In 2012, Gorham and Downey decided against recording new material as Thin Lizzy so a new band, Black Star Riders, was formed to tour and produce new releases such as their debut album All Hell Breaks Loose. Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger and the pioneering twin lead guitars found in Wishbone Ash. Rolling Stone magazine describes the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack".Īll Music critic John Dougan has written that "As the band's creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition." Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal. Thin Lizzy featured several guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar.Īs well as being multiracial, the band drew their early members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities during The Troubles.
Lynott, Thin Lizzy's de facto leader, was composer or co-composer of almost all of the band's songs, and the first black Irishman to achieve commercial success in the field of rock music. Gorham later continued with a new line-up including Downey. After Lynott's death in 1986, various incarnations of the band emerged over the years based initially around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes, though Sykes left the band in 2009. The singles "Whiskey in the Jar" (a traditional Irish ballad), "The Boys Are Back in Town" and "Waiting for an Alibi" were international hits. Lynott led the group throughout their recording career of twelve studio albums, writing most of the material. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist and lead vocalist Phil Lynott, met while still in school. Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1969. Me I like sleepin specially in my mollys chamberīut here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain yeah Whiskey In The Jar Chord/Lyrics/Chorus Now some men like the fishin and some men like the fowlinĪnd some men like ta hear a cannon ball a roarin Theres whiskey in the jar-o Whiskey In The Jar Chord/Lyrics/Verse 4 I jumped up, fired off my pistols and I shot him with both barrels Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics/Chorus Takin my money with me and I never knew the dangerįor about six or maybe seven in walked captain farrell Theres whiskey in the jar-o Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics/Verse 3īeing drunk and weary I went to mollys chamber She swore that shed love me, never would she leave meīut the devil take that woman for you know she tricked me easy I took all of his money and I brought it home to molly I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny Theres whiskey in the jar-o Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics/Verse 2
I said stand and deliver or the devil he may take ya Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics/Chorus I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier I saw captain farrell and his money he was countin As I was goin over the cork and kerry mountains
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