Phil and Gary are deeply missed! Love all their work! In fact Gary is the reason why I play the guitar (and playing Les Paul) and Phil is the reason why I learned to play bass and sing!
I walked past Phil Lynott outside a record shop in Oxford Street, London and it was only after walking on a few yards when my brain had caught up with me I realised it was him ...... I ran back to ask him for an autograph and he was the loveliest man to chat to, accommodating, polite and humble - it was only a minute or so but I treasure the memory. He had a "friend" standing with him, long blonde hair and dressed in a long black leather coat who I unfortunately didn't pay any attention to, it was a couple of years later that I realised from a guitar magazine that it was Snowy White. I really miss Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, when TL were at their prime it was a great time for budding guitarists and guitar bands, never to be repeated.
I remember when snowy released bird of paradise here in the Uk , it was on our pub jukebox about a year after Robert plants big log and filled a big gap that was left after the former was long removed from it
Just caught this clip to see Gary and much to my surprise sitting at the drum kit.... Cozy Powell. One of the greatest guitar players of all time and right behind him one of the greatest drummers ever.
Gary was the best. Not only a monster player, a hell of a good man. He is the Irish Billy Gibbons basically. But with a side helping of Neal Schon. Loved him. Vocally he was so smooth. Like Jimi Hendrix was smooth vocally.
AMEN Thank God i was lucky to see Rory Gallagher open for RUSH n saw Gary Moore also back in the early 80's 2 of my favorite Irishmen !!!!!! 2 of the best in guitar
Saw Rory in the Apollo , Glasgow in the 70s. Outstanding ,mesmerising , felt like I was in the presence of a guitar God ,and you know what? Yeah , one of the greatest ever ,it was the experience of a lifetime for me.
It brings up the point that I know all to well guys and gals, Get your hearts checked, watch your bp. Take care of your motors if you want to live long and play guitar. I know sometimes it is sudden and for little or no reason but it is always worth a little talk with the dr once a year to say hey "How is my heart." I once told a guy, "gosh sometimes having all these tests is so damn degrading and relentless!" and he blurted out " Yeah but think of what they will do to you on the autopsy table" ......point taken. RIP GARY MOORE! Your music is still great.
Gary's death was a shock that I've still not gotten over. He was the complete package, an underrated vocalist as well as being a bad a** guitar slinger, one of the best ever from Europe and that's saying something!
My oh my... what a beautiful player. I've listened to just a small collection of Gary's music over the years. This one is intoxicating. I'll need to look into his collaborations more.
Gary Moore was the Johan Cruijff, the van Gogh, the Michael Jordan, the Wayne Gretzky for guitarists. His emotion, integrity, sustain was unbelievable great. For me the best of the best! Rest in peace Dear Gary!
Gary Moore is the most underrated guitar player (in america) ever to play. His career spanned 5 decades, excelling at rock, blues rock, metal, blues, jazz, etc.... he had excellent technique, loads of feel, etc... it doesnt get any better.
Loved the video. I think it was a testament to Gary's serious musicianship that allowed him to play minus the string. You can't play that way unless you are completely versed in music as a whole. The understanding of not just the guitar but music itself allows him to rethink every single note to accomplish this and he did it wonderfully. R
Bill , the phrase under rated ,is one of the most trite phrases used to describe your appreciation for someone - please realise that anyone who comes within a mile of appreciating great guitar playing , would never under-rate Gary Moore. The ones who do , don't matter. I know what you're saying ,though ...no offence intended.
Thing about Gary Moore which made him such a huge inspiration for me was how controlled he was as a guitarist. There are a lot of great guitarists that go a bit too far and wild when they play. Gary knew when and how exactly to play in a song, He could shred as good as anyone, but if you listen to a lot of his blues songs, you really see how he really knew how to tone it down and play with great taste and control. I think this comes down to the fact he was a blues guy at heart, I dont think its no coincidence that when he did his own solo albums they were heavily blues influenced or even entirely blues songs. I would argue he was an even better blues player than he was a rock guitarist, to me he seemed much more inspired when he played blues.
I completely agree. I think is one aspect many players never really think of is self control and control over your guitar. Now i'm not saying that its bad letting loose and going crazy it is cool and definitely has its place. However, Gary Moore I think really mastered control over his guitar playing, you don't really see this very often to such an extent with rock and metal guitarists, of course you need to have control in these genres like any other, but Gary was just on another level in my humble opinion.
Great point. I've always thought of it in terms of the difference between a good painter and a Great painter. A good painter can turn out respectable work that pleases the eye but leaves you remembering the one or two focal points and everything else is afterthought if you remember it all... A Great painter produces art that you can view a 100 times and on the 101st time you notice something special that the piece would be incomplete without. In the early '80s my current band was fortunate enough to have an expected vacancy filled by a drummer home from the road due to quitting his band. They were heavily Latin inspired rock and had a percussionist plus a drummer. His main reason for leaving a touring band making good money was the percussionist. Rather than give a little ground, he filled every possible opening leaving an extremely talented drummer no choice but to just keep the beat. Music is, by nature, a very ego driven endeavor but it has always been one of my core beliefs that a band is most impressive when everyone on the team is allowed to shine. Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher never relegated their keyboardist to the role of barely acknowledged background fill as so many other bands do.
Gary Moore learned his restraint, tone and taste from Peter Green of the early Fleetwood Mac. He even bought Peter Green's guitar from him when Green abandoned music due to disillusion and psychosis. From the tone, I think this could be Green's guitar that Moore is playing: Fleetwood Mac, live in Stockholm czcams.com/video/S93qdjFwwTA/video.html
Ubu987 yes I had heard this before. I know Peter Greens work very well some of his work with Fleetwood Mac was excellent, oh well is one of my favourite songs. I didn't know Gary used Peter Greens guitar though that's interesting.
One of my all time favorite bands. Sad that Gary is longer with us. “He’s playing for the angels “ now. Thank you god for blessing us with someone like Gary.
Always loved Gary Moores playing. Still got the blues for you, one of my all time favourite songs. Excellent vocal and he made that guitar just cry! Moved me. Great player. Gone too soon.
@@jasper221176 When i saw him back in 1990 The Messiah was the last song he did and he added some improvisation to It!! I remember beeing completely blown away afterwords!!!
I'm glad you brought it up in the middle of the video because I know it's a video about Gary Moore but Phil Lynott is one of the coolest Mother F-----s there ever was.
Interesting that the band is billed as 'Gary Moore & Friends' although it is Thin Lizzy. This is at the time when Gary was in Thin Lizzy making the classic 'Black Rose' album, but he was frustrated cos he had presented a few of his songs to the band to record but Phil rejected most of them. This is one of those songs. There is a demo of this song on the expanded version of that album. Gary got so frustrated at not being heard that he left Thin Lizzy and worked on his own solo album instead, 'Back on the Streets' which was released about the same time as Lizzies 'Black Rose'. This song was on Gary's solo album, with Phil Lynott singing on it. Interesting that they shared vocal duties on this performance, cos there exists also an outtake with Gary's vocals on it instead. 'Fanatical Fascists' off 'Back on the Streets' was also recorded as a demo by Lizzy and rejected, plus the song 'Spanish Guitar' which was unreleased for about 20 years. That song also exists as a Thin Lizzy demo, plus as two outtake versions with vocals recorded by both Phyl Lynott and Gary Moore. Those two albums are very closely woven together.
I'm a little confused here hopefully you can help me out. As you know this song appeared on the 1976 Lizzy album Johnny the Fox in an up tempo version. On the album it only says Phil as the author. Back on the streets came 1978 and Black Rose 1979. Is the case here similar to Still in love with you? Meaning that Gary actually co-wrote it with Phil and did all the guitar parts on the studio version but his name "fell off" due to his first and unexpected departure from the band. Did Phil "steal" this one from Gary?
@@danielolson5378 It's generally accepted that Phil Lynott wrote this song alone in 76 or thereabouts, but it was originally recorded much faster as you point out. Maybe Gary Moore (like Brian Robertson) thought that it would be better as a slow blues song. I would say that I erred in saying that this was a Gary Moore song. His contribution was probably wanting to rerecord it as a slow blues song, the idea being rejected by Lynott, along with a lot of Gary's other songs and musical input. Lizzy recorded it as a demo with Gary Moore but it wasn't released until the demo came out on the Deluxe version of 'Black Rose' in 2011. Since it initially wasn't used on Black Rose, Gary probably got Phil's permission to do it on his own album.
@@paulhaye3725 I'm sure Phil didn't mind Gary recording his own version since after all he did sang and played bass on Gary's version and i think Brian Downey also played on it.
Gary was my reason for moving to London a very special time and eternally grateful for my tome with him ,and the icing on the cake is Phil gave me a gift of his Poetry book ...Lucky me ,
I never got to see Gary Moore when he was with Thin Lizzy, but I did see him 3 times in the 80's. My Number 1 memory is being at the Manchester Apollo on the Run for Cover tour and Gary brought out Phil Lynott for the encore of Out in the Fields. As a Thin Lizzy fan, this was just an amazing moment, to have two members on stage together is something I'll never forget.
I remember this song being a top 40 hit in the states when this album came out played almost the same way, slow then the crescendo at the end it was on Johnny The Fox. RIP Phil and Gary.
It was a lot simpler back then. I think bands didn't spend years in the studio over dubbing and layering, they just plugged in, recorded, and due to that the live versions are as good if not better that the album sometimes!
I was deeply shocked when gary moore passed. Only got to see him a few times but i still remember parisien walkways on top of the pops- the fast A pentatonic bit comes at you like a rocket - joe bonamassa built his style on the shock value of that particular fast bit i.m.o. he was a grumpy git too- saw him in manchester and he bollocked his bassist for technical issues in front of a full crowd. Respect.
"Gary Moore and Friends' looks more like Thin Lizzy to me! Great video and RIP Gary,Phil,and Cozy...still jamming with that power trio in Rock-n-Roll heaven!
I heard a live version of his song Still Got The Blues just yesterday for the very first time and I was blown away by the power of his playing, I've never heard a Les Paul sound so powerful before. Thanks for the video! I'll keep checking him out more!
I remember in the late seventies and early eighties how polished many of the acts like 'Savoy Brown' 'Foghat' 'Deep Purple' 'Humble Pie' and of course 'Thin Lizzy' were ... but when you consider that many of these musicians started gigging at a very young age while being able to catch the shows of some of the great players around the Blues/Rock circuit in Europe at that time ... well then it's not such a surprise ... Thanks for sharing your insight on this classic performance
Growing up in the 70's The Old Grey was a late night gem of a TV show for my generation Fil. Complete with 'Whispering' Bob Harris who used to present it. it was back then a great way to hear new upcoming bands as well as rock legends such as Lizzy.
Yo! You just turned me on to a guitar monster! I'm from the U.S. love music, love guitar, but have never even heard of this dude before, I can't thank you enough! He SHREDS!!! I do still think that Prince on While My Guitar Gently Weeps in ones of the best solo's of all time, but I'll give you this one, dude is a beast!
That's actually Thin Lizzy when Gary Moore rejoined the band after Brian Robertson left, and the second guitar player is Scott Gorham (an amazing guitar player in his own right). I don't know why The Old Grey Whistle Test credited this perform as "Gary Moore & Friends" as it's literally the Thin Lizzy line up at that time, performing a Thin Lizzy song.
Old grey whistle test is awesome. Like the midnight special here state side were great shows. I wish they had more like that these days also. Your knowledge of great guitarist and love of music continues to astound me. Keep up the great videos
This was in 1978, Cozy Powell on drums, the show was promoting Gary's so album Back on the Streets, and of course he had just rejoined Thin Lizzy. Great channel Fil
Interesting string to break, especially at the beginning of the song where there isn't to much going on....don't think I have ever broken a low E string.
Thanks for keeping Gary in the public eye! Have you seen the video where he uses a screwdriver as a slide? Live version of Like Angels, truly brilliant. And great vocals too.
Gosh Dang Gary Moore is so damn cool! You can tell he was thinking of some ex when he gave the bird. lmao. I loved it. Man Gary is just Massively huge talent an a huge inspiration of mine. I love how animated he can be when he plays. Great video Fil!
Funnily enough, I came here from watching a performance of Phil Lynott (and some friends) on that same show, way back in 1980. Among them was a guy that never gets talked about what a great musician (and harp player) he is, and his relationship with Phil is WAY undervalued. That's of course, Huey Lewis. 1980s pop demigod that made good with his band 'The News', with a considerable help from Phil. Lewis was in a country-soft rock pop band 'Clover' (also in the lineup was John McFee from the Doobies, and in the early 70s, the human metronome itself: Jeff Porcaro), and they moved to London sometime in the mid 70s to cut some records and do some sessions. Huey met Phil there, and Clover altogether toured with Lizzy (Lynyrd Skynyrd too) but got booed off the stage pretty much all the time. Phil, being the great guy that he is, took Huey and taught him everything he knew about performing live, stage presence (to quote him: 'Move!') and even stuff like the music industry, or how to answer in interviews etc. You could see a lot of Lynott into Huey after a while. On top of that, Phil let Huey play the harp on (probably) the greatest live album ever. 'Live And Dangerous'. He was the guy on 'Baby Drives Me Crazy' and even gets a shout-out from Phil. Clover's days were numbered, the band disbanded in 1978, and Huey took it the hardest out of any other member (probably the only guy to cry). He moved back to Marin County with fellow Clover bandmember Sean Hopper (who is still an active member of 'The News'), and started playing weekly gigs at local club. The News' core eventually formed around 1979 and the rest is history. To 'pay back' everything Phil did for him, Huey blew some amazing harp on both of Phil's solo albums (1980/82). They kept in touch, and hang out together occasionally. When Phil decided to release a 3rd studio album in 1985, Huey & The News wanted to have a huge part on this project. Phil came over to Marin County CA, where he and HLN cut 3 brand new songs (among Lynott's finest works). Written by Phil, backed by The News, produced by Huey, these songs were some of Phil's last. He passed away some months later, and suffice it to say, Huey was gut-wrenched. He was the first celebrity to dedicate an award to Phil (not even 'fellow countrymen' Bono and Geldof), the one for the best international group in '86. He and The News play 'The Boys Are Back In Town' fairly often in concerts of theirs (and they cover it better than anyone if I'm honest). To say Huey was thankful would be a underestimation. 'Till this day, he recognises Phil as the greatest rock performer ever, 'The Rocker'. And probably the greatest hard rock entertainer ever!
Thin Lizzy's guitarists included Sykes, Robo, Eric, Snowy, Scott... and Gary - oh my !! So glad I was able to see them at least twice in Germany back in the day !!
Right at the 5:00 minute mark...that's a Peter Green lick Gary is pulling out of his musical hat. Like you, Gary had a major impact on my playing when I got into learning guitar. Was great to see his final gig with Thin Lizzy during the Black Rose tour on July 4th, 1979. He was such an amazing intense guitarist...with heart and soul beyond the heavens. Great vocalist as well (good point). As always...stellar video. Cheers.
Fortunate to see Gary Moore live 5 times. Victims of the Future tour. Run For Cover tour x 2. After the War tour. Still Got the Blues tour. All Brilliant Concerts. R.I.P Gary.
Never heard that version of DBAW, nice find, cheers!, The Old Grey Whistle Test is probably one of the finest curations of rock music from that period, with so many guitar heroes live shows still available for the perusal of fans new and old, great stuff!
They got the date wrong, that performance was from 1979 when Gary was touring to support his "Back on the street" album. Note also Scott's Boss pedals, they came out in 1978 also dating the performance past 1978.
Awesome! I love both. Hate to compare one player against another. It depends on genre, sound, venue, singer. Respect so many, how could decide. Applause to all. Love raw music🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
1999 Fairfield Halls Croydon. I watched Gary play 2 full songs after breaking both b and e strings. You'd never have known anything was wrong! Amazing - where most would have called for a spare guitar after losing just one. My friend I was with was at the Isle of Wight in 1970 and watched Hendrix. On walking out from the Fairfield Halls he turned to me and said 'That was like being in the presence of God'. Great memories.....!
My all time favorite musician!!! Nobody could touch this guy! When you're looking for other Gary Moore performances to review check out Gary and BB King playing The Thrill Is Gone. You're probably aware of it but it is unbelievable!!!
If you're going to break a string before a solo, it's the right one to break (not to dis Gary at all, who is always a wonderful player). I saw Jim Mullen playing once at a gig in Hastings where, as a member of the audience, I was embarrassed because so few people turned up. He was a bit despondent and probably felt insulted, and his playing was lacklustre until he broke a string. Can't remember but I think it was a b or a g string because he had to think around it, and his playing improved massively as he became interested. He was very impressive when he was tuned on.
Yes, im so glad i got to see Gary in oxford 2007,he sold a great t-shirt also,and was very funny conversing with the audience,also the support band from the states was awsome,blues band forgotten his name his daughter played with him,and they both chatted and signed autographs afterwards.
Gary Moore was in a Irish band called Skid Row with Brush Shields in the sixties. Phil Lynott was also in the band for a while but was thrown out by Brush because he said Phil's bass playing wasn't up to scratch! He jokes about this whenever he talks about Thin Lizzy. There is a video of Skid Row with Gary on you tube playing a song called Unco- op Showband Blues.
wingsofpegasus I worked on a Rolling Stones Tour in '89 (constructing their stage) and marvelled at what Keith could do with his well-worn '52 Telecaster (Macawber) with no low E string (I think he had it tuned to an open G - does that sound right?) He had Ron Wood on a Strat filling in the lower notes of course. But he really impressed with his style and phrasing. Simple, but really powerful. Cool factor for days. Never broke a string either.
wingsofpegasus Watching them jump straight into the chorus of Tumbling Dice during sound check always blew me away; the Stones, Uptown Horns, Chuck Leavall on keys, backup singers....all playing from a dead stop. (Watching Axl Rose fall off the front of the stage in LA when GNR opened for them was memorable too - but in a different way :)
Gary Morre is still around... I wish there had been no such tension built up between him and Phil because they created suck rockworthy songs all of the time... As a person who jumps back and forth between guitar and base, it is great to see the right balance... Especially when someone breaks a string, and the show must go on... \
I keep hoping someday someone will review Gary Moore doing over the hills and far away from Montreux 2010 a truly fine piece of music and it has a bonus of Neil Carter
You know Taj Farrant is a huge Gary Moore fan. He was playing Parisienne Walkways not long ago and he had his string break. He kept going and was impressive as he always is playing it.
Of all the strings to break, the Low E is the one you want. Not only does it look cool because everyone can see it hanging, it also doesn't effect your leads as much. Now, I have had my D string break once and I kept playing which made doing leads a bit more difficult and the G String wasn't fun when it broke. Anyway, I loved this version of Don't Believe a Word, and Scott Gorham should be recognized as well. I was stoked I got to see him open for Judas Priest a couple weeks ago. RIP Gary, Phil & Cozy
Saw this when it was shown. Watched it on Saturday night, and it was repeated on Sunday afternoon. The video incorrectly states this as 1976; it was 1979 and was a performance shortly after the release of Back on the Streets. The E string went in the previous song which was the title track. I think he was using an echoplex at this point in his career. This version was a cross between the VERY early version of this song that Gary repeated later in his career, which was a slow version followed by the faster Thin Lizzy single version, and the fast bit of Black Magic Woman. BTW why didn’t you identify Later with Jools Holland as a modern ‘turn up and play’ programme?
Yeah I could have done, it's a more professional set up though sometimes with backing singers and a whole load of players thickening the sound who aren't really part of 'the band'. It's all live of course, but I'm just a big fan of no frills set up, plug in, rough and ready playing! Not to say I'd turn down Jools though, he's another legend!
I've dug this vid for over 5 years now. Who the heck breaks a low E??? Gary didn't care.While i appreciate this, the stops are troublesome. Its cool. You brought this vid back to life.
I have seen Buddy Guy several times. Once in about '86 I saw him play the Commador Ballroom in Vancouver Canada. He broke at least 10 high E strings that night (I counted 11 but I was drinking so we'll call it 10) Anyway, the number isn't what I'm here to talk about, what I am here to say is that Buddy replaced the string Everytime within 12 bars. It was fucking amazing. My buddy took a broken string home.
@@wingsofpegasus You want to know what was cool. I managed to have Danny Gatton sign my jacket, as did BB when I met him. Now for the "uncool" my mom and dad threw both jackets away when they moved, but I did get to play the guitar seen on the cover of Crusin Deuces. I was very good at getting backstage. Liquor and ignorance will get you places. Unfortunately it doesn't help you once your there!
The last section of the song is the one I'm most familiar with as he does the sped up version in a 3pce concert and Def Leppard covered that version too.
Definitely one of the greatest blues guitarists of all-time; right up there with SRV and Hendrix. If only he could find a way to continue playing his broken life, and facing his inner demons, without drinking his way to an early grave. Then again, the Irish have elevated the tragic existence into an art form; so, perhaps he couldn’t help himself. But seriously, I can’t help but to think that he always felt rather under-appreciated as a guitarist. His music brought incredible joy to the world, and helped a lot of us cope with our own blues.
He'd been a binge drinking alcoholic for years,in that time no doubt he would have suffered bouts of pancreatitis and been warned by doctors in hospital if he continued drinking even at a fraction of what he'd been drinking he would either be an invalid or dead.Usually most people wake up to themselves when they hear that from doctors.Sadly Gary appeared to ignore doctors advice and continue drinking at insane levels.A great guitarist sadly enslaved to alcohol , his demons obvious mental health issues probably psychotic paranoia and manic depression was what triggered the final binge the end,.A very very sad looking man on stage,
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Being the lead guitar god that he was, it's no surprise he was able to pull this off. Of course, things would have been entirely different had it been the high E string - and, more crucially, his Les Paul didn't have a trem.
Phil and Gary are deeply missed! Love all their work! In fact Gary is the reason why I play the guitar (and playing Les Paul) and Phil is the reason why I learned to play bass and sing!
I walked past Phil Lynott outside a record shop in Oxford Street, London and it was only after walking on a few yards when my brain had caught up with me I realised it was him ...... I ran back to ask him for an autograph and he was the loveliest man to chat to, accommodating, polite and humble - it was only a minute or so but I treasure the memory. He had a "friend" standing with him, long blonde hair and dressed in a long black leather coat who I unfortunately didn't pay any attention to, it was a couple of years later that I realised from a guitar magazine that it was Snowy White. I really miss Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, when TL were at their prime it was a great time for budding guitarists and guitar bands, never to be repeated.
Amen to that.
don't think Snowy White had long blond hair (?)
I remember when snowy released bird of paradise here in the Uk , it was on our pub jukebox about a year after Robert plants big log and filled a big gap that was left after the former was long removed from it
Just caught this clip to see Gary and much to my surprise sitting at the drum kit.... Cozy Powell. One of the greatest guitar players of all time and right behind him one of the greatest drummers ever.
Gary Moore was a guitar god.
Amen!
OH HELL YEAH! He was and he's STILL a legend.
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Love both Phil and Gary......genius personified! Thanks for putting this video up. RIP Gary and Phil
Gary was the best. Not only a monster player, a hell of a good man. He is the Irish Billy Gibbons basically. But with a side helping of Neal Schon. Loved him. Vocally he was so smooth. Like Jimi Hendrix was smooth vocally.
He actually got into jazz too later in his career and yes, he was amazing at that style too! He was an amazingly versatile player and singer.
Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher were the best guitarists in my book as for Philo he was my hero back in the day and we still miss these legends of rock.
Amen.
AMEN Thank God i was lucky to see Rory Gallagher open for RUSH n saw Gary Moore also back in the early 80's 2 of my favorite Irishmen !!!!!! 2 of the best in guitar
Saw Rory in the Apollo , Glasgow in the 70s.
Outstanding ,mesmerising , felt like I was in the presence of a guitar God ,and you know what?
Yeah , one of the greatest ever ,it was the experience of a lifetime for me.
Gary Moore was one of my favorite blues players. It hurt my heart when he died.
Yeah it was a big shock, I thought he would have many years left.
It brings up the point that I know all to well guys and gals, Get your hearts checked, watch your bp. Take care of your motors if you want to live long and play guitar. I know sometimes it is sudden and for little or no reason but it is always worth a little talk with the dr once a year to say hey "How is my heart." I once told a guy, "gosh sometimes having all these tests is so damn degrading and relentless!" and he blurted out " Yeah but think of what they will do to you on the autopsy table" ......point taken. RIP GARY MOORE! Your music is still great.
Gary's death was a shock that I've still not gotten over. He was the complete package, an underrated vocalist as well as being a bad a** guitar slinger, one of the best ever from Europe and that's saying something!
My oh my... what a beautiful player. I've listened to just a small collection of Gary's music over the years. This one is intoxicating. I'll need to look into his collaborations more.
Gary Moore was the Johan Cruijff, the van Gogh, the Michael Jordan, the Wayne Gretzky for guitarists. His emotion, integrity, sustain was unbelievable great. For me the best of the best! Rest in peace Dear Gary!
I'd add Ronnie O'Sullivan's name to your list of the GOATs and agree with your list with Gary Moore at the top of it.
Philo was the Pele
Gary Moore is the most underrated guitar player (in america) ever to play. His career spanned 5 decades, excelling at rock, blues rock, metal, blues, jazz, etc....
he had excellent technique, loads of feel, etc... it doesnt get any better.
Amen!
Loved the video. I think it was a testament to Gary's serious musicianship that allowed him to play minus the string. You can't play that way unless you are completely versed in music as a whole. The understanding of not just the guitar but music itself allows him to rethink every single note to accomplish this and he did it wonderfully. R
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Gary Moore - Arguably the single most UNDER rated rock artist in history.
Bill , the phrase under rated ,is one of the most trite phrases used to describe your appreciation for someone - please realise that anyone who comes within a mile of appreciating great guitar playing , would never under-rate Gary Moore.
The ones who do , don't matter.
I know what you're saying ,though ...no offence intended.
Thing about Gary Moore which made him such a huge inspiration for me was how controlled he was as a guitarist. There are a lot of great guitarists that go a bit too far and wild when they play. Gary knew when and how exactly to play in a song, He could shred as good as anyone, but if you listen to a lot of his blues songs, you really see how he really knew how to tone it down and play with great taste and control. I think this comes down to the fact he was a blues guy at heart, I dont think its no coincidence that when he did his own solo albums they were heavily blues influenced or even entirely blues songs. I would argue he was an even better blues player than he was a rock guitarist, to me he seemed much more inspired when he played blues.
Later on in his career he got into jazz too, and was amazing at that too! He was such a versatile player and never over played.
I completely agree. I think is one aspect many players never really think of is self control and control over your guitar. Now i'm not saying that its bad letting loose and going crazy it is cool and definitely has its place.
However, Gary Moore I think really mastered control over his guitar playing, you don't really see this very often to such an extent with rock and metal guitarists, of course you need to have control in these genres like any other, but Gary was just on another level in my humble opinion.
Great point. I've always thought of it in terms of the difference between a good painter and a Great painter. A good painter can turn out respectable work that pleases the eye but leaves you remembering the one or two focal points and everything else is afterthought if you remember it all... A Great painter produces art that you can view a 100 times and on the 101st time you notice something special that the piece would be incomplete without.
In the early '80s my current band was fortunate enough to have an expected vacancy filled by a drummer home from the road due to quitting his band. They were heavily Latin inspired rock and had a percussionist plus a drummer. His main reason for leaving a touring band making good money was the percussionist. Rather than give a little ground, he filled every possible opening leaving an extremely talented drummer no choice but to just keep the beat.
Music is, by nature, a very ego driven endeavor but it has always been one of my core beliefs that a band is most impressive when everyone on the team is allowed to shine. Gary Moore and Rory Gallagher never relegated their keyboardist to the role of barely acknowledged background fill as so many other bands do.
Gary Moore learned his restraint, tone and taste from Peter Green of the early Fleetwood Mac. He even bought Peter Green's guitar from him when Green abandoned music due to disillusion and psychosis. From the tone, I think this could be Green's guitar that Moore is playing: Fleetwood Mac, live in Stockholm
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Ubu987 yes I had heard this before. I know Peter Greens work very well some of his work with Fleetwood Mac was excellent, oh well is one of my favourite songs. I didn't know Gary used Peter Greens guitar though that's interesting.
One of my all time favorite bands. Sad that Gary is longer with us. “He’s playing for the angels “ now. Thank you god for blessing us with someone like Gary.
Always loved Gary Moores playing. Still got the blues for you, one of my all time favourite songs. Excellent vocal and he made that guitar just cry! Moved me. Great player. Gone too soon.
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What a beast Gary was. OMG, I love his playing.
As far as I'm concerned, anybody who loves Gary Moore is alright in my book!
Haha me too Gary!
I feel that way about Roy Buchanan. Hell, if someone even knows who he is these days they're all right in my book. Love Gary too!!!
@@kevdean9967 the Messiah... One of the best guitar songs ever!
Hell yes, we are lovely people ! His music attracted like minded folks since his music touches the heart like no other musician !
@@jasper221176 When i saw him back in 1990 The Messiah was the last song he did and he added some improvisation to It!! I remember beeing completely blown away afterwords!!!
I'm glad you brought it up in the middle of the video because I know it's a video about Gary Moore but Phil Lynott is one of the coolest Mother F-----s there ever was.
Amen!
Interesting that the band is billed as 'Gary Moore & Friends' although it is Thin Lizzy. This is at the time when Gary was in Thin Lizzy making the classic 'Black Rose' album, but he was frustrated cos he had presented a few of his songs to the band to record but Phil rejected most of them. This is one of those songs. There is a demo of this song on the expanded version of that album. Gary got so frustrated at not being heard that he left Thin Lizzy and worked on his own solo album instead, 'Back on the Streets' which was released about the same time as Lizzies 'Black Rose'. This song was on Gary's solo album, with Phil Lynott singing on it. Interesting that they shared vocal duties on this performance, cos there exists also an outtake with Gary's vocals on it instead. 'Fanatical Fascists' off 'Back on the Streets' was also recorded as a demo by Lizzy and rejected, plus the song 'Spanish Guitar' which was unreleased for about 20 years. That song also exists as a Thin Lizzy demo, plus as two outtake versions with vocals recorded by both Phyl Lynott and Gary Moore. Those two albums are very closely woven together.
I'm a little confused here hopefully you can help me out. As you know this song appeared on the 1976 Lizzy album Johnny the Fox in an up tempo version. On the album it only says Phil as the author. Back on the streets came 1978 and Black Rose 1979. Is the case here similar to Still in love with you? Meaning that Gary actually co-wrote it with Phil and did all the guitar parts on the studio version but his name "fell off" due to his first and unexpected departure from the band. Did Phil "steal" this one from Gary?
