Phil Lynott RIP - 26 years already

[Basvarken]

I don't really have a bass hero  
Except for one maybe: Phil Lynott.
No flashy skills, no bass solo's.
But tons of charisma
and a tight (and swinging) rhythm section together with Downey,
plus he was a killer songwriter.

Today it's 26 years ago he died.
RIP Phil

[FlatEric]

My Hero too!!

The sad thing is, he must have had so much more to give.

Such a shame.

As a band, we do about 10 Lizzy numbers - love playing them - audience loves them too.

Result.

Will be running through a few tomorrow.

Cheers.

[hieronymous]

Hard to believe it's been that long. Been listening to Johnny the Fox the past couple of months - will listen again (LOUD!) on my way home today.

[chromium]

I had an unlikely Lynott encounter not long ago...



Hadn't heard that before, and the sci-fi geek in me was pleased (some great playing by Herbie Flowers on there too)

I'd love it if the band I play with covered some Lizzy.  I vote replacing all the Van Morrison with TL... stat!

[Barklessdog]

My recent run in

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[Basvarken]

The day after the 26th anniversary of his death this hit the news:

http://www.nme.com/news/thin-lizzy/61238


A collection of almost 700 unreleased songs by 1970s rockers Thin Lizzy has recently been unearthed.

The songs were on 150 tapes which were given by the band's former frontman Phil Lynott to a friend before he passed away at the age of 36 in 1986.
The tapes have now been passed on to Universal Music reports Music News, and there are now plans to release some of them in a box set.
As well as previously unreleased songs, the tapes also contain alternative versions of classic Thin Lizzy tracks. The songs span the band's formation in 1971 until the release of 'Renegade' in 1981.
Scott Gorham and Brian Downey of Thin Lizzy will be choosing which songs will appear on the eventual release and will also make a decision on the artwork.



Should be interesting!
Sure hope it's not a bunch of demotapes that fans like me have already heard numerous times...

[uwe]

The Baby Face stuff too? Colin Hart, decade-long DP and Rainbow road manager, states in his newish biograpgy that at least three to five tracks did get fully done - he heard the final mixes as he took Blackmore and Paice to the sessions with Lynott who he also knew well - and that quality was state of the art (for early seventies), not at all throwaway tracks as has often been said.

I tend to jam to this here:



It's my favorite Lizzy song even though it came from an unhappy time for them.

[hieronymous]

Thank you for posting that link Uwe - my own history with Thin Lizzy is kind of backwards - "Thunder and Lightning" was my first and only TL album for a long time (I might have had a live one but I don't think I liked it much). I bought it in high school - around 9th grade maybe? - right around when it came out. I didn't get into the earlier stuff until much much later, well past my formative years. I loved the title track and "Cold Sweat" but can't remember the rest, but hearing "The Sun Goes Down" I remember it now - I think I will track down the album for old times' sake...

[Basvarken]

The Baby Face stuff too? Colin Hart, decade-long DP and Rainbow road manager, states in his newish biograpgy that at least three to five tracks did get fully done - he heard the final mixes as he took Blackmore and Paice to the sessions with Lynott who he also knew well - and that quality was state of the art (for early seventies), not at all throwaway tracks as has often been said.

Yeah that would be awesome of the Baby Face recordings finally emerged!

The Sun Goes Down is a deep meaningful song as Phil announces it.

Got To Give It Up is another great song that is about his demons: