Comments on: McGuinness Flint (self-titled)

By: Len Liechti

Len Liechti — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:28:31 +0000

Mr McGuinness’s first name was Tom, not Steve. Also in the band were Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, redoubtable songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, whose best known effort is probably Breakaway which was a biggie cover for Art Garfunkel. After MF split, McGuinness and Flint grouped up with Tom’s old colleague from Manfred Mann, Paul Jones, to form The Blues Band, who remain extant to this day (saw them gig in Bath earlier this year). Gallagher and Lyle went on to some commercial success as a duo under that name, and their catalogue is worth exploring if you appreciate classy AOR material, eg. if Breakaway does it for you. My favourite MF song is Bodang Buck which bounces along nicely on autoharp in my own solo set.

By: ldp

ldp — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:13:31 +0000

Wow. This was a great discovery. Thanks!

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Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:27:36 +0000

[...] The Rising Storm looks back to 1971 and the UK band McGuiness Flint (they’ve got a sort of Band-like vibe). [...]

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:31:09 +0000

That’s why we’re here! Very pleased for the company and comments, both. Hope you give that LP another good spin.

By: bobbym

bobbym — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:01:43 +0000

Wow! I had thought of McGuiness Flint in 30 years, I bet. I still have this lp and listened to it a lot when it came out. I originally came here for the Todd stuff a while ago and keep coming back. Thanks for the memory jog.

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:37:27 +0000

A really great blog. Very informative and fun to read.
I’ll be a regular visitor. Good Stuff!
Props