Former Fleetwood Mac Guitarist & Singer Danny Kirwan Dead at 68
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lp.constantcon... Former Fleetwood Mac Guitarist & Singer Danny Kirwan Dead at 68
He played on albums like, 'Then Play On' (1969), 'Kiln House' (1970), 'Future Games' (1971), 'Bare Trees' (1972)
Mick Fleetwood released the following statement on his Facebook page, "Today was greeted by the sad news of the passing of Danny Kirwan in London, England. Danny was a huge force in our early years. His love for the Blues led him to being asked to join Fleetwood Mac in 1968, where he made his musical home for many years, Danny's true legacy, in my mind, will forever live on in the music he wrote and played so beautifully as a part of the foundation of Fleetwood Mac, that has now endured for over fifty years. Thank you, Danny Kirwan. You will forever be missed!"
He played on their only British #1 song - the instrumental 'Albatross' as well as the hits 'Man of the World' and a real signature song for the early blues Fleetwood Mac sound 'Oh Well.' He was also on 'Rattlesnake Shake.'
He was born on May 13, 1950 in Brixton, South London. Kirwin was in his teens when he was spotted by Fleetwood Mac.
The late Bob Welch of Fleetwood Mac who committed suicide in 2012 and who had the solo hits 'Sentimental Lady' and 'Ebony Eye' had a sometimes strained relationship with Kirwan once said, "He was a talented, gifted musician, almost equal to Pete Green in his beautiful guitar playing and faultless string bends." In another interview he said, "Danny wasn't a very lighthearted person, to say the least. He probably shouldn't have been drinking as much as he did, even at his young age... He was always very intense about his work, as I was, but he didn't seem to ever be able to distance himself from it... and laugh about it. Danny was the definition of 'deadly serious'."
He had problems with alcoholism and mental illness. At one point he was homeless. It was his drinking that got him kicked out of Fleetwood Mac.
Rolling Stone magazine printed a quote from The Independent from a rare interview with Kirwan from 1993. It was after Mick fleetwood went looking for his old bandmate going as far as asking the missing Person Bureau to look for him. At that time Kirwin said, "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."
When Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 his name was up there as well but he did not attend.
Kirwan died yesterday June 8, 2018. No cause of death was announced. - by John Beaudin
RIP Danny / Was Fleetwood Mac's best period of music in my opinion.
"Then Play On" is an absolute masterpiece !! It's right up there with "Abbey Road" as far as I'm concerned !!!
Mitch Harrelson Agreed
His 3-lps with FM after TPO were no slouches either...I rank Kiln House, Future Games, and Bare Trees right up there too.
The best fleetwood mac in my opinion R.I.P danny kirwan.
He was a great guitarist yes, but his voice was also something to be spoken of
RIP Danny Kirwan. Thanks for the gorgeous music. And play on...
RIP Danny. Your contributions to the music World will never be forgotten.
A wonderful guitarist with incredible tone and feeling. Sunny side of heaven is just one example of his great writing. A sad day for music and the world.
I love that song!
a wonderful guitarist. in college I listened constantly to Bare Trees and Future Games. Danny's playing on those albums was haunting and melodic. Nothing like it anywhere else!
JOHNWLOUCKS ....works of art.
His legacy survives in his recorded works. I am forever a great fan. RIP Danny.
I have been playing for a long time, and Danny and Greenie were a force to be heard, Danny was just amazingly gifted player and as far as I'm concerned one of the Best Blues Player to come out of England. I'm so sorry that he was so lost after Peter left the band, it seemed like after the tragedy in Germany they were never the same.
Couldnt agree more ,a lot of people forget that 2 talented musicians were totally mindfucked that night in munich,such a waste of great talent.
That Munich tale is almost certainly EXAGGERATED. Peter took too much LSD in general, even he admits this, and Danny drank too much. That's where the tragedy begins and ends.
@@bjr4567 Danny was always very nervous, even before he joined Fleetwood Mac. A few years ago, I managed to track down Trevor Stevens, who played bass with him in the band Boilerhouse when he was a teenager, and he confirmed this.
The youngest of the original 5 piece band and the first one to pass, Rock-in-Peace Danny, I'll always carry your music on in my heart. Peace.
Actually, that's not true. Bob Brunning died in 2011 and both Bob Welch and Bob Weston died in 2012.
@@TIC4848 You missed the adjective "ORIGINAL".
