Wolfmancatsup
Empire State Human
Just 68 years old...
Danny Kirwan RIP
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foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
Fleetwood Mac made one album with Danny as leader, Bare Trees, and it's an absolute corker.
Also one of my favourite PG era Fleetwood Mac tracks is a Danny Kirwan number, Only You, which never made it on to a studio release.
By many accounts he could be a very difficult person, nevertheless, RIP.
Also one of my favourite PG era Fleetwood Mac tracks is a Danny Kirwan number, Only You, which never made it on to a studio release.
By many accounts he could be a very difficult person, nevertheless, RIP.
jackbarron
Chelsea, London
That's a real shame. The cause of Danny's death hasn't been announced. He was fired from Fleetwood Mac for being an alcoholic and unstable, according to The Independent, and ended up sleeping rough. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-...dead-fleetwood-mac-guitarist-68-a8391861.html
"During the eighties and nineties, he endured a period of homelessness in London and struggled with mental health issues.
"Speaking to The Independent in 1993 in a rare interview after Fleetwood asked the Missing Person Bureau to seek out his former guitarist, he said: ”I’ve been through a bit of a rough patch but I'm not too bad.
“I get by and I suppose I am homeless, but then I've never really had a home since our early days on tour. I couldn't handle it all mentally and I had to get out. I can't settle."
Danny didn't turn up when he was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. This Observer article from 2015 says there aren't even photographs of Danny from the '90s onwards. http://observer.com/2015/11/for-you...wan-the-sad-beautiful-ghost-of-fleetwood-mac/
Ironically enough Bill Wilson and Dr Robert Smith started Alcoholics Anonymous 83 years ago today.
RIP Danny Kirwan.
Jack
"During the eighties and nineties, he endured a period of homelessness in London and struggled with mental health issues.
"Speaking to The Independent in 1993 in a rare interview after Fleetwood asked the Missing Person Bureau to seek out his former guitarist, he said: ”I’ve been through a bit of a rough patch but I'm not too bad.
“I get by and I suppose I am homeless, but then I've never really had a home since our early days on tour. I couldn't handle it all mentally and I had to get out. I can't settle."
Danny didn't turn up when he was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. This Observer article from 2015 says there aren't even photographs of Danny from the '90s onwards. http://observer.com/2015/11/for-you...wan-the-sad-beautiful-ghost-of-fleetwood-mac/
Ironically enough Bill Wilson and Dr Robert Smith started Alcoholics Anonymous 83 years ago today.
RIP Danny Kirwan.
Jack
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Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
Gutted to hear this. Saw Danny a number of times with the original FM.
Younger than me FFS...
Younger than me FFS...
Darmok
pfm Member
Danny Kirwan obituary
Singer, songwriter and guitarist with Fleetwood Mac in the late 1960s and early 70s who brought great creativity to the band
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/14/danny-kirwan-obituary
Saw them in Bournemouth, poorly attended iirc.
RIP Danny Kirwan.
Singer, songwriter and guitarist with Fleetwood Mac in the late 1960s and early 70s who brought great creativity to the band
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/14/danny-kirwan-obituary
Saw them in Bournemouth, poorly attended iirc.
RIP Danny Kirwan.