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McGuinness Flint was a rock band formed in 1970 by Tom McGuinness, a bassist and guitarist with Manfred Mann, and Hughie Flint, former drummer with John Mayall; plus vocalist and keyboard player Dennis Coulson, and multi-instrumentalists and singer-songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle.
Members of the British rock music band McGuinness Flint. Pages in category "McGuinness Flint members" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
They were founding members of the band McGuinness Flint and wrote the 1970 UK chart hit "When I'm Dead and Gone". In 1972, they formed the duo Gallagher and Lyle, whose fifth album Breakaway charted well, the title track being a cover hit for Art Garfunkel in 1975, and it included the hit songs "Heart on My Sleeve" and "I Wanna Stay with You".
It was recorded and released in November 1970 as the debut single by McGuinness Flint, peaked at No. 2 in the UK charts [2] the following month, and reached No. 47 in the US charts in February 1971. [3] The song also peaked at No.5 in Ireland, [4] No. 6 in West Germany, [5] No. 39 in Australia, [6] No.34 in Canada, and No. 4 in Singapore.
After Manfred Mann disbanded in 1969, he formed McGuinness Flint with Hughie Flint, which disbanded in 1975.. Their first single "When I'm Dead and Gone" reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart at the end of 1970 (losing the number one spot to Clive Dunn's Grandad), No. 47 on the Billboard pop chart and No.3 5 on the Cashbox pop chart in the U.S.,
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Hughie Flint (born 15 March 1941) is an English retired drummer, known for his stint in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers during the early 1960s, mainly for his contribution towards their album Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966). In the 1970s, Flint was known for being one half of rock duo McGuinness Flint, with Tom McGuinness of Manfred Mann.
The band's first line-up also included bassist Gary Fletcher, slide-guitarist Dave Kelly who had previously played with The John Dummer Band, Howling Wolf and John Lee Hooker and drummer Hughie Flint, of John Mayall's Blues Breakers and McGuinness Flint, the band he formed with Tom McGuinness. In 1982, Flint left and was replaced by former ...