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Goodbye Fireboy: Grant McLennan 1958 - 2006

Toby Creswell, Rock's Backpages, May 2006

GRANT MCLENNAN, who died in his sleep on MAY 6, 2006, was one of the outstanding songwriters of his generation. He was acknowledged an artist of international stature by his peers, friends and devotees such as U2 and R.E.M. the Smiths and Belle and Sebastian.

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