@@danielolson5378 It's generally accepted that Phil Lynott wrote this song alone in 76 or thereabouts, but it was originally recorded much faster as you point out. Maybe Gary Moore (like Brian Robertson) thought that it would be better as a slow blues song. I would say that I erred in saying that this was a Gary Moore song. His contribution was probably wanting to rerecord it as a slow blues song, the idea being rejected by Lynott, along with a lot of Gary's other songs and musical input. Lizzy recorded it as a demo with Gary Moore but it wasn't released until the demo came out on the Deluxe version of 'Black Rose' in 2011. Since it initially wasn't used on Black Rose, Gary probably got Phil's permission to do it on his own album.
@@paulhaye3725 I'm sure Phil didn't mind Gary recording his own version since after all he did sang and played bass on Gary's version and i think Brian Downey also played on it.
Gary was my reason for moving to London a very special time and eternally grateful for my tome with him ,and the icing on the cake is Phil gave me a gift of his Poetry book ...Lucky me ,
Gary Moore was good at any style. He loved to play and it showed.
Gary Moore was/is a BEAST and my idol as a guitarist!! More Gary Moore videos please!! RIP Gary, you are missed..
I never got to see Gary Moore when he was with Thin Lizzy, but I did see him 3 times in the 80's. My Number 1 memory is being at the Manchester Apollo on the Run for Cover tour and Gary brought out Phil Lynott for the encore of Out in the Fields. As a Thin Lizzy fan, this was just an amazing moment, to have two members on stage together is something I'll never forget.
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I remember this song being a top 40 hit in the states when this album came out played almost the same way, slow then the crescendo at the end it was on Johnny The Fox.
RIP Phil and Gary.
It was a lot simpler back then. I think bands didn't spend years in the studio over dubbing and layering, they just plugged in, recorded, and due to that the live versions are as good if not better that the album sometimes!
And Cozy !
Oh cripes sakes, I just found this gem; Gary Moore w/George Harrison While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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I was deeply shocked when gary moore passed. Only got to see him a few times but i still remember parisien walkways on top of the pops- the fast A pentatonic bit comes at you like a rocket - joe bonamassa built his style on the shock value of that particular fast bit i.m.o. he was a grumpy git too- saw him in manchester and he bollocked his bassist for technical issues in front of a full crowd. Respect.
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"Gary Moore and Friends' looks more like Thin Lizzy to me! Great video and RIP Gary,Phil,and Cozy...still jamming with that power trio in Rock-n-Roll heaven!
Haha exactly what I thought!
wow! what a true professional, never missed a lick....just wow!
NIX_34 He's a legend!
I heard a live version of his song Still Got The Blues just yesterday for the very first time and I was blown away by the power of his playing, I've never heard a Les Paul sound so powerful before. Thanks for the video! I'll keep checking him out more!
I remember in the late seventies and early eighties how polished many of the acts like 'Savoy Brown' 'Foghat' 'Deep Purple' 'Humble Pie' and of course 'Thin Lizzy' were ... but when you consider that many of these musicians started gigging at a very young age while being able to catch the shows of some of the great players around the Blues/Rock circuit in Europe at that time ... well then it's not such a surprise ... Thanks for sharing your insight on this classic performance
No problem!
Gary was an Amazing guitarist truly one of a kind RIP GM
Amen to that.
Growing up in the 70's The Old Grey was a late night gem of a TV show for my generation Fil. Complete with 'Whispering' Bob Harris who used to present it. it was back then a great way to hear new upcoming bands as well as rock legends such as Lizzy.
Yeah I wish it was still going! Jools Holland is close.
Lööv Jår, in Swenglish, enthusiasm into various musicians effort, style, and skills. Makes me like musicians I didn't knew I like. Big thanks.
Appreciate your videos, Wings of Pegasus. Glad to hear your appraisal of the perpetually overlooked little feat also...
Yo! You just turned me on to a guitar monster! I'm from the U.S. love music, love guitar, but have never even heard of this dude before, I can't thank you enough! He SHREDS!!! I do still think that Prince on While My Guitar Gently Weeps in ones of the best solo's of all time, but I'll give you this one, dude is a beast!
That's actually Thin Lizzy when Gary Moore rejoined the band after Brian Robertson left, and the second guitar player is Scott Gorham (an amazing guitar player in his own right).
I don't know why The Old Grey Whistle Test credited this perform as "Gary Moore & Friends" as it's literally the Thin Lizzy line up at that time, performing a Thin Lizzy song.
SpeedBoost For info. Cozy Powell (on drums) and Don Airey (on keys) weren’t in Thin Lizzy - that’s why :)
Old grey whistle test is awesome. Like the midnight special here state side were great shows. I wish they had more like that these days also. Your knowledge of great guitarist and love of music continues to astound me. Keep up the great videos
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God given talent, people who know their stuff do not underrate him...one of the very best ever and will always be.
This was in 1978, Cozy Powell on drums, the show was promoting Gary's so album Back on the Streets, and of course he had just rejoined Thin Lizzy. Great channel Fil
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Gary is THE MAN!
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Interesting string to break, especially at the beginning of the song where there isn't to much going on....don't think I have ever broken a low E string.
I'm a newcomer to Gary Moore but better late than never! His "Red House" performance is stunning!
GARY MOORE COZY POWELL N PHIL LYNOTT RIP 3 OF THE BEST
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Thanks for keeping Gary in the public eye! Have you seen the video where he uses a screwdriver as a slide? Live version of Like Angels, truly brilliant. And great vocals too.
Haha cool!
Gosh Dang Gary Moore is so damn cool! You can tell he was thinking of some ex when he gave the bird. lmao. I loved it. Man Gary is just Massively huge talent an a huge inspiration of mine. I love how animated he can be when he plays. Great video Fil!
Thanks Jeffrey! Yeah Moore was in that elite club of players that always deliver and have the ability to jam the hell out of anything!
Bang on Jeffrey was thinking exactly the same about the bird!
My favorite guitarist. Great songwriter as well.
Love your vids, & analysis!
In my formative years I had two major influences - Gary Moore and Mark Knopfler. I'm glad it was way back when
Yes Geezer! Love your channel and props to praising Gary Moore
Funnily enough, I came here from watching a performance of Phil Lynott (and some friends) on that same show, way back in 1980.
Among them was a guy that never gets talked about what a great musician (and harp player) he is, and his relationship with Phil is WAY undervalued. That's of course, Huey Lewis. 1980s pop demigod that made good with his band 'The News', with a considerable help from Phil.
