[kj] (OT) (Objection to) R.I.P. Gary Moore

[Peter West]

Sorry, but Gary Moore doesnt deserve a "R.I.P" on a Killing Joke list .
Lets have a bit of quality control , shall we ?





> From: planetary at socal.rr.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 15:48:22 -0800

> Subject: [kj] (OT) R.I.P. Gary Moore

> 

> Heard that the great guitarist Gary Moore died in his sleep last night at the relatively young age of 58.

> 

> Many hear probably don't know who he is or was.  He was really one of the top tier rock guitarists ever.  He was a true innovator

> like Hendrix, Van Halen, Clapton, etc, but he could play *any* style with complete authority and among other things, he was a key

> player in Thin Lizzy on some of their best music.  He was an incredibly prolific solo artist, often releasing an album a year like

> clockwork since the 80's when he gained real notoriety as a hard rock/metal guitar player and later he completely changed his style

> to become a well known blues artist.

> 

> I was lucky enough to see Gary live in the early 80's.

> 

> Once when he opened for Rush when Moore was plugging his "Victims Of The Future" album.  My friend and I were actually huge Moore

> fans but couldn't care less about Rush.  We'd bought 10th row seats right up front through a ticket broker which cost a pretty penny

> just to see Gary's set.  We were so blown away, and then so bored with Rush's set, we wound up leaving early in Rush's set and

> giving our tickets to a pair of girls up on the lawn.

> 

> The second time was during Moore's "Wild Frontier" tour in '87 when he played the tiny Roxy Club in Hollywood.  Just fucking

> outstanding show seeing Moore in such a tiny setting.

> 

> I missed out in his "Still Got The Blues" tour and I don't think he ever toured the US again after the early '90's which sucked.

> 

> I will say I was shocked to see in recent YouTube clips how much weight he'd put on in the last couple years but his playing was

> still stellar as seen in this clip:

> 

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9YiOWXBb8

> 

> Compared to his older clips back in the 80's and 90's:

> 

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-w16vdoO1A

> 

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcTt1IdxGew

> 

> With Thin Lizzy:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOxjOj0zhk

> 

> I don't know what the status of his final album is, but I understand he had just finished a Celtic Rock style album for release this

> year.

> 

> RIP Gary.

> 

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