RIP John Sykes

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John Sykes was one of my first guitar heroes. His sound was so different to others and instantly recognised by Rock fans. Most people don’t even realise that the Tygers of Pan Tang albums with John Sykes are some of the greatest albums of the 80’s.
 
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Wow, that's awesome. Jealous. That Reading show is amazing.
yes, the Reading show is fantastic,,shame that it was never filmed, as far as i know it wasn't,,but a CD was released....Also on that farewell tour in 1983 Lizzy did 4 nights on the bounce at London's Hammersmith Odeon and one of those 4 nights was when all the former Lizzy guitarists performed, would love it if that had been filmed too...I think they missed a trick there not having those filmed and put out on video..
 
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https://www.depop.com/products/rckrrolr-vintage-reading-rock-1983-festival/

this pic is the original 1983 Reading Rock Festival T-shirt..On the front of the shirt is Ian Gillan in an arm wrestling contest with Phil Lynott...Black Sabbath headlined on the Saturday night ( Gillan was Sabbath's vocalist then ) and Thin Lizzy headlined the final night, the Sunday...it's safe to say that Lynott won that contest hands down, Lizzy were SUPERB.
 
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https://www.depop.com/products/rckrrolr-vintage-reading-rock-1983-festival/

this pic is the original 1983 Reading Rock Festival T-shirt..On the front of the shirt is Ian Gillan in an arm wrestling contest with Phil Lynott...Black Sabbath headlined on the Saturday night ( Gillan was Sabbath's vocalist then ) and Thin Lizzy headlined the final night, the Sunday...it's safe to say that Lynott won that contest hands down, Lizzy were SUPERB.
WOW!! That's a wild shirt.


https://www.depop.com/products/rckrrolr-vintage-reading-rock-1983-festival/

this pic is the original 1983 Reading Rock Festival T-shirt..On the front of the shirt is Ian Gillan in an arm wrestling contest with Phil Lynott...Black Sabbath headlined on the Saturday night ( Gillan was Sabbath's vocalist then ) and Thin Lizzy headlined the final night, the Sunday...it's safe to say that Lynott won that contest hands down, Lizzy were SUPERB.
That Reading CD is awesome.
I also love the Life Live album, where that performance shows up.
 

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Thin Lizzy - Emerald...recorded at Reading Festival '83...Superb, Gorham and Sykes trading blows and then John rips into a spellbinding solo....This pic is the cover of the CD i have of Lizzys performance at Reading, but why they chose to have a pic of Lizzy with Snowy baffled me.
 
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WOW!! That's a wild shirt.



That Reading CD is awesome.
I also love the Life Live album, where that performance shows up.
yes, its side 4 of the Life Live album which is the night that all the old guitarists show up.
 
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i was lucky enough to have seen Lizzy 5 times but unfortunately i never saw the classic line up when Robbo was in the band, it was just a tad before my time...i would loved to have seen them with Robbo....i saw Lizzy 4 times in Liverpool and the Reading Festival appearance...first time i saw them was the year after Robbo left, it was at Liverpool Empire with Gary Moore in the band, it was the last night of the '79 UK Black Rose tour ( one of the best gigs i have ever been to ) later that year when Lizzy were over in the States on their US Black Rose tour Gary walked out halfway through the tour..the following year 1980 again at Liverpool Empire i saw them on the Chinatown tour with Snowy White now in the band, that was an excellent gig., then the year after that, again at Liverpool Empire, and still with Snowy, i saw them on the 1981 Renegade tour but they had lost some of their fire by then, Snowy was getting well n truly tired of Lynotts and Gorhams partying and drug taking...Snowy quit Lizzy for the exact same reasons that Gary Moore did.. and then John Sykes came in for the Thunder and Lightning album and farewell tour, saw them in Liverpool again in early '83 with John but it wasn't the Empire this time, it was the Liverpool Royal Court theatre close by, Sykes gave Lizzy a much deserved kick up the backside...and then my 5th and final time was later in August '83 at Reading Festival...great memories..they were a fantastic band but those goddamn drugs ruined them.
 
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On the night of the 1981 Renegade tour in Liverpool the support act were a Northern Irish band 'Sweet Savage' with a very youthful Vivian Campbell on guitar..Sweet Savage had emerged out of that NWOBHM ( New Wave of British Heavy Metal. )
 
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