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I had a dream last week and I wrote about it on the Steve Hoffman audiophile forum and I'll repeat it here
the dream was obscure but clear and it revealed: Danny's 4 albums with Fleetwood Mac each represent a season. It was also revealed the cycle was of 4 and it was complete. look at the covers! Fall-Then Play On Spring-Kiln House Summer-Future Games Winter-Bare Trees |
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the weirdest thing about this dream was it made me see the incident that got him fired in a whole new way. I'm feeling he smashed his guitar and wouldn't go on stage because he couldn't handle it anymore and knew it was over intuitively.
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Sands Of Time: 'We will go right down to the sea, bathing in light we will be free to wander' sounds summery to me |
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for those interested in it - the current edition of mojo magazine (#298, september 2018) features a 3-page obituary for danny.
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I had a quick look at the Mojo obit. There were some brief comments that may have been recent from Christine and Jeremy. Spencer was quoted as saying that he last saw Danny in 2002. That's sad to hear- sometimes I optimistically imagined Peter, Jeremy and Danny having had some ongoing friendship but I suppose life in general and Fleetwod Mac in particular doesn't work like that.
Christine praised Tell me all the things you do, Woman of 1000 years and one other (memory fails- Sands of Time or Sometimes), I think). EDIT: Wikipedia helpfully provides some of the quotes: The September 2018 edition of the British music magazine 'Mojo', in a two-page tribute to Kirwan's life and music ("A Loner and a One-Off: Danny Kirwan 1950-2018"), said Jeremy Spencer had met Kirwan in London in 2002 with his ex-wife Clare and their son Dominic. Kirwan was living at the time in a care home in south London, "where he was well looked after and visited by family and friends until the end". Mojo quoted Christine McVie as saying: "Danny Kirwan was the white English blues guy. Nobody else could play like him. He was a one-off.... Danny and Peter (Green) gelled so well together. Danny had a very precise, piercing vibrato - a unique sound.... He was a perfectionist.... Listen to 'Woman of 1000 Years', 'Sands of Time', 'Tell Me All the Things You Do' - they're killer songs. He was a fantastic musician and a fantastic writer." She also commented: "Danny was a troubled man and a difficult person to get to know. He was a loner." Jeremy Spencer said "Danny brought inventiveness and melody to the band.... I was timid about stepping out with new ideas, but Danny was brimming with them." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Kirwan#Death
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"They love each other so much, they think they hate each other." Imagine paying $1000 to hear "Don't Dream It's Over" instead of "Go Your Own Way" Fleetwood Mac helped me through a time of heartbreak. 12 years later, they broke my heart. |
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as for christine's comments on danny:
i've always been a huge danny kirwan fan. but in all fairness - to state he "was THE white english blues guy" is quite a bit over the top. i mean, what about peter green or duster bennett (just to name these two)? nevertheless i'd certainly agree that he was "ONE of THE" white english blues guys. and it's definitely correct that "nobody else could play like him". just like peter he'd developed a style of his own that was proof of his blues feeling and technical skills. and not to forget: he was a wonderful singer. |
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