Gary Moore (born April 4, 1952 as Robert William Gary Moore in Belfast, Nor… Read Full Bio ↴Gary Moore (born April 4, 1952 as Robert William Gary Moore in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; died February 6, 2011 in Malaga, Spain) is acknowledged as one of the finest guitarists to have originated in Ireland. He was a virtuoso guitarist and is considered by his fans to be one of the best guitar players ever.
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.
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.
Still Got The Blues = スティル・ゴット・ザ・ブルース
Gary Moore Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Gary Moore:
01. Always Gonna Love You It's not the same when I look in her eyes. The…
06 picture of the moon Picture of the moon You gave to me that night.…
Afraid of Tomorrow All of our destinies Written within us. No more of falling f…
After The War So many came before you, The prisoners of fate. A…
Ain't Got You I got a Maserati GT I got snake skin upholstery I got…
Ain't Nobody Look around, you play the field. Do you know the difference…
aint got you I got a Maserati GT I got snake skin upholstery I got…
All I Want I don't know what is wrong with you. Baby, baby, what…
All Messed Up The party's over I can't drink no more My head…
All Time Low You've had your share of troubles Lord knows you've had you…
All Your Love (Willie Dee/Tony Newton/... Hitchings) Don't you break me, …
Always Gonna Love You It's not the same when I look in her eyes. The…
Always There For You The rhythm of our lives is changing day by day It…
Angel Angel came down from heaven yesterday She stayed with me ju…
As The Years Go Passing By Ah the blues The ball and chain that is 'round every…
Back On The Street Listen to me woman, I just think it's a sin. I know…
Bad For You Baby You got a wiggle when you walk You got a giggle…
Bad News Na-ha-ha. Bad news ain't no use. So keep your thoughts t…
Ball and Chain Big world full of confusion. Big world, ain't no illusion. T…
Because Of Your Love (Willie Dee/Tony Newton/... Hitchings) Don't you break me, …
Blood Of Emeralds I was born up on the North side, where the…
Boogie My Way Back Home Hey you with the guitar. Where did you play last night? I…
Bring My Baby Back Well, I'm standin' at the station, a suitcase in my hand. …
Burning in Our Hearts When the night goes to sleep, And the world keeps turnin'. …
Business As Usual The pink crucifix with the ivory Jesus I wanted. The man…
Can You Follow I can't quit you, baby But I've got to put you…
Can't Find My Baby Yeah! I'm sittin' here wondering Where my baby's gone, m…
Can't Help Myself In this world of make believe, I will try to find…
Castles I'm free to go. There's no more need to stay. Throw away…
Checkin' Up On My Baby Yeah I'm checking on my baby Find out what she's puttin'…
Cold Black Night It was a cold black night, And the rain was falling…
Cold Cold Feeling It's not the same when I look in her eyes, The…
Cold Day in Hell So many times you tried to take the best of…
Cold Hearted It's not the same when I look in her eyes, The…
Cold Wind Blows Sun don't shine 'round here no more, Since my baby walked…
Crying in the Shadows Sometimes he sees her walking by. He never looks her in…
Dancin' I went down to the doctor It was just the other…
Dark Days In Paradise I should be feelin' so happy To wake up each…
Devil in Her Heart Well, it's been said That she's got a certain fascination …
Did You Ever Feel Lonely Did you ever feel lonely crying by yourself Did you ever…
Don One-two-three. Don't believe me if I tell you, not a wor…
Don't Believe A Word One-two-three. Don't believe me if I tell you, not a word o…
Don't Let Me Be Misunderst Baby, do you understand me now? Sometimes I feel a little…
Don't Take Me For A Loser Baby, I used to be the kind anyone could burn. But…
Don't You Lie to Me There's two kinds of people that I just can't stand A…
don´t take me for a loser Baby, I used to be the kind anyone could burn. But…
Done Somebody Wrong Bell has tolled, my baby caught that train n' gone Bell…
Don´t take me for a loser Baby, I used to be the kind anyone could burn. But…
Down The Line I saw my baby getting on that morning train Don't think…
Driftin' I ain't never missed a woman Anytime or anyhow Said I ain't…
