Mitchel Monster sings “THIN LIZZY” live in Dudley
Mar 9, 2011 Rock Bands
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. The band was originally led by bassist, songwriter and singer Phil Lynott. They are best known for their songs “Whiskey in the Jar”, “Jailbreak”, “The Boys Are Back in Town” and “Bad Reputation”, all major international hits still played regularly on hard rock and classic rock radio stations. Critic for allmusic.com John Dugan has written that “As the band’s creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition.” Van Morrison was a major influence as revealed in an interview with Phil Lynott in the movie Thin Lizzy the Rocker: A Portrait of Phillip Lynott. American groups Little Feat and Bob Seger also influenced Lizzy. Their music covered much territory (including hints of country and traditional folk music), but is generally classified as traditional hard rock or heavy metal. Though others had earlier used similar techniques, Thin Lizzy is widely recognised as one of the first hard rock bands to employ double lead guitar harmony (the twin guitar clash) – a technique pioneered by Wishbone Ash in the UK, whilst independently in the USA by Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers Band. This style was later refined and popularised by bands of the emerging New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Judas …
Thin Lizzy Cowboy Song The Boys Are Back Live 78 w. Moore
Mar 28, 2010 Classic Rock
Thin Lizzy Live 78 CD HQ Sound – 2 Songs w. Gary Moore. Perfect songs, cowboy song and The Boys Are Back… I dubbed the CD sound from the GREATEST HITS CD above the picture… et voila, better than the horrible vhs or dvd you can get. I hope we will soon get the full show in perfect quality, I only need the sound, the dubbing is no problem…