@@TIC4848 Ahem. Brunning was the short-term original bassist in the Mac.
@@larryh.3173 You all missed the mark. She stated "original 5 piece band" and she was correct.
Sad news, I really enjoyed what Danny contributed to this legendary band, Fleetwood Mac. He was a young protégé to Peter Green and he blossomed into a fine guitarist and song writher through some of the best years of the band. RIP Danny Kirwan.
Rest In Peace Danny...You are one hell of a great blues guitar player!
A Very Sad Day...RIP Danny... Great Guitarist
To me there was always so many “what if’s “ to this talented but tormented guitarist. Still his body music will live on, even if he can’t. Here’s hoping you’re finally on that sunny side of heaven Danny. RIP
A wonderful guitarist & such a sensitive human being. Your'e sadly missed Danny!
So many incredible Kriwan songs were so overlooked. Sands of Time from Future Games, Jewel Eyed Judy, Tell me all the things you do. One of my favorite guitarists of all time.
Bare Trees is a masterpiece. RIP, Danny, and thank you.
AMEN!!!! a MASTERPIECE!!!!!!
It's tragic that we've lost Danny Kirwan. Although he lived until the age of 68, he only had a very short recording career. He is one of my heroes, and it's a shame that he never gave us more of his beautiful music. RIP Danny Kirwan 1950-2018.
Danny was wonderful. Rattlesnake and Oh Well 2 of my favorites.
So sad to learn that Danny has left us. He was always my favorite part of Fleetwood Mac, really the soul of the band while he was a part of it, with hauntingly beautiful songs like "Dust," "Sands of Time," "Woman of a Thousand Years," and "Dragonfly."
That's really refreshing information, thanks for sharing!
He has been gone for a long time, but this still hits me like a 100 ton of brick
Very sad news. RIP Danny. Thanks for the music. Then Play On one of my favourite albums.
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So sad ... What a beautiful, shy and immense talanted guitarist Danny was. I saw Fleetwood Mac in my hometown Umeå in the north of Sweden March 28 1969. They actually played in my school assembly hall! I never will forget when the whole band made their way through us - the waiting audience, outside the hall - queezing themselves through the entrance doors!
Suddenly my girlfriend Monica stretched out one arm and touched Danny Kirwan's hair, ruffled it slightly and yelled: "Oooh - You are sooo Cuuute!". Danny looked at her, both shy and almost a little scared, but the smiled quickly and went into the assembly hall.
My friend Curt had spent the whole day with the band since he was photographer at the local newspaper Västerbottens Kuriren, showing them our town and even having lunch together. (My God! I'm so jealous!) We three sat on the first row, Curt snapping lots of fantastic pics of the band.
I was almost mesmerized by Dannys playing, his intensive concentration on his Les Paul, his blond hair moving around with his head shaking, his fantastic sound and vibrato and his perfect connection to Peter Greens sort of "supporting" warm guitar riffs. It actually felt as if Green promoted Danny to take the front seat, something he managed with flying colours. A memory for life.
I wonder if Danny ever remembered that Beautiful Nordic Swedish girl with long Blond hair, Green eyes and freckels who touched his hair ... If so, I'm a little proud because it was My girl ...
What a touching story!!! By the way, did you know that Danny was half-Swedish?
Stunned, think i'll light one up and listen to sunny side of heaven....mercy,mercy,mercy
Heard the sad news that Danny Kirwan had passed on the same day that my daughter and I were attending a Yardbirds concert in Tucson. We had a toast to Danny in a pub. What beautiful songs he wrote and played especially on Kiln House and Bare Trees. RIP Danny.
All of us were down front 196?, at the Silverbell, me, Zubal, Tom Weschler, all the local guitar stranglers. The dressing room was in the basement of the old ski lodge, we all exchanged guitars, I played Peters', he played my Strat, laughing and chatting before they went on. Peter probably played Geris' SG LES Paul, but sitting down front we got knocked out by the real Fleetwood Mac, Kirwin was fabulous, the whole band was knockdown dragout.
We were taking bets when Mick would hit a cymbal, he saved crashes for special moments, what a band!!
One of the very finest blues rock guitarists. I've been listening to Danny specifically a lot of late, and now this very sad news.
Still to this day Danny Kirwin's creativity with Fleetwood Mac moves me deeply. So sorry he lived in difficulty and props to Mick for reaching out to take care of Danny.
