Thin Lizzy originally formed in late 1969 , Brian Downey on Drums, Phil Lynott Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals and Most of the Songwriting. 2 Albums without any Hits , Eric Bell on Guitar . Phil was very laid back on stage. ( not a good thing for the Vocalist)
Toward the end of '72 they got a break when thy went on tour opening for Slade, however after their first Performance, Slade's Manager told Phil, that if he did not show more stage presence they would be off the tour!
Happy to say he changed overnight, Early '73 , they had their first top ten hit with Whiskey in the Jar. A traditional Irish song.
Eric Bell Departed and was replaced by Gary Moore and was, in turn, replaced with Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham,
the start of that Magical Dual Lead Guitar Sound that Lizzy did better than anyone else!
Thin Lizzy in '76 released the Jailbreak album that caused things to really take off for them!
They did several World Tours with quite a few Successful Albums, Many Personnel Changes, Drugs, started to take its toll.
Unfortunately Phil became another Heroin addict ( seedy looking characters hanging around back stage)
Just listen and watch the variety on these masterpieces of a Musicians art!
In the early eighties all these matters came to a head and Lizzy Split.
Phil collaborated with his Friend Gary Moore on another Album , My Son Wayne bought me the album that Christmas, I have featured a live performance from it hereafter.
Phil died from Drug Related causes on the 4th of January 1986 , he was 35 years old!
There is a statue of him in Harry Street in Dublin.
I have added a link from my own Rockstar Series posted for me by@gavvet when I first got onto Steemit.
Why this is here is because Keith Burell , a really superb SA Guitarist , ( mentioned in this post)when he qualified as a Dentist.
His Dad bought him a ticket to the UK , where he was in the Front row of a Lizzy Concert!
Exact words " Alan, here they were in the middle of a complicated Harmony Guitar Solo, Scott walks over to Brian, Told him a joke in his ear,. Brian starts laughing. They did not miss a note!"
Keith said he, for a moment there, felt like throwing his Les Paul away.
https://steemit.com/all/@gavvet/chronicles-of-alan-so-you-want-to-be-a-rockstar-part-4
Not only Nice to watch and listen to the vids, but also the written info is Very good! So far we unfortunately read to many times that good stars did past away to early... but probably they lived their live to the fullest. Thanks again for the Nice blog!
Great music to wake me up!
Man love this rock band, great voices and guitare. Out in the fields is epic!
Glad you liked it, Thanks.
a sad ending to a promising career - I really hate drugs
Me too, I had so many friends go downhill from it.
Nice video song
wonderfull music! you are also doing a great job giving info with it!
Still Gold and Glorious musicians.. 🎼
I'm a very big fan of Thin Lizzy
Upvoted... 😊😊 Thank you for sharing my dear friend @awgbibb..
Thank You, My friend.
i appriciate him to make a exellent band and his sounds all videos with musics are for appriciate and also old i gold always
Thank you.
wow great videos and songs with his band his perforamnce is really great
Thanks.
Thanks for this. Are you from SA? Following you.
wow...nice picture and beautiful writing
Thank you.
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My dear friend..
I really like this sound..it is awesome..
Happy steeming..keep it up post.
Cheers!..Wow...once again nice post with superb music video from @awgbibb
Thank You.
Love to hear to sounds of the past. Didn't know Thin Lizzy myself, maybe I was just to young. Guess only in the early to mid 80s I started to discover music.
Time does march on, In a Few Years the Current Bands will be in the Past! Thanks.
Sure sure :) But we shall and will not forget what is good today :) In my posts here on Steemit I make a mix between todays or more or less todays music and music from the past, from my childhood and youth. Interestingly, since I started qsounds account here on Steemit, I tend to listen again more to the older music, since it had really good stuff and it is so fun to listen to that what made my clock tick those days. Sometimes I immediately understand why I was so fond of some album, and sometimes I don't. But for sure, it brings back memories, generally the good ones! I like that :)
This is so rocking to watch !!
Very True!
