In a career dating back to the 1960s he has played with bands including Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and Skid Row as well as having a successful solo career.
Moore started performing from a young age and got his first good guitar at the age of 14. In a career lasting over 30 years he has demonstrated that he is a fine musician, and his unique style of playing has adapted to very different music genres, including jazz rock jazz, blues, electric blues, hard rock, celtic rock and heavy metal.
One of his most famous non-blues records is Wild Frontier, his first studio album after a trip back to his native Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1985, this album has several songs about Ireland and even the music itself is steeped in Celtic roots. The title track was intended to be sung by Phil Lynott, however Lynott's death in January 1986 prevented that. The album is dedicated to Lynott's memory, with the words "For Philip" on the rear cover.
Wild Frontier contains the hit "Over the Hills and Far Away", which reached #20 in the UK as well as a cover of the Australian band The Easybeats' hit of the middle of the 1960s, "Friday on My Mind". The Max Middleton-penned "The Loner" was originally recorded by Cozy Powell for his Over the Top album in 1979 (which Moore did perform on, albeit not on Powell's recording of "The Loner"), but was substantially altered by Moore for his own recording, thus he was credited as a co-writer.
For blues fans, Moore's best recorded, live performance on video is "LIVE BLUES" recorded in a small night club in London and was released in 1992 on VHS. It is now available on DVD as well. "LIVE BLUES" also features two songs with B.B. King appearing on stage with Moore. "The Thrill Is Gone" on this recording is probably the best version of this, complete with More's Midnight Horns, female backup singers and dueling guitars. Many of Moore's standard songs are on this 90 minute show and were mixed better than most of the studio versions of the same tunes for a very rich and full sound. Even Moore's voice sounds better than it usually does in the studio. Moore did not seem interested in touring the United States.
Connection with Peter Green
According to numerous interviews he has given to guitar magazines, he was the protege of British Blues pioneer Peter Green, whom he had always admired ever since the Bluesbreakers days. When Green quit Fleetwood Mac and the entire music scene, he sold his famous nasal-sounding 1959 Gibson Les Paul to Moore for the same price that Moore had managed to sell his then guitar (a Gibson SG) for. The nasal sound of the neck pickup on Green's guitar was not, as used to be believed, the result of the pickup having been turned backwards, but instead its two coils had been - perhaps accidentally - reconnected in parallel and out of phase, as per the "in between" positions of a Fender Stratocaster. Moore has used this guitar in the recordings of some songs of his albums Still Got The Blues, After Hours and Blues For Greeny. Green and Moore also reportedly had a disagreement regarding what guitar the former was playing in the song "Albatross". Moore insists it was the Les Paul, because the guitar tone was particularly warm and rich in the bass, while Peter Green maintains he was using a Strat, as the vibrato in that song was not finger vibrato, but subtle tremolo arm vibrato. Up to the day of his death, Green and Moore remained good friends.
Guitars used
Over the years Gary has used numerous guitars. These include: Peter Green's 1959 Gibson Les Paul, Peter Green's 1961 Fender Stratocaster and 1950s Gibson Les Paul Junior. He has also used guitars from Charvel, Ibanez, Hamer, Jackson and Heritage. Amplification has generally come from Marshall, though Soldanos and Fender have also been used, as well as transistor-driven Dean Markley units (especially in the studio). He also has used numerous effects over the years. these include; Delay units such as the Echoplex, Overdrive/Booster units such as the Boss DS-1, Ibanez Tubescreamer variants, Marshall Bluesbreaker and Guv'nor pedals as well as Wah-Wah pedals such as the Vox Wah. He appears nowadays to favour Gibson and Fender Guitars through Marshall amps with any of the above Overdrive pedals and Wah pedals to make his sound.
Solo career
In 1973 he released his first solo album as the Gary Moore Band. In 1979 his solo career started again with help from Phil Lynott, the combination of Gary's blues based guitar and Phil's voice produced "Parisenne Walkways" which reached the UK Top Ten in April 1979 and the no.2 album 'Black Rose'. After a series of powerful rock records Gary returned to blues music with Still Got the Blues, with contributions from B. B. King, Albert King and Albert Collins the album was well received by fans and a huge success. Gary stayed with the blues format until 1997 when he decided to experiment with modern dance beats in Dark Days In Paradise; this left many fans as well as the music press confused. Back to the Blues saw Gary return to the tried and tested blues format.
