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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZMcGUINNESS FLINTUK country-rock band formed '69 by ex-Manfred Mann guitarist Tom McGuinness (b 2 December 1941) and ex-John Mayall drummer Hughie Flint (b 15 March 1942), adding Scottish songwriting multi-instrumentalists Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, who'd been employed by Apple writing songs for Mary Hopkin and others; vocalist Dennis Coulson. Goodtime musical policy saw mandolin-heavy hit stompers 'When I'm Dead And Gone', 'Malt And Barley Blues' (UK top five '70-1). Gallagher and Lyle left to become a successful soft-rock duo (LPs on A&M included UK chart entries Breakaway '76, Love On The Airways '77); the band added Dixie Dean on bass but had little more success, though Lo And Behold '74 was a collectors' item, a set of lesser Dylan songs produced by Mann. Coulson made an eponymous solo LP for Elektra '73 with Gallagher and Lyle and left the band, replaced by Lou Stonebridge on keyboards and vocals, Jim Evans on pedal steel and fiddle. After an album of originals C'Est La Vie '74 they split, though McGuinness and Flint worked together in the Blues Band. Stonebridge later fronted the Dance Band. |