What a classic!!! :-D Love it, played it out till the end and I didn't even know there was a version other than from the Dubliners. Great post!!!
Thank You.
You're welcome @awgbibb.
VEVO Chanel song grate. music and video good.
upvoe and resteem
Thank You , Appreciated.
Great video
thank you for sharing
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Thank You.
Gary Moore is one of my favorite too. His guitar solo was brilliant.
He certainly was a Great Player!
Wow really classic voice and music..
like and resteem.
Thank you, appreciated.
sure a wonderfull band i listen it and watch it first time but sure a wonderfull band @awgbibb sir
Thanks, Glad you liked it.
Wow what a voice, great post and videos. Thanks for sharing.
Thats what you call a great classic music
Exactly what I would call it, Thanks.
Very Wonderful to see your post
Plz follow me dear
Feeling sad for his addiction..
But again nice post sir..
Actually I never heard about them until I read this post. And I just go through those videos and understood they were great!
Lucky I am, that's why i have decided to follow you! otherwise, I will never ever hear them!
Thank you very much for sharing such wonderful videos with us. And sharing your experiences with us! Really appreciate your effort!@awgbibb,
(My voting power is still regenerating, therefore please allow me three more days to provide 100% upvotes for your posts)
Cheers~
Thank You for your Comments, Really Appreciate Your Visit.
@awgbibb - Sire, you are awesome. Your taste of music made me crazy. Love them and like this wonderful post Sire. Therefore, I will RESTEEM & UPVOTE your post Sire.
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Glad You liked it, Thank You.
i love music from 70-80 i think in that time was born many hits and many great musicians , thnx for links will enjoy ;)
thin lizy is always best and i like thin very much and his music also
Thank you,
With pleasure I listened. What a pity that many wonderful musicians have died from drugs! :(
The story of a musician i never knew...
He obviously had a lot of potential that "Phil" guy... Its painful to see how so much potential goes to the grave untapped and un-maximized...
Great eulogy of a great star.... Well done!
-Laserblade
I have the pleasure of listening to these records. Thank you dear @awgbibb for sharing!
Wow. These are lovely songs. Very nice.
woow awesome post great music and videos. thank you for sharing @awgbibb
its thumbnail was like you wanna sing with nose ahhahaha see
Great item again... I am still discovering new music..
What an absolutely amazing band.
You can really feel their passion and zeal.
Thanks for sharing Thin Lizzy with us @awgbibb
'Emerald', my favorite ...
These are great songs! Resteemed!
Whiskey in the Jar is a great tune. We have performed it countless times here in Newfoundland. I did not realize TL's connection to Ireland. Great info @awgbibb UPVOTED Cheers
Very beautiful music let alone rocker music of this kind. I really enjoy the music, And really love this music. @awgbibb
First real gig I went to was Gary Moore so Thin Lizzy have always been a special band for me.
wao dear old is gold amazing
i always remeber you awgbibb
awesome post great musical band
Really Cool videos such a wonderful Collection of all in a single post wow :D
Thx for the post.. listened to some songs and this is real nice..
@awgbibb i freakin' love Thin Lizzy!! That's a band I haven't listen to for a couple of years now, but after you mentioned it I now remember how my friends and I would get stupid high on weed and blast EMERALD!!! Those freaking air guitar solos ahahaha. LOVE IT!
Sumamente encantado con el contenido que compartes, acabo de seguir tu usuario! espero sigas compartiendo buena música!
Good songs never die even when the owner past on. Thanks for sharing...
I love these posts, please keep doing them.
Thin Lizzy is very underrated, I hear their influences in so many bands these days.
Phil is probably my favourite vocalist of all time. I don't mind that he was so laid back, to be honest I really enjoy that of him.
Vagabonds of the Western World is one of those classic albums that only gets better with time. To be perfectly honest all their albums are unique in it's own way.
Favourite song of theirs has to be The Rocker, such a feel good song.
Rest in peace Phil, another legend musician taken away way too soon. At least we will always have his phenomenal work to keep us company.
Thanks for the inspiration I love hearing sounds Ive never heard before,