrote, and a dozen or so more he did not write. A proper box set of his solo songs ( 32 plus some alternates) and the fleetwood Mac songs (37 at last count) would awaken some discriminating listeners to a musical supergiant named Danny Kirwan. Alas, Danny has been eclipsed and is unknown by far too many people , even the fans of Fleetwood Mac
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