Gary Moore, the multitalented guitarist whose periodic membership of Thin Lizzy and solo career spanning blues, hard rock and ballads brought him chart success and the admiration of his musical peers, has died aged 58.
Moore, originally from Belfast, was found dead in a hotel room on the Costa del Sol early today.
First drafted into Thin Lizzy by its frontman, Phil Lynott, in 1973, Moore had a number of stints with the Dublin group and subsequently as a blues rock guitarist embraced a range of genres.
Eric Bell, whose departure from Thin Lizzy led to Moore being brought into the band, said: "He was so robust, he wasn't a rock casualty, he was a healthy guy."
Moore was described as a "genius" by Niall Stokes, the editor of Irish music magazine Hot Press, who said that he had something "special" about him even as a teenage musician.
Hugely influenced by having seen Jimi Hendrix in Belfast, the 16-year-old Moore moved from the city to Dublin in 1969 to join Skid Row, then a four piece whose line-up featured Lynott as lead vocalist, and went on to share vocals with Brush Shiels after Lynott was dropped.
Recruited to Thin Lizzy in 1973 by Lynott - with whom he was said to share an intensely competitive relationship - Moore initially played with the group for a few months but returned four years later and went on to play on the band's Black Rose album, released in 1979.
"Playing with Gary during the Black Rose era was a great experience, he was a great player and a great guy," said the former Thin Lizzy guitarist, Scott Gorham, last night.
In the same year, Moore and Lynott enjoyed success with Parisienne Walkways, which reached the UK top 10 in 1979. The two would later combined for the single Out in the Fields in 1985, the year before Lynott died.
Moore, who released 20 solo studio albums, had returned to his blues roots in recent years and played in 2006 with former bandmates from Thin Lizzy, who were due to dedicate a performance in Vienna tonight to his memory. Brian Downey, a founding member of Thin Lizzy, said: "I am in total shock. He will always be in my thoughts and prayers and I just can't believe he is gone.
"I have known Gary since 1967 when he was in [the band] Platform Three and he's been an amazing friend ever since. It was a pleasure to play with Gary again in 2006 after his days with Lizzy."
POWER OF THE BLUES
01.Power of the Blues 2:30
02.There's a Hole 5:38
03.Tell Me Woman 2:53
04.I Can't Quit You Baby 5:48
05.That's Why I Play the Blues 4:05
06.Evil 2:42
07.Get Away Blues 3:42
08.Memory Pain 4:52
09.Can't Find My Baby 3:34
10.Torn Inside 5:37
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A DIFFERENT BEAT
01 - Go On Home
02 - Lost In Your Love
03 - Worry No More
04 - Fire
05 - Surrender
06 - House Full Of Blues
07 - Bring My Baby Back
08 - Can't Help Myself
09 - Fatboy
10 - We Want Love
11 - Can't Help Myself (E-Z Rollers Remix)
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AFTER HOURS
01. Cold Day In Hell
02. Don't You Lie To Me (I Get Evil)
03. Story Of The Blues
04. Since I Met You Baby
05. Seperate Ways
06. Only Fool In Town
07. Key To Love
08. Jumpin' At Shadows
09. The Blues Is Alright
10. The Hurt Inside
11. Nothing's The Same
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AFTER THE WAR
01 "Dunluce (Part 1)"
02 "After The War"
03 "Speak For Yourself"
04 "Livin' On Dreams"
05 "Led Clones"
06 "The Messiah Will Come Again"
07 "Running From The Storm"
08 "This Thing Called Love"
09 "Ready For Love"
10 "Blood Of Emeralds"
11 "Dunluce (Part 2)"
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BACK ON THE STREETS
01. Enough Of The Blues
02. You Upset Me Baby
03. Cold Black Night
04. Stormy Monday
05. Ain't Got You
06. Picture Of The Moon
07. Looking Back
08. Prophet
09. How Many Lies
10. Drowning In Tears
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BAD FOR YOU BABY
01. Bad For You Baby 2:54
02. Down The Line 2:56
03. Umbrella Man 3:38
04. Holding On 3:47
05. Walking Thru The Park 3:00
06. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know 10:36
07. Mojo Boogie 3:33
08. Someday Baby 3:34
09. Did You Ever Feel Lonely? 6:10
10. Preacher Man Blues 5:58
11. Trouble Ain't Far Behind 9:39
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BLUES ALIVE
01. (00:05:35) - Cold Day in Hell
02. (00:05:01) - Walking By Myself
03. (00:07:32) - Story of the Blues
04. (00:04:26) - Oh Pretty Woman
05. (00:05:49) - Separate Ways
06. (00:04:35) - Too Tired
07. (00:06:45) - Still Got the Blues
08. (00:03:03) - Since I Met You Baby
09. (00:08:50) - The Sky is Crying
10. (00:05:35) - Further on up the Road
11. (00:06:14) - King of the Blues
12. (00:07:04) - Parisienne Walkways
13. (00:05:52) - Jumpin' at Shadows
