Bob Brunning

born on 29/6/1943

died on 18/10/2011

Bob Brunning

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Bob Brunning

Robert "Bob" Brunning (29 June 1943 18 October 2011)[1][2] was a British musician who was, as a small part of a long musical career, the original bass guitar player with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac.[3]

Career

Fleetwood Mac

When Peter Green left the Bluesbreakers in 1967, he decided to form his own group, naming it Fleetwood Mac after the rhythm section he wanted for the band Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Fleetwood joined up straight away, and slide guitar player Jeremy Spencer was recruited, but McVie preferred to stay with the Bluesbreakers, where he was earning a regular wage. In the meantime, Green hired Brunning on a temporary basis, hoping that McVie would change his mind.

After a few weeks McVie did change his mind, claiming that Bluesbreakers leader John Mayall was turning too far in the direction of jazz for his liking. So McVie joined, and Brunning stood down. Brunning did contribute bass guitar to one track on Fleetwood Mac's debut album Fleetwood Mac, that song being "Long Grey Mare".

Savoy Brown and teaching career

After his stint in Fleetwood Mac, he joined Savoy Brown before embarking on a career in teaching, training at The College of St. Mark & St. John, Chelsea.[4] His teaching career lasted 30 years and included appointments as the headmaster of Clapham Manor Primary School, Lambeth in the 1980s and Churchill Gardens Primary School, Pimlico in the 1990s.[5] He did not abandon music however, and played in the Brunning Sunflower Blues Band, Tramp, and later the DeLuxe Blues Band.

In 1972 he played bass guitar on the 22nd Streatham Cub Scouts LP Songs for Your Enjoyment. The album featured folk songs as well as the Scout theme song "Kumbaya".[6]

As an author

Brunning also authored many books, and wrote several about Fleetwood Mac, the British blues scene, and music in general. His works about his former group include Behind The Masks, published in 1990, 1998's Fleetwood Mac: The First 30 Years, and The Fleetwood Mac Story: Rumours and Lies'.

Death

Brunning died on 18 October 2011, aged 68, after suffering a heart attack.[7]

References

  1. Another Man Done Gone...
  2. Bob Brunning (1943-2011)
  3. Furman, Leah (1 May 2003). Rumours Exposed: The Unauthorized Biography of Fleetwood Mac, p. 25, Citadel Press. URL accessed 31 July 2011.
  4. Laing, Dave, Bob Brunning obituary, The Guardian, 28 October 2011.
  5. The Times Obituary. p104, 5 November 2011
  6. Bob Brunning: Original bass player with Fleetwood Mac
  7. Laing, Dave, Guardian obituary, The Guardian, 28 October 2011. URL accessed on 8 June 2012.

External links

Fleetwood Mac
Members
John McVie - Mick Fleetwood - Stevie Nicks - Lindsey Buckingham
Former members: Christine McVie - Peter Green - Jeremy Spencer - Bob Brunning - Danny Kirwan
Bob Welch - Bob Weston - Dave Walker - Billy Burnette - Rick Vito - Dave Mason - Bekka Bramlett
Discography

Studio albums: Fleetwood Mac (1968) - Mr. Wonderful - English Rose - The Pious Bird Of Good Omen - Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago vols 1 & 2 - Kiln House - The Original Fleetwood Mac - Future Games - Greatest Hits - Bare Trees - Penguin - Mystery to Me - Heroes Are Hard to Find - Fleetwood Mac (1975) - Rumours - Tusk - Live - Mirage - Tango in the Night - Greatest Hits - Behind the Mask - 25 Years - The Chain - Time - The Dance - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will

Live albums: Live in Boston

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