Bob Brunning Discussion

[chriskisn]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

I think it would be more accurate to say he'd sold books based on his short-lived membership with FM. His professional musical career lasted about as long as the British blues boom, and maybe a bit longer, but then he is a very competent blues bass player. I don't think there's any evidence that he prolonged his musical career solely due to his time with FM. He did quit the music business to work as a teacher, after all - the Deluxe Blues Band stuff was all part-time.

What might be a bit sad is regularly trawling around the world trotting out songs you wrote over 30 years ago

Actually Brunning is one of the few who don't seem to play on the fact that they were in Fleetwood Mac. Sure he wrote a book about them, but then he was perhaps in a unique position to do so. I know lots of people don't like his book but I quite enjoyed it.

As for promoting Fleetwood Mac membership, people like Dave Mason, Dave Walker and Bob Welch seem to use that more.

His solo blues career outlasted the British blues boom though, 1968 - 2003 (and who knows if he has finished yet).