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BLUES FOR GREENY
01.If You Be My Baby
02.Long Grey Mare
03.Merry-Go-Round
04.I Loved Another Woman
05.Need Your Love So Bad
06.The Same Way
07.The Supernatural
08.Driftin'
09.Showbiz Blues
10.Love That Burns
11.Looking For Somebody
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CLOSE AS YOU GET
1. If the devil made whisky
2. Trouble at home
3. Thirty days
4. Hard times
5. Have you heard
6. Eyesight to the blind
7. Evenin'
8. Nowhere fast
9. Checkin' up on my baby
10. I had a dream
11. Sundown
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COORIDORS OF POWER
1. Don't Take Me For A Loser
2. Always Gonna Love You
3. Wishing Well
4. Gonna Break My Heart Again
5. Falling In Love With You
6. End Of The World
7. Rockin' Every Night
8. Cold Hearted
9. I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow
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DARK DAYS IN PARADISE
01. One Good Reason
02. Cold Wind Blows
03. I Have Found My Love In You
04. One Fine Day
05. Like Angels
06. What Are We Here For
07. Always There For You
08. Afraid Of Tomorrow
09. Where Did We Go Wrong
10. Business As Usual
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DIRTY FINGERS
01. Hiroshima 4:30
02. Dirty Fingers (instrumental) 1:09
03. Bad News 5:06
04. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 3:37
05. Run To Your Mama 4:44
06. Nuclear Attack 5:11
07. Kidnapped 3:50
08. Really Gonna Rock Tonight 3:50
09. Lonely Nights 3:58
10. Rest In Peace 5:58
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G-FORCE
1. You
2. White knuckles
3. She's got you
4. I look at you
5. Because of your love
6. You kissed me sweetly
7. Hot gossip
8. The woma's in love
9. Dancin'
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GUITAR MIND TRIP
01 - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
02 - Driftin'
03 - Merry-Go-Round
04 - Supernatural
05 - Love That Burns
06 - Where Did We Go Wrong
07 - Ball and Chain
08 - Looking for Somebody
09 - As the Years Go Passing By
10 - Drowning In Tears
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OLD NEW BALLADS BLUES
01. Done Somebody Wrong
02. You Know My Love
03. Midnight Blues [2006]
04. Ain't Nobody
05. Gonna Rain Today
06. All Your Love [2006]
07. Flesh And Blood
08. Cut It Out
09. No Reason To Cry
10. I'll Play The Blues For You
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ROCKIN' EVERY NIGHT
01. Rockin' every night
02. Wishing well
03. I can't wait until tomorrow
04. Nuclear attack
05. White knuckles
06. Rockin' and rollin'
07. Back on the streets
08. Sunset
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SCARS
01 "When The Sun Goes Down"
02 "Rectify"
03 "Wasn`t Born In Chicago"
04 "Stand Up"
05 "Just Can`t Let You Go"
06 "My Baby"
07 "World Of Confussion"
08 "Ball And Chain"
09 "World Keep Turnin` Round"
10 "Who Knows"
11 "Walking By Myself"
12 "Oh Pretty Woman"
13 "Still Got The Blues"
14 "Separate Ways"
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STILL GOT THE BLUES
01-Moving On
02-Oh Pretty Woman
03-Walking By Myself
04-Still Got The Blues
05-Texas Strut
06-Too Tired
07-King Of The Blues
08-As The Years Go Passing By
09-Midnight Blues
10-That Kind Of Woman
11-All Yor Love
12-Stop Messin' Around
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VICTIMS OF THE FUTURE
1.Victims Of The Future (Gary Moore, Neil Carter, Ian Paice, Neil Murray)
2.Teenage Idol
3.Shapes Of Things To Come (Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, Jim McCarty)
4.Empty Rooms (Gary Moore, Neil Carter)
5.Murder In The Skies (Gary Moore, Neil Carter)
6.All I Want
7.Hold On To Love
8.Law Of The Jungle
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WALKWAYS
01.Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood 3:37
02. Hot Gossip 3:31
03. Really Gonna Rock Tonight 3:50
04. Back On the Streets (Live) 5:27
05. Dallas Warhead (Live) 9:55
06. Parisienne Walkways (Live) 7:31
07. Nuclear Attack 5:09
08. Run to Your Mama 4:43
09. The Woman’s in Love 3:52
10. Kidnapped 3:49
11 Dirty Fingers 1:11
12. Dancin’ 4:32
13. White Knuckles/Rockin’ and Rollin’ 5:09
14. Hiroshima 4:30
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WE WANT MOORE LIVE
01. Murder in the skies
02. Shapes of things
03. Victims of the future
04. Cold hearted
05. End of the world
06. Back on the streets
07. So far away
08. Empty rooms
09. Don't take me for a loser
10. Rockin' and rollin'
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RUN FOR COVER
1. Run for Cover
2. Reach for the Sky
3. Military Man
4. Empty Rooms
5. Out of my System
6. Out in the Fields
7. Nothing to lose
8. Once in a Lifetime
9. All messed up
10. Listen to your Heartbeat
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