RIP Danny Kirwan. Heaven must be rocking now.
i knew Danny well when he lived in the 80s in Westcliiff- on- sea , essex, i often used to chat to him he was a bad acholic but on a couple of occasions , as he lived a few doors down from me i used to hear him play his guitar and he still had it. tragic... i believe in the early days he used to do a lot of LSD and i guess that did its damage, he was harmless and a nice bloke once you got to know him and his ways
Sad and sorry to hear this. But glad I got to see him a few times with Fleetwood Mac. Rest in peace, Danny boy.
I used tom know Danny when he lived in a hostel for the homeless in London (St Mungo's) He was at peace with himself and with the world. I gentle guy, RIP
My brother bought the "Black Magic Woman" containing album by Fleetwood Mac early on and the talk was always about Peter Green, Peter Green. Well, I preferred listening to the Future Games and Bare Trees period of the band. I remember listening on my first pair of headphones "Koss headphones" in high school and loved the guitar tones of Danny Kirwan for that signature sound, a bit moody and melancholy, but more original. I believe Danny was very underrated for his contribution.
You are so right. 58 years of playing guitar and writing myself and Danny get's my vote. His contributions to FM were totally underrated. Woman Of A Thousand Years was a pure masterpiece.
Very sad. May Danny Kirwan rest in peace.
RIP, man... Thanks for being a part of my 70s. Your music will live on forever and I will love it forever.
This guy had passion and soul. So sorry for his loss.
His impact on the early , blues based Fleetwood Mac cannot be overestimated.
RIP Danny....Your in the Sunny Side of Heaven now....
Danny is one of the saddest stories from a beautiful guitarist. His singing and guitar playing on "Child of Mine" still gives me chills. "Sunny Side of Heaven" will be played at my funeral. Then maybe he can play it for me if we both made the list.
one of my all time favorits,,,,,,great songwriter and guitar player,,,,,remembered by us ,,,his fans
Just plain loved Sunnyside of Heaven,...also loved his work with Bob Welch, his style and guitar tones were so melodic and somewhat ethereal at times.
Loved ya Danny, R.I.P. my friend.
R.I.P. Danny. God bless you!!
R.I.P Danny! so very sad,he had sad eyes also, he's at peace now..🙏
“Danny was Emotionally Fragile, I would often look over and find him Crying as he played his Guitar”…..Peter Green
I just stumbled upon this video a few minutes ago, purely by chance, and it broke my heart. I only "discovered" Danny about six months ago, and since then I've been obsessed with trying to learn to play some of his and PG's songs ("Something Inside Me," "Albatross", and--most symbolically touching regarding both men--"Dragonfly," etc.) on guitar. Clearly Danny's life as difficult from the beginning--I hope he has some peace and comfort now, and I hope he had some sense of how much his songs and his playing were loved.
i carried on buying fleetwood mac albums after peter green left largly because of danny kirwan's music. the group could easily have slipped into the blues-based heavy rock that was extremely popular then. fortunately that couldn't happen with those band members and at that time kirwan was a leading creative force with his melodic guitar playing and often poetry based songs.the two albums he recorded with [the also very important] bob welch show a successful development of that style.
So many great trips, so long ago, listening to his soulful guitar. So many friends gone, now Danny too. R.I.P.
Thank you John for the words on Danny Kirwan. Wish you had mentioned some of his work on those three FM lps after Peter left. He was a huge part of their sound with gems like Sands of Time, Sunnyside of Heaven, and Woman of a 1000 years and rockers like Station Man, Child of Mine, Bare Trees, Tell Me All The Things You Do. He had a way of playing Rockin' Blues/Blues guitar that made you just feel every note. One of my all time favorite musicians and songwriters. May he rest in peace.
The album Future Games is a favorite album of mine and one (main) reason is the big part Danny Kirwan played on that album. He was a great songwriter and guitar players, that's for sure.
He was a damn good guitarist.Some of the stuff that people including myself assumed that Peter played it was actually Danny who played it.The combo of Peter and Danny at their finest was magic.Pete chose him to be the other lead guitarist.That says a lot.
One listen to Live at the Boston Tea Party from 1970 proves more evidence of this. However if anyone deserves credit for getting Danny into the Mac it was more Mick Fleetwood than anyone else. Peter simply saw the possibilities quickly, and the rest became history.
