RIP Danny Kirwan (Fleetwood Mac)

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/former-fleetwood-mac-guitarist-danny-kirwan-dead-at-68-w521317

 

I love Bare Trees. It's my favorite Fleetwood Mac album, and as Mick Fleetwood said, was the blueprint for what they would become. A few days ago I started listening to it again for the first time in a few years and kept going back to Danny's songs - so clear and haunting and brilliant. And I started reading up on his life again. 

 

And now he's gone.

 

I guess someone wanted me to appreciate his talent one last time.

 

Without Danny and Bob Welch, what Mac would become never would have had a chance to even exist. Brilliant musicians who gave so much of themselves. Kirwan's material in particular will stay with me for a long, long time. What a genius of an artist. I'm glad he is at peace now and I hope he knows now how appreciated he was.

 

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