Tin Lynott
For those of you who grew up in Ireland, Thin Lizzy led by Phil Lynott, were the greatest rock band of all time. For everyone else they were the band that made the summer of '76 memorable with their radio hits "Jailbreak" & "Boys are Back In Town". Although many may think of Thin Lizzy as a hard rock band, Critic John Dugan writes 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, and virtually all of the Irish Literary tradition. Van Morrison was a major influence, as well as American groups Little Feat, Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen. Their music covered much territory including hints of country and traditional folk music."
Though others had earlier used similar techniques, Thin Lizzy is widely recognised as one of the first rock bands to employ double lead guitar harmony (the twin guitar clash) - a technique pioneered by Wishbone Ash in the U.K., whilst independently in theUSA by Lynyrd Skynyrd & The Allman Brothers Band. This style was later refined and popularised by bands of the emerging New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Judas Priest & Iron Maiden especially. The latter group in particular has praised Thin Lizzy extensively and even covered the song "Massacre" from Lizzy's popular Live & Dangerous album.
Come celebrate Ireland's greatest rock band & their leader, Phillip Lynott. Tin Lynott digs deep into the catalogue playing tunes from every record from the band's 1971 debut to Phil's solo pop releases of the '80's. Hear why " IN PHIL WE TRUST"
Hey, Ray. You guys sounded great (as usual) the other night. "Toughest Street In Town" would be awesome. Phil's vocal at the end is probably pretty hard but would probably also be fun to sing. Is "Got To Give It Up" on that album? That's another rocker and probably their saddest song.
Great show last week, your version of "Wild One" is quite sweet. See you again this Monday. It would be crazy for Tin Lynott to play anything but T.L., but.. if you were to, perhaps this song by Ween might capture the spirit!
Just a last minute reminder that we're playing tonight (Thursday) at Quenchers. Our friends Doc Ellis from St. Louis are opening. Come out for free music and more kinds of beer than you could possibly imagine.
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Have you seen the German Rockpalast show from '81 featuring Snowy White? You can tell Phil's a little out of it by then, but they're still scary-good. If you haven't, I'll burn a copy and bring it to Martyr's some Thursday.
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