Coming Your Way is a work of art
Love Danny's playing on the great Fleetwood Mac album "Bare Trees".
Simply the best singer,guitarist ,and songwriter of the 20th century. May you find eternal love and happiness Danny , thanks for all the love and happiness you have
I've been listening to kirwan a lot lately and Bob welch
I hope Danny found his peace !
Thank you Danny for that amazing guitar work...…………...damn...……..50 years ago! Your memory will live on. RIP Danny Kirwan...……you have found peace.
Rest in peace Danny. Your guitar playing was just as badass as Peter Green's
The 'Supernatural' has passed. Green and Kerwan recorded some amazing music together. Those were the days my friends.
Sad story...his life after FM, and his death.😢
Rest in peace, Danny Kirwan🕇
God bless Danny, RIP.
Some of the most beautiful work from the Mac came from him, and of course Green 🙏☘️
I Love You, Danny. I Will Miss You Very Much. May You Rest In Peace.
Gosh, songs like 'Woman of a thousand years' 'Although the sun is shining' 'Dragonfly', pure poetry - Danny was very special. I hope there was at least some happiness in his later years.
my favorite FM guitarist, listen to Station man, and also Sands of Time
Sands of Time is a great tune !
Sands 0f Time.Probably my favorite Kirwan song.Used to listen over and over yrs ago.
his solo albums are really good. Listen to Second Chapter and Midnight in San Juan. Amazing stuff. I will miss his existence.
I played both of them in the last day and did two tributes to Danny…
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RIP Danny and the world of blues will miss you..
I loved Danny's guitar playing. The first FM album i bought was Kiln House just after it was released because of Station Man. This made me a huge fan. Another fave was One Sunny Day, originally from English Rose. RIP, Danny.
I recently bought the English Rose CD. It contains three of Danny's best - Something Inside of Me, Without You and Jigsaw Puzzle Blues. He also played on Albatross - which appears at the end. Something Inside of Me almost moves me to tears every time I hear it. It should have been released as a single and I don't understand why it wasn't. I'm pretty sure that it would have been a hit.
RIP Danny - underrated genious!
Shocker... Rest in Peace, Danny... Rest in Peace...
Great report John. Thanks. I am a fan of all of the old Fleetwood Mac records, and Danny's contribution is significant.
Great band with a great history. No sense denying any of the bands incarnations, Fleetwood Mac is the definition of the term "It's all good!"
Thank You Danny for your beautiful music. R.I.P.
Danny was a great player and musician, he will be missed, I'm sorry that he was never the same after the events in Germany with Peter Green, it sounds like his life became a living hell after leaving Fleetwood Mac. Love the old Blues band, especially the Chess Record sessions and the recordings that were made with some of the other greats at that time.
I have Danny and The Mac at the BBC recordings...the best live band ever ! RIP Danny.
A Fiery Passionate Guitarista-saw him with FM! Lucky!!! RIP, Guitar Hero!
RIP, Danny Kirwan. :'(
Danny is my alltime favorit Member of the group...PETER GREEN and DANNY KIRWAN together were magic...i like the "mac albums with him best..future games..bare trees..i have his 3 solo albums,,the first two are great ,his last is so ovrer produced,its really bad...but Kirwan was a great songwriter who at times has a MACCA feel to his songs..
RIP Danny Kirwan!
“Dust” one of my favorite Danny Kirwin tunes..RIP
I was SO fortunate to have been able to see the 'Future Games' line-up twice on tour (and each time from only 30 ft away!). One time for 'FG' and the second for 'Bare Trees'. That first time, I was especially blown away by the band, the wonderful songs, the overall energy... but most especially by Danny's playing. (IIRC, it *might* have been their very first gig in the USA supporting that album, playing at a large club in Rockaway Beach on Long Island.)
Anyway, the very next day, I went out and bought 'Future Games', and right away, I was stunned to not only recognize all the songs (IIRC, they'd done the entire FG album plus more), but *even Danny's solos*; those were that much a part of each song, and he had obviously performed them as such (but, to be sure, there were improvised moments, as well). For me, that experience was such an indication of his innate melodicism on guitar, and it made a huge impression on me. To this day, he has remained one of the main influences in my own guitar playing and a huge hero of mine. What a touch, what a tone...
R.I.P. Danny. Play on...
amen danny is a hero of mine too
SO jealous. To see that lineup not once but twice...!
Danny was far more a perfectionist than improvisor. That he could jam as well as he did is further credit to his playing chops, and tutelage under Peter Green.
another lost gem,forever in our hearts,the beautiful ghost of Fleetwood Mac
This guy was a world class guitarist. I was so happy to have rediscovered Future Games just over a week ago. I hope he finds peace up there ♥️
Nikola Kovačević In my opinion Future Games was as good as Then Play On. Kiln House and Bare Trees were also excellent. Danny's guitar playing was very melodic, toneful and esoteric. He wrote and played beautiful music. Im not taking anything away from FM after 1972, but I didn't follow them after Kirwan left.
@@keithpeters3321 Lots of folks, especially Brits and Euros, stopped following them after Peter left (when the blues were no longer front and center), likewise after Danny was axed - but this may have had more to do with Bob and Christy having to fill more prominent roles in the band, and perhaps BW's vocal style.
One of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs is the instrumental Jigsaw Puzzle Blues written and performed by Danny Kirwan, better than Albatross IMHO.
RIP Danny Kirwan
Saw the Mac with Danny 3 times in '69 , great guitarist. Loved 'Dragon Fly' , Sands of Time' and instrumental 'Sunny side of Heaven' R.I.P
This is another great guitarist gone, why is it only in death do these great great talented musicians get remembered , crying shame, second only to Peter Green , so very very sad 😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪🍧🍧😪RIP mate .
Speak for yourself please. I still listen to the real Fleetwood Mac weekly and lately have enjoyed playing along to "Albatross". Hell, Kirwin was only 4 years older than myself and as long as I can hear them they live on. For those who thought FM radio meant Fleetwood Mac radio then that is what they liked. There is music appreciation and there are those who are tone deaf. So knock it off and and rock on...
I am struggling to get over this news, Greeny and Danny had an almost telepathic musical understanding that for me even surpassed the also superb Allman and Betts. Dannys of course a legendary guitarist to his fans (of which I'm most definitely one), was also very good at songwriting aswell.
Noooo. =( A true hero. RIP Danny.
Danny was the best his kiln house work was pure dynamite rock and roll.
I agree totally and you hardly ever hear any mention of kiln house.
Along with the songs that were mentioned in this video, some of my favorites that Danny Kirwan had a hand in were Child of Mine and Bare Trees off of Bare Trees lp. Station Man and Jewel Eyed Judy from Kiln House. RIP Danny Kirwan.
loved him , a beautiful singer and guirarest,
Damned this is sad!One of the best blues guitarists of all time and an amazing songwriter and singer.He did some great albums with Fleetwood mac before the girls and Lindsay Buckingham joined and ruined the band.RIP Danny
Well said mate!
I’m so glad to see true Fleetwood Mac fans.... there was much more to this band before Stevie and Lindsey- I remember listening to Danny as well as Discovering Roger Fisher from Heart , I was in 7th grade and that’s when everyone was enthralled with Soulja Boi and all that other nonsensical crap. There is one song that I can’t find to save the life of me, and I don’t remember the name- either... I only remember the playing he did and how amazing it was- every day I would come from school and hop on UA-cam just to listen to it because, smart phones weren’t a thing back then and we weren’t allowed to have any listening devices in school.... I hope to hear one day, but at least it’s in my head.
Sunny Side of Heaven ....
M y Favorite ...ALWAYS!
REST IN PEACE DANNY.
There's a live video on this site with the original FM and Danny and Peter Green were jamming off each other - brilliant. And I think Danny was barely 20 years old.
Cascades, one of my all time favorites...r.i.p Danny Kirwan...
FIRST DANNY AND NOW PETER RIP FOR THEM
Another gone R.I.P Danny, thanks for all the great memories! 💔😢
So sad to hear..rip danny😭😭😭😭
I am very sad to hear this. The times around 1970 was very rough on guitarists. The use of alcohol and drugs ruined many talents. Jimi Hendrix died. Peter Green and Danny Kirwan became shadows of what they were a few years earlier. And also Eric Clapton, for that matter. Jeremy Spencer vanished into a strange cult. Paul Kossof became an addict and died in march 1976. And Syd Barret...the list of gifted musicians who died or lost their talent at that time could be made longer. It is so sad. Maybe they thought they were superheroes and could take anything?
sallhame they were used by the "machine"(cabal), to further "their agenda....they were all groomed,molded,and then folded.
Thank god we've still got their music !