Phil Lynott lived part of his life in Kew, and twice when I live in a near by area I managed to see Phil, shouted 'Phil!', waved and that was it.
On Friday, March 11th, 1983 I managed to see Thin Lizzy play live at the Hammersmith Odeon, during the 'Thunder and Lightning Tour'. Before the gig me and a pal stood outside Hammersmith whilst the band did a sound check and where freezing but lapped up hearing the band play.
When we got into the Odeon we stood right at the front of the stage and waited for Lizzy. When they came on it was electric and I stood and screamed out every single song. During the gig Scott Gorham threw me his guitar pic (since lost) and so did Phil (also since lost - yes I know how could I lose it). At the end of the gig each memeber of the band shock my hand and I was in Lizzy heaven.
After the gig was over and in the ear ringing bliss, that is after-gig heavey metal hum, I realized I had almost lost my voice as I was singing that loud but my god it was worth it.
I later travelled to Dublin, Ireland and searched out the old Thin Lizzy areas, know to the fans and eventually went to Sutton to pay my respects at Philips resting place, where I placed a small peom and some flowers.
I was later contacted twice by Philomena Lynott and she wrote to me with some very kind words.
What I am going to do is add some old footage from You Tube of some of the best of Thin Lizzy and I hope you enjoy them....Are You Ready!!!
Thin Lizzy Videos
Phil Lynott - Outlawed
Thin Lizzy were formed in Dublin in 1970 and moved to London in March 1971 to sign to Decca Records. The original line-up of Phil Lynott (bass), Eric Bell (guitar) and Brian Downey (drums) recorded three seminal albums for Decca and broke into the UK singles chart with their take on the traditional Irish song 'Whiskey In the Jar' in January 1973. By 1974 they signed to Vertigo and the rest, as they say, is history.
Their first 3 albums - Digitally Remastered with extra tracks...
