The Mystery of Murph
 

On the album sleeve of "The Wild Heart," buried among Stevie's typical litany of friends & associates in the THANKS section, is the name "Murf."

Who is--or was--Murf?

On the album "The Red Shoes," Kate Bush wrote a beautiful piano & strings ballad as a sort of tribute to friends & associates who died, including "Murph"--Alan Murphy, an English guitarist who died in 1989.

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Do you think Stevie's "Murf" & Kate Bush's "Murph" are one & the same--i.e., Alan Murphy? Murphy was one of the most respected studio guitarists in the country. He was a member of Level 42, & played on hundreds of studio tracks, including Go West ("King of Wishful Thinking"), Kate Bush (that wild electric guitar solo on "Violin" is Murph), Joan Armatrading ("When I Get It Right"), Mike & the Mechanics ("The Living Years") & Scritti Politti.

I don't think Stevie's Murf & Alan Murphy are one & the same: Alan Murphy's discography shows absolutely no work with Stevie Nicks. So just forget this post.

Actually his name is Brian Murphy. His daughter is Kelly Ann, she works for Stevie in LA. He was one of the tour managers for the Wild Heart Tour. There are pictures of Brian and his daughter floating around out there, with Stevie on her wedding day.

Wow, you came up with that quick!:thumbsup:

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I had always wondered who the guy and little girl were in that picture with Stevie. Now I know thanks to you guys. :thumbsup:

I love that album of Kate's. Right next to Hounds of Love.

This dude has a movie star quality about him, doesn't he?

That and The Dreaming are probably my favorites of hers. :thumbsup: She just came out with a new album not so long ago... has anybody bought or heard it?

~Kat

I didn't like what I heard so I didn't buy it.

I bought it. Side 2 is interesting: it's a flight fantasy based on the poem "The Lark Ascending" by the Victorian George Meredith (the same poem Ralph Vaughan Williams used for his tone poem, motifs of which you can hear in the Kate Bush suite).

Peter Green's inspiration for "Oh Well, part 2".

Isn't that weird?

I just figured out who he reminds me of...Cillian Murphy. Anyone else see it?

People tell me I look like Edward Norton all the time...gross.

Ah! You're kidding! Really? That is freaky.

Send me Part 2. I want to see whether there's an actual lift from something of Vaughan Williams.

What has Peter said over the years about Vaughan Williams (whom I am not alone in regarding as the greatest symphonist of the 20th century)?