40 years on Remembering Philip Parris Lynott

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Exactly 40 years ago now since Phil left us....4th Jan 1986 being the day that he passed...He was superb was Phil, he was The Rocker, great frontman in a brilliant band that influenced so many....Fondly remembered...Long live Lizzy!

 

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Thin Lizzy - Eire......he was such a proud Irishman..

 

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Phil Lynott with Mark Knopfler - King's Call.....Phil wrote this excellent tune in tribute to one of his hero's Elvis Presley....quite a fitting tribute to Phil too...

 

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The classic Lizzy line-up of Lynott, Downey, Gorham and Robertson...Lizzy Lizzy Lizzy!

 

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Thin Lizzy - The Rocker....brilliant lyrics from Phil, and Eric Bell's guitar solo is MINDBLOWING...one of the greatest ever 70's hard rock guitar solo's for me.

 

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Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak....on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in 1978...Gary Moore in the band here after the departure of Robbo...and Mark Nauseef on drums, Lizzy drummer Brian Downey took a few months off coz of exhaustion and Nauseef filled in for him on Lizzy's tour down under.

 

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Thin Lizzy - Ballad of a Hard Man....a real gem of a Lizzy tune...this is what the band were all about for me, that hard drivin', hard pumping rock..Phil blasting out the vocals and with the brilliant Robbo on guitar, wailing like a complete maniac in the second part of the song, SUPERB!

 

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Lizzy on their Opium Trail - live in Toronto 1977...this track really should have made it on to their Live and Dangerous album, cannot believe that they omitted it.

 

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Phil and his gentle side.

 

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Went to Ireland in 2017..