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Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011), was a Northern Irish musician, most widely recognised as a singer and guitarist.
In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teens, leading him to memberships with the Irish bands Skid Row and Thin Lizzy on three separate occasions.
Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock musicians as B.B. King, Albert King, Colosseum II, George Harrison, and Greg Lake, as well as having a successful solo career.
His early musical influences were artists such as Albert King, Elvis Presley, The Shadows and The Beatles. Later, having seen Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in his home town of Belfast, his own style was developing into a blues-rock sound that would be the dominant form of his career in music.
Moore's greatest influence in the early days was guitarist Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac who was a mentor to Moore when performing in Dublin.
Green's continued influence on Moore was later repaid as a tribute to Green on his 1995 album Blues for Greeny, an album consisting entirely of Green compositions.
On this tribute album, Moore played Green's 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar which Green had lent to Moore after leaving Fleetwood Mac.
Moore ultimately purchased the guitar, at Green's request, so that "it would have a good home".
Moore released his first solo album in 1973, Grinding Stone (billed as "the Gary Moore Band").
Moore died of a heart attack at the age of 58, during the early hours of February 6th, 2011.
Discography:
Tributes:
But there is one of the Live Albums that is a good one, a really good one from Gary (had a tip from a huge Gary Fan) which is the Live in Stockholm 1987.
What is you favourite?
Gary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011), was a Northern Irish musician, most widely recognised as a singer and guitarist.
In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teens, leading him to memberships with the Irish bands Skid Row and Thin Lizzy on three separate occasions.
Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock musicians as B.B. King, Albert King, Colosseum II, George Harrison, and Greg Lake, as well as having a successful solo career.
His early musical influences were artists such as Albert King, Elvis Presley, The Shadows and The Beatles. Later, having seen Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in his home town of Belfast, his own style was developing into a blues-rock sound that would be the dominant form of his career in music.
Moore's greatest influence in the early days was guitarist Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac who was a mentor to Moore when performing in Dublin.
Green's continued influence on Moore was later repaid as a tribute to Green on his 1995 album Blues for Greeny, an album consisting entirely of Green compositions.
On this tribute album, Moore played Green's 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar which Green had lent to Moore after leaving Fleetwood Mac.
Moore ultimately purchased the guitar, at Green's request, so that "it would have a good home".
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| Les Paul Standard (1959) of Green |
Moore released his first solo album in 1973, Grinding Stone (billed as "the Gary Moore Band").
Moore died of a heart attack at the age of 58, during the early hours of February 6th, 2011.
Discography:
- Grinding Stone (1973)
- Back on the Streets (1978)
- G-Force (1980)
- Corridors of Power (1982)
- Dirty Fingers (1983)
- Victims of the Future (1983)
- Run for Cover (1985)
- Wild Frontier (1987)
- After the War (1989)
- Still Got the Blues (1990)
- After Hours (1992)
- Blues Alive (Live Album ) (1993)
- Blues for Greeny (1995)
- Dark Days in Paradise (1997)
- A Different Beat (1999)
- Back to the Blues (2001)
- Scars (2002)
- Power of the Blues (2004)
- Old New Ballads Blues (2006)
- Close as You Get (2007)
- Bad for You Baby (2008)
Tributes:
- Give us Moore! – Gary Moore Tribute (Lion Music 2004)
But there is one of the Live Albums that is a good one, a really good one from Gary (had a tip from a huge Gary Fan) which is the Live in Stockholm 1987.
Here are some of the songs to enjoy loudly:
Over the Hills and Far Away
The Loner - probably the best!
Parisian Walkways
Empty Rooms
What is you favourite?
Thanks for the Tip David! :)
Maybe "the loner" and "empty rooms" :)
ReplyDeleteI love all of them that i putted here. But he has loads of good songs. This are just some (and the ones i like best). ;)
DeleteBad boy face...lol
ReplyDeleteHere i have to say: all guitar players have a "face" when they play with the soul... I used to have some. The concentration and the feeling of what you're playing, it's inevitable to make a "face". :)
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