Green found that he and Kirwan worked well together, and suggested to Fleetwood that Kirwan could join Fleetwood Mac.
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He would see us every chance he got, usually watching in awe from the front row." įleetwood Mac had been constituted as a quartet but Peter Green, the band's founder, wanted to move the band away from pure blues and had been looking for a new musical collaborator and backing guitarist to work with, as slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer did not contribute to his songs. "Which is how Danny Kirwan came into our lives," Fleetwood said. He had a guitar style that wasn't like anyone else I'd heard in England." Kirwan became a devoted fan of Peter Green and followed Fleetwood Mac around the London clubs, often turning up at gigs during the afternoon to help to carry the gear in and jam with Green after the soundcheck. He played with an almost scary intensity. Danny played beautifully, getting a subtle tremolo effect from his fingering." Fleetwood Mac's producer Mike Vernon booked Boilerhouse to play at his blues club, the Blue Horizon in Battersea, and he remembered, "Danny was outstanding. Mick Fleetwood: "We met Danny at a little club in Brixton, the Nag's Head, one night when we played with a local band called Boilerhouse.
Boilerhouse played support slots for Fleetwood Mac at London venues such as the Nag's Head in Battersea and John Gee's Marquee Club in Wardour Street. Kirwan was 17 when he came to the attention of established British blues band Fleetwood Mac in London while fronting his first band Boilerhouse, a blues three-piece with Trevor Stevens on bass guitar and Dave Terrey on drums. He was influenced by, among others, Hank Marvin of the Shadows, Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix, and particularly by Eric Clapton's playing in the Bluesbreakers. He began learning guitar at the age of 15 and became an accomplished guitarist and musician. Kirwan's mother was a singer and he grew up listening to the music of jazz musicians such as Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti, Belgian gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and 1930s–40s groups such as the Ink Spots. Career Musical influences and first band Kirwan left school in 1967 with six O-levels and worked for a year as an insurance clerk in Fenchurch Street in the City of London.
His parents separated when he was young, and his mother, Phyllis Rose Langran, married Aloysious J.
As a member of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.Įarly life, education and family ĭanny Kirwan was born Daniel David Langran on and was raised in Brixton, South London. He released three albums as a solo artist from 1975 to 1979, recorded albums with Otis Spann, Chris Youlden, and Tramp, and worked with his former Fleetwood Mac colleagues Jeremy Spencer and Christine McVie on some of their solo projects. Daniel David Kirwan (né Langran, – 8 June 2018) was a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac between 19.
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