Obituary
Guitarist with The Big Dish, Lola In Slacks, The Countess Of Fife and others. Played with Craig Armstrong and Marianne Faithfull. Also a painter.
And a lovely fella, died after a stinker of a cold, just shy of his 66th birthday.
RIP Brian McFie, 65
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Bloody hell. I sorta got to know Brian a little from a distance when I had a FB account. We shared a common interest in painting. That’s a real bummer, sixty five is way too young.
Yeah, I knew him a bit through my tall chum.
The Lola In Slacks album was one of my faves of (checks notes) 2021.
The Big Dish albums are in the process of being remastered by Last Night From Glasgow.
I love The Big Dish – the phrase criminally underrated hardly does it justice. Not aware of Lola In Slacks but will go and have a listen.
Sad news – Mr Squeezer is right – 65 is too young.
Sorry to hear this. I was turned on to Lola in Slacks on this very site and their album rapidly became one of my favourites of that year. Enjoyed watching the YouTube videos of their album-recording process.
I’m 65 in about a fortnight – intimations of mortality, indeed. I know people die at all kinds of ages, but that really does feel waaay too young.
I have just aquired and am enjoying the latest Countess of Fife album, the second one, the Contess being the alter ego of the Rezillo/Revillo, Fae Fife. McGee present and correct with allocably appropriate twang appeal.
Christina’s World by The Big Dish is a tune, one of those where I didn’t invest in the album at the time but it stuck in my head and kept me coming back to it over the last gulp, 40 years. RIP.
It is very sad news. Brian was a friend, a powerful guitarist who was always questing for the next thing, and a great artist, relentless in his desire to make new, striking images.
We first bonded over guitars, especially unusual guitars. I sold him my Mosrite a few years ago – he had quietly coveted it from when he first saw it, and they are fairly rare. Later, I bought a Reverend Guitars Ron Asheton Signature Model from him, which is a striking guitar.
He was opinionated, funny, stylish, and a mensch. He will be missed by many people.