I'm not a lover of hard rock; give me the soulful blues, which is what Gary Moore does best!
If you know his music, it would be no surprise that this Irish musician from Belfast, Northern Ireland, was voted the greatest guitarist of all time and regarded as one of the great Irish blues musicians.
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The 60s - Skid Row
Gary played in various bands, starting in the late 60s with the band Skid Row, and later went on to play with Thin Lizzy.
A bar fight in the mid-70s scarred Gary’s face. Two men were said to be making lewd comments about his girlfriend, and when Gary confronted them, one broke a bottle and slashed his face.
The scarring had a profound effect on him, so he always tried to hide it by looking down, or turning his face when on stage and in photographs and videos. The ramifications of this incident followed him for the rest of his life. At times, the anger at what happened came out in his guitar playing.
The late 70s - Going Solo
Gary played in various bands and began his solo career in the late 70s when he had an unexpected hit with what also became his signature song - Parisienne Walkways. Gary performed it at the Royal Albert Hall in 1992 and the album Blues Alive was released the following year.
I wanted to share that concert performance with you, but the video quality is not good at all so here he is performing at 'Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival' in Switzerland 2010.
The 80s - Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
Gary collaborated with various artists during his musical career and started playing hard rock and heavy metal during this era!
The 90s - Return to the Blues
He wrote the song Still Got the Blues in 1990, a return to playing the blues. The album became one of his most successful. This song remains my absolute favourite guitar piece of all time!
Interesting to learn that Gary was left-handed, but learnt to play the guitar right-handed.
Gary never really made it in the States, but had success in the UK and Europe. This 1997 performance is performed at yet another 'Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival' in Switzerland.
Gary Moore and friends perform the classic Whiskey in the Jar at the 2005 concert One Night in Dublin: a Tribute to Phil lynott, bassist, lead singer, composer, and frontman for Thin Lizzy. The Northern Irish rock and blues musician Eric Bell, founder of Thin Lizzy, joins him in this performance.
This song is said to be one of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs. The American band Metallica won a Grammy for this song as the best Hard Rock Performance.
Gary sadly died of a heart attack in his sleep at the age of 58, while holidaying with his girlfriend in Spain in 2011.
Three Tunes Tuesday
#ttt or #threetunestuesday was started by @ablaze, who is Counting Crows for Three Tune Tuesday - Week 194 - win 5 HBI. If you're a music lover, take a peek at that, and share your three tunes with us.
Bonus feature - Jack Moore
His son, Jack also an accomplished guitar player, apparently played Danny Boy at his funeral, but I could not find the recording.
Here he is playing a tribute with Danny Young, using his father's guitar.
The legacy of Gary Moore lives on in his son, bringing music to a new generation!
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