My Beat Club - Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar on MUZU . Phil Lynott the Irish Leg is our second featured haircut today. A lovely perm he was sporting back in 1973 while he performs Whiskey in a Jar with his Band Thin Lizzy on My Beat Club for Studio Hamburg

This Thin Lizzy classic always puts me in a good mood. You have to love Phil Lynott's smooth, soulful voice. "I never thought you'd go, till you did, believe me." Thin Lizzy - Running Back
There's a facebook campaign just set up to help Jape's superb next single 'Phil Lynott' get to Nollaig #1. I'd love to see it happen myself. What do you think? Listen to the tune.. "Even though he was tough, you could tell he was kind / and when he took the stage he owned it / and there right in sky was his half opened eye / he's still winking at girls in the front row." [...]

Hubo bandas en la historia del rock que fueron cantera de músicos que marcaron una época. Uno de los casos más significativos fue el de The Yardbirds , la banda británica que tuvo entre sus diversas formaciones a tres de los más grandes guitarristas de todos los tiempos, Eric Clapton , Jeff Beck y Jimmy Page . El caso que hoy me anima a escribir estas líneas es el de la [...]
As promised, Thin Lizzy - Philo In Philadelphia - Live October 1977 at the Tower Theatre Note from seeder: "This a live Show from October 26th 1977. Some songs were "polished up" and used for the famous Live and Dangerous CD. The sound is great, it is a soundboard recording. The versions of Dancing In The Moonlight or Warrior are awesome. There are also songs like Johnny which was rarely played. Great songs, great audience talk from Phil Lynott. The show with the best sound. I have a lot of recordings, this is the best! Better than [...]

Un sito specializzato sugli eventi musicali nella storia ha proposto un sondaggio tra i propri visitatori: "chi vorreste riportare in vita per un concerto?". Niente zombie o robe simili, ovviamente: la domanda riguardava il concerto che vorremmo tanto vedere ma che non è più possibile. Sarà anche merito del successo della recente reunion dei Led Zeppelin , fatto sta che al primo posto è risultato (un po' a sorpresa) John "Bonzo" Bonham , storico batterista dei Led scomparso proprio 28 anni fa. La classifica completa la trovate dopo il salto. Qui sotto invece riportiamo la [...]

Twenty years ago (or 21 years this coming January), at the age of 36, Phil Lynott overdosed on heroin. Lynott was born in England to parents who split up three weeks after his birth. While he was raised in Ireland by his grandmother, his mother frequently visited him as he grew up, and it was Philomena Lynott who discovered her sick son (and learned of his addictions to heroin and alcohol) over the Christmas holiday in 1986. He was taken to a hospital, where he died less than two weeks later of kidney, liver [...]