Lewis was in a country-soft rock pop band 'Clover' (also in the lineup was John McFee from the Doobies, and in the early 70s, the human metronome itself: Jeff Porcaro), and they moved to London sometime in the mid 70s to cut some records and do some sessions.
Huey met Phil there, and Clover altogether toured with Lizzy (Lynyrd Skynyrd too) but got booed off the stage pretty much all the time.
Phil, being the great guy that he is, took Huey and taught him everything he knew about performing live, stage presence (to quote him: 'Move!') and even stuff like the music industry, or how to answer in interviews etc. You could see a lot of Lynott into Huey after a while.
On top of that, Phil let Huey play the harp on (probably) the greatest live album ever. 'Live And Dangerous'. He was the guy on 'Baby Drives Me Crazy' and even gets a shout-out from Phil.
Clover's days were numbered, the band disbanded in 1978, and Huey took it the hardest out of any other member (probably the only guy to cry). He moved back to Marin County with fellow Clover bandmember Sean Hopper (who is still an active member of 'The News'), and started playing weekly gigs at local club. The News' core eventually formed around 1979 and the rest is history.
To 'pay back' everything Phil did for him, Huey blew some amazing harp on both of Phil's solo albums (1980/82). They kept in touch, and hang out together occasionally.
When Phil decided to release a 3rd studio album in 1985, Huey & The News wanted to have a huge part on this project. Phil came over to Marin County CA, where he and HLN cut 3 brand new songs (among Lynott's finest works). Written by Phil, backed by The News, produced by Huey, these songs were some of Phil's last.
He passed away some months later, and suffice it to say, Huey was gut-wrenched. He was the first celebrity to dedicate an award to Phil (not even 'fellow countrymen' Bono and Geldof), the one for the best international group in '86.
He and The News play 'The Boys Are Back In Town' fairly often in concerts of theirs (and they cover it better than anyone if I'm honest).
To say Huey was thankful would be a underestimation. 'Till this day, he recognises Phil as the greatest rock performer ever, 'The Rocker'. And probably the greatest hard rock entertainer ever!
If it weren't for these react videos of yours, I'd never know how underrated all these guys are.. Thank you
Gary Moore was a genius. Just brilliant. 👌
Thin Lizzy's guitarists included Sykes, Robo, Eric, Snowy, Scott... and Gary - oh my !! So glad I was able to see them at least twice in Germany back in the day !!
Cant forget Midge
Totally agree, how I wish OGWT was still on TV.
Right at the 5:00 minute mark...that's a Peter Green lick Gary is pulling out of his musical hat. Like you, Gary had a major impact on my playing when I got into learning guitar. Was great to see his final gig with Thin Lizzy during the Black Rose tour on July 4th, 1979. He was such an amazing intense guitarist...with heart and soul beyond the heavens. Great vocalist as well (good point). As always...stellar video. Cheers.
Gary was a fellow Ulster man ... incredible musician... greatly missed.
Definitely.
Fortunate to see Gary Moore live 5 times.
Victims of the Future tour.
Run For Cover tour x 2.
After the War tour.
Still Got the Blues tour.
All Brilliant Concerts.
R.I.P Gary.
Awesome!
Never heard that version of DBAW, nice find, cheers!, The Old Grey Whistle Test is probably one of the finest curations of rock music from that period, with so many guitar heroes live shows still available for the perusal of fans new and old, great stuff!
Yeah it was such a cool show, what it's all about!
They got the date wrong, that performance was from 1979 when Gary was touring to support his "Back on the street" album.
Note also Scott's Boss pedals, they came out in 1978 also dating the performance past 1978.
Awesome! I love both. Hate to compare one player against another. It depends on genre, sound, venue, singer. Respect so many, how could decide. Applause to all. Love raw music🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
this is the advantage a fixed bridge has over a tremolo, you won't go out of tune if you snap a string
Yeah it's quite a huge advantage!
Thank you friend, greetings from Florida !!!
You are emotional about this performance. I can see why. Two very talented musicians that left a mark on your heart!
Gary and Phil, two great musicians for sure!
Both super cool!
Simply the best!
1999 Fairfield Halls Croydon. I watched Gary play 2 full songs after breaking both b and e strings. You'd never have known anything was wrong! Amazing - where most would have called for a spare guitar after losing just one. My friend I was with was at the Isle of Wight in 1970 and watched Hendrix. On walking out from the Fairfield Halls he turned to me and said 'That was like being in the presence of God'. Great memories.....!
Great band and great song.
My all time favorite musician!!! Nobody could touch this guy! When you're looking for other Gary Moore performances to review check out Gary and BB King playing The Thrill Is Gone. You're probably aware of it but it is unbelievable!!!
If you're going to break a string before a solo, it's the right one to break (not to dis Gary at all, who is always a wonderful player).
I saw Jim Mullen playing once at a gig in Hastings where, as a member of the audience, I was embarrassed because so few people turned up. He was a bit despondent and probably felt insulted, and his playing was lacklustre until he broke a string. Can't remember but I think it was a b or a g string because he had to think around it, and his playing improved massively as he became interested.
He was very impressive when he was tuned on.
Coolest frontmen yea!a great story teller,puting action and meaning into words
Yes, im so glad i got to see Gary in oxford 2007,he sold a great t-shirt also,and was very funny conversing with the audience,also the support band from the states was awsome,blues band forgotten his name his daughter played with him,and they both chatted and signed autographs afterwards.
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Otis Taylor, Gary played on his album.
David Edwards otis taylor yes! thanks.
Gary Moore was in a Irish band called Skid Row with Brush Shields in the sixties. Phil Lynott was also in the band for a while but was thrown out by Brush because he said Phil's bass playing wasn't up to scratch! He jokes about this whenever he talks about Thin Lizzy. There is a video of Skid Row with Gary on you tube playing a song called Unco- op Showband Blues.
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This is my favorite review from you
Gary Moore's guitar can bring tears to your eyes in "Still Got The Blues"
Phil commanded the stage. Must have been incredible in person.
Gray Moore was a Awsome Guitarist. RIP Gary Moore.
Saw them live so many times back in the day gary moore scott gorham and brian robertson all awesome guitarists
That's very cool!
This is one of the best live performances ever recorded
Yeah it was just pure playing!
Better than breaking a high E string if you're soloing. Damn these guys can jam
Yeah the low E is normally a spectator to solo's!
wingsofpegasus I worked on a Rolling Stones Tour in '89 (constructing their stage) and marvelled at what Keith could do with his well-worn '52 Telecaster (Macawber) with no low E string (I think he had it tuned to an open G - does that sound right?) He had Ron Wood on a Strat filling in the lower notes of course. But he really impressed with his style and phrasing. Simple, but really powerful. Cool factor for days. Never broke a string either.
E R Yeah open G tuning is pretty standard! Must have been cool to watch!
wingsofpegasus Watching them jump straight into the chorus of Tumbling Dice during sound check always blew me away; the Stones, Uptown Horns, Chuck Leavall on keys, backup singers....all playing from a dead stop. (Watching Axl Rose fall off the front of the stage in LA when GNR opened for them was memorable too - but in a different way :)
Gary Morre is still around... I wish there had been no such tension built up between him and Phil because they created suck rockworthy songs all of the time... As a person who jumps back and forth between guitar and base, it is great to see the right balance... Especially when someone breaks a string, and the show must go on...
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I keep hoping someday someone will review Gary Moore doing over the hills and far away from Montreux 2010 a truly fine piece of music and it has a bonus of Neil Carter
Not to mention the low E has the most tension on it.....can lead to other strings going off.....Love Ur videos man. Cheers
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You know Taj Farrant is a huge Gary Moore fan. He was playing Parisienne Walkways not long ago and he had his string break. He kept going and was impressive as he always is playing it.
Of all the strings to break, the Low E is the one you want. Not only does it look cool because everyone can see it hanging, it also doesn't effect your leads as much. Now, I have had my D string break once and I kept playing which made doing leads a bit more difficult and the G String wasn't fun when it broke. Anyway, I loved this version of Don't Believe a Word, and Scott Gorham should be recognized as well. I was stoked I got to see him open for Judas Priest a couple weeks ago. RIP Gary, Phil & Cozy
Yeah the G is an awkward one!
Saw this when it was shown. Watched it on Saturday night, and it was repeated on Sunday afternoon. The video incorrectly states this as 1976; it was 1979 and was a performance shortly after the release of Back on the Streets. The E string went in the previous song which was the title track. I think he was using an echoplex at this point in his career. This version was a cross between the VERY early version of this song that Gary repeated later in his career, which was a slow version followed by the faster Thin Lizzy single version, and the fast bit of Black Magic Woman. BTW why didn’t you identify Later with Jools Holland as a modern ‘turn up and play’ programme?
Yeah I could have done, it's a more professional set up though sometimes with backing singers and a whole load of players thickening the sound who aren't really part of 'the band'. It's all live of course, but I'm just a big fan of no frills set up, plug in, rough and ready playing! Not to say I'd turn down Jools though, he's another legend!
@@wingsofpegasus Right on. TOGWT was fantastic, intimate and groundbreaking. Something went wrong among the suits when they let that one through.
Gary Moore. Incredible.
Just like Tanya Harding's broken skate lace, except Gary totally maintained and the song still killed! (Yeah, I'm old.....🤘).
I've dug this vid for over 5 years now. Who the heck breaks a low E??? Gary didn't care.While i appreciate this, the stops are troublesome. Its cool. You brought this vid back to life.
I know a low E break is rare! Thanks!
Gary played two tracks that night. Back on the streets was first. He broke the string during that song. The video is also on CZcams.
I have seen Buddy Guy several times. Once in about '86 I saw him play the Commador Ballroom in Vancouver Canada. He broke at least 10 high E strings that night (I counted 11 but I was drinking so we'll call it 10) Anyway, the number isn't what I'm here to talk about, what I am here to say is that Buddy replaced the string Everytime within 12 bars. It was fucking amazing. My buddy took a broken string home.
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@@wingsofpegasus You want to know what was cool. I managed to have Danny Gatton sign my jacket, as did BB when I met him. Now for the "uncool" my mom and dad threw both jackets away when they moved, but I did get to play the guitar seen on the cover of Crusin Deuces. I was very good at getting backstage. Liquor and ignorance will get you places. Unfortunately it doesn't help you once your there!
@@kevdean9967 I bring 420 smoke when I go backstage. That sometimes works.
The last section of the song is the one I'm most familiar with as he does the sped up version in a 3pce concert and Def Leppard covered that version too.
Not ThinLizzy by the way. This is off Gary’s solo album “Back on the Streets” Phil and Scott are there, but so is Cozy Powell and Don Airey on keys.
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legend amazing guitarist
I enjoyed your analysis . I was just about to write that I had the fast version and then it just exploded :)
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Definitely one of the greatest blues guitarists of all-time; right up there with SRV and Hendrix. If only he could find a way to continue playing his broken life, and facing his inner demons, without drinking his way to an early grave. Then again, the Irish have elevated the tragic existence into an art form; so, perhaps he couldn’t help himself. But seriously, I can’t help but to think that he always felt rather under-appreciated as a guitarist. His music brought incredible joy to the world, and helped a lot of us cope with our own blues.
He'd been a binge drinking alcoholic for years,in that time no doubt he would have suffered bouts of pancreatitis and been warned by doctors in hospital if he continued drinking even at a fraction of what he'd been drinking he would either be an invalid or dead.Usually
most people wake up to themselves when they hear that from doctors.Sadly Gary appeared to ignore doctors advice and continue
drinking at insane levels.A great guitarist sadly enslaved to alcohol , his demons obvious mental health issues probably psychotic paranoia and manic depression was what triggered the final binge the end,.A very very sad looking man on stage,
Being the lead guitar god that he was, it's no surprise he was able to pull this off. Of course, things would have been entirely different had it been the high E string - and, more crucially, his Les Paul didn't have a trem.
hes playing greenies guitar too. now owned by kirk hammet
Love Gary! Imagine this would happen to a free floating tremsystem. :) Thanks and greetz
good lord he was godly
I JUST FOUND GARY ABOUT A YEAR AGO AN GLAD I DID
Amen dude!
Vj and M. Law saw philo n Gary do it with our own eyes,good ole days 🤘🏾
The Old Grey Whistle Test and the Midnight Special 😁
This a dr Jeckill and Mr Hide song. Goed two ways. One of my favourite Lizzy songs. GAry (and Philo) were great muscisians. Thx for the reacion Fil.