Albums
* Grinding Stone, 1973
* Parisienne Walkways, 1977
* Back on the Streets, 1978
* Corridors of Power, 1982
* Live at the Marquee, 1983
* Rockin' Every Night - Live in Japan, 1983
* Victims of the Future, 1983
* Dirty Fingers, 1984
* We Want Moore, 1984
* Run for Cover, 1985
* Wild Frontier, 1987
* After the War, 1989
* Still Got the Blues, 1990
* After Hours, 1992
* Blues Alive, 1993
* Ballads & Blues 1982-1994, 1994
* Blues For Greeny, 1995
* Dark Days in Paradise, 1997
* Out in the Fields - The Very Best of Part 1, 1998
* Blood of Emeralds - The Very Best of Part 2, 1999
* A Different Beat, 1999
* Back to the Blues, 2001
* Power Of The Blues, 2004
* Old New Ballads Blues, 2006
* Close As You Get, 2007
* Bad For You Baby, 2008
Singles
* Parisienne Walkways
* Out in the Fields
* Empty Rooms
* Wild Frontier
* Still Got the Blues
The Future (2005-present)
Later on in 2006, Gary will support BB King on his 'Farewell UK Tour'. It unfortunately did not lead to a tour of the United States with BB King.
The studio album entitled 'Old New Ballads Blues' was a follow up of 2004's 'Power of the Blues' and it featured new material as well as new versions of fan favourites 'Midnight Blues' and 'All your Love'
Gary Moore has also sold his Les Paul that was given to him by Peter Green to a private owner.
On February 6th 2011, he died from a heart attack in his sleep while on holiday in Spain.
External links
* The Official Gary Moore World Wide Website: http://www.gary-moore.com/
* The Lord Of The Strings - World Wide Gary Moore Fansite: http://www.garymoore.hu/eng.htm Thanks for the music.
Nowhere Fast
Gary Moore Lyrics
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Your life is movin' at a dead snail's pace
No momentum or trajectory for you
Still born treacle that you're waiting through
All the time wonderin' if the future's passed
All the signs are sayin' nowhere fast
How did you get here, no one can say
Don't try to blame nobody else
There's only one person who can help yourself
All the time you know that it just can't last
All the signs are sayin' nowhere fast
Dig a big hole, sink in the rut
Stick in the mud till your senses shut
Concrete sand around your feet
Marching in circles to the drudgy beat
All the time in the world that's passed
And still you're goin' nowhere fast
Will you still remember as you breathe your last
All the time you wasted goin' nowhere fast
Nowhere fast
The lyrics of Gary Moore's song "Nowhere Fast" describe a life that seems to be moving at a snail's pace, with no momentum or direction. The person feels lost and frozen in time, wondering if the future has already passed them by. They have become stuck in their own rut, sinking deeper and deeper into it as they continue to march in circles to a "drudgy beat". The lyrics suggest that the person is aware of their situation, but unable to break free from it, and that they are the only one who can help themselves.
The song seems to be a cautionary tale about the dangers of becoming too comfortable and complacent in one's life. It suggests that if we don't keep moving forward and striving towards our goals, we risk getting stuck in a rut and going nowhere fast. The lyrics also suggest that we should take responsibility for our own lives and not blame others for our failures.
Overall, "Nowhere Fast" is a powerful commentary on the human condition and the struggles we face in our daily lives. It encourages us to keep moving forward, even when the going gets tough, and to never give up on our dreams.
Line by Line Meaning
Frozen in time, lost in a space
You are stuck and unsure of where you are going.
Your life is movin' at a dead snail's pace
Your life is going too slow that you feel like you are not progressing anywhere.
No momentum or trajectory for you
You lack the drive or direction that you need to move forward.
Still born treacle that you're waiting through
You feel like you are struggling through thick and slow-moving obstacles that are keeping you from reaching your goals.
All the time wonderin' if the future's passed
You are constantly doubting if there is any hope left for your future.
All the signs are sayin' nowhere fast
Your current situation is indicating that you are not progressing fast enough and going nowhere.
How did you get here, no one can say
You are unsure how you ended up in this situation.
Looking too hard, you can lose your way
You are trying too hard to find a way out that you might end up getting lost.
Don't try to blame nobody else
Stop blaming others for your current situation.
There's only one person who can help yourself
You are the only one who can help yourself get out of this situation.
All the time you know that it just can't last
You are aware that your situation is temporary and cannot continue for long.
Dig a big hole, sink in the rut
You feel like you are sinking deeper into your current situation.
Stick in the mud till your senses shut
You are stuck in a place where nothing seems to be working and it's making you feel numb.
Concrete sand around your feet
Your obstacles are so thick and heavy that they make it feel like you are trapped in concrete.
Marching in circles to the drudgy beat
You keep doing the same things over and over again without making any progress.
All the time in the world that's passed
You have been stuck in this situation for too long.
And still you're goin' nowhere fast
Despite the effort you put in, you are not making any significant progress.
Will you still remember as you breathe your last
You might regret not making progress and wasting time when you are about to die.
All the time you wasted goin' nowhere fast
You have wasted so much time being stuck instead of making progress.
Nowhere fast
You are not moving anywhere, and your progress is slow.
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