Kevin MacMichael
Kevin Macmichael | |
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Birth name | Kevin Scott Macmichael |
Born | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | 7 November 1951
Origin | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Died | 31 December 2002 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | (aged 51)
Genres | Rock |
Occupation(s) |
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Instrument(s) | Guitar |
Years active | c. 1975–2002 |
Website | tgilmore |
Kevin Scott Macmichael (7 November 1951 – 31 December 2002)
Early life
Macmichael was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Career
Early years
Kevin got his first guitar in 1963, as did his friend Sandy Bryson. They were
Cutting Crew
In the early 1980s, Macmichael was part of the Halifax band, Fast Forward, when he met Nick Van Eede, who was touring Canada as vocalist with the band The Drivers. Macmichael moved to London, England and began Cutting Crew along with Van Eede, bassist Colin Farley and drummer Martin "Frosty" Beedle[3] in 1985.
Robert Plant
After Cutting Crew's run of success ended and Virgin Records let them go, he worked with Robert Plant playing guitar and composing songs for his 1993 album, Fate of Nations.
His interlude with Plant was short-lived; MacMichael recalled when he auditioned for Plant: "'Play me something', he said. He's about my age so the first things that came to mind were songs by Buffalo Springfield and Moby Grape. His jaw just dropped and he picked me up off the sofa and said: 'Never leave me'."[3] The partnership lasted the single album and a world tour before Plant reunited with Jimmy Page, but the album's single "Calling to You", on which he played guitar, resulted in a Grammy nomination.[4]
East Coast
After nine years in the United Kingdom, MacMichael returned to Nova Scotia where he collaborated with a number of Canadian East Coast musicians including Wayne Nicholson, Tribute, Chris Colepaugh & The Cosmic Crew, The Rankin Family and Sons of Maxwell.[5]
Death
On 31 December 2002, he died of lung cancer at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His surviving family members include his wife and two daughters, father, brother, and sister.[6][failed verification]
References
- ISBN 0-14-102287-6
- ^ Canadian Pop Encyclopedia entry[usurped]
- ^ a b Pierre Perrone, Obituary, The independent, 7 January 2003
- ^ Grammy Awards: Best Hard Rock Performance (1994 nominee), Rock on the Net
- ^ Tom Gilmore, Kevin Macmichael Biography, 2001, 2003
- ^ "USATODAY.com – Cutting Crew guitarist Kevin MacMichael dead of cancer at 51". USA Today. Retrieved 5 December 2017.