#JOHN MCVIE HEALTH MAC#

#JOHN MCVIE HEALTH MAC#

He had a guitar style that wasn't like anyone else I'd heard in England.' Kirwan's band played support slots for Fleetwood Mac at London venues such as John Gee's Marquee Club in Wardour Street and the Nag's Head in Battersea, which gave Kirwan and Green the opportunity to jam together and get to know each other. He played with an almost scary intensity. Vernon was impressed by Kirwan's guitar playing and subtle vibrato and thought he sounded like blues player Lowell Fulson.

Kirwan is said to have persuaded Fleetwood Mac's producer Mike Vernon to watch Boilerhouse rehearse in a South London basement boiler-room, after which Vernon informed Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green of his discovery. 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 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 self-taught 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 1930sвЂ“40s groups such as the Ink Spots. Early 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 mother, Phyllis Rose Langran, married Aloysious J. 1.7.2 Other sessions: Chris Youlden, TrampДanny Kirwan was born Daniel David Langran on in Brixton, South London.1.1.1 Musical influences and first band.

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