Drowning in Tears The woman I love doesn't want me. I'm having to face…
Dunluce, Part 1 (Instrumental)…
Emerald Down from the glen came the marchin' men With their shields…
Empty Rooms Loneliness is your only friend. A broken heart that just won…
End of the World There is only tomorrow Nothing but sorrow waiting for you. D…
Enough of the Blues Somebody help me. Lord, I'm in misery. Somebody help me. Lor…
Evenin' Evenin' every night you come and find me, and you always…
Evil It's a long way from home, Can't sleep at night. Call on…
Eyesight to the Blind Well, you talk about your woman, Wish that you could see…
Falling In Love With You When I'm close to you, I feel my heartbeat Telling me…
Fanatical Fascists There's a new sensation Playin' across the nation. Just don'…
Fatboy Let's hear it for the Fatboy. Let's hear it for the…
Fire FireYou don't care about me, I don't care about that. You've…
Flesh And Blood I don't know what is wrong with you Baby, baby, whatcha…
Friday on My Mind Monday mornin' feels so bad Ev'rybody seems to nag me Comin'…
Further on Up the Road Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you…
Getaway Blues If I feel this way tomorrow, gonna make my getaway If I…
Go on Home Did you crawl out from the ashes just to see that…
Gonna Break My Heart Again You've been turnin' me upside down Since the day I met…
Gonna Rain Today 2,3 Outside the sun is shining It's feeling like the month…
Hard Times You're always askin' me for money You think it's growin' on…
Have You Heard I can still remember, Like it was yesterday, The pain inside…
Hey Joe Hey Joe, where you goin' With that gun in your…
Hiroshima They still remember The day when Little Boy dropped from his…
Hold On To Love Look at you, a fool in love. A man too blind…
Holding on Do you know what I'm thinking about you all the…
Hot Gossip (Gary Moore) Ssh, don't say anything, Here he comes. I do…
House Full Of Blues I would have done anything to make you mine. Sold everythin…
How Many Lies How many more lies You gonna have to tell? How many more…
I Ain't Got You (Calvin Carter) I've got a Maserati GT. I got snakeskin upho…
I Can I can't quit you, baby But I've got to put you…
I Can't Wait Until Tomorrow I've been searchin' for something I might never find. I've b…
I Can`t Wait Until Tomorrow I've been searchin' for something I might never find. I've …
I Don't Live Today Will I live tomorrow? Well I just can't say. Will I live…
I Had A Dream I had a dream That you were my Queen And I was…
I Have Found My Love In You I can still remember, Like it was yesterday, The pain insi…
I Look at You (Gary Moore) Sometimes I feel so lonely. Sometimes I feel s…
I Love You More Than You'll Eve If I ever leave you Well, you can say I told…
I Loved Another Woman My baby's gone and left me cryin' by myself My baby's…
I'd Loved Another Woman My baby's gone and left me cryin' by myself. My baby's…
I'll Play the Blues for You When you're down and out and ya feel real hurt Come…
I've Found My Love In You I can still remember, Like it was yesterday, The pain inside…
If The Devil Made Whisky If the devil made whisky, He must have made my woman…
If You Be My Baby If you be my baby, tell you what I'll do. I'll give…
Ill Play the Blues For You When you're down and out and ya feel real hurt Come…
Johnny Boy When I hear that wind blow All across the Wicklow mountains …
Jumpin' At Shadows What can you say? There isn't much to tell. I'm going downhi…
Jumping At Shadows What can you say? There isn't much to tell. I'm going down…
Just Can't Let You Go I want you back again. I need your love again. I just…
Key to Love I never realized that you were in pain. Wanna help you…
Kidnapped I'm falling for your sweet face, Then lonely I'll be gone. …
King of the Blues He was born in Mississippi 1924. He was born in Mississippi…
Led Clones The time has come to talk about tomorrow. You should…
Left Me With The Blues I can't eat, I can't sleep. Stare at the ceiling, Countin' s…
Like Angels In every heart a story is told. There's a way you…
Listen to Your Heartbeat Outside the rain is falling, Inside it feels so cold. A view…
Livin' On Dreams We used to stand on the corner of the street,…
Lonely Night I don't know what's wrong with you. Baby, baby, what you…
Lonely Nights I don't know what's wrong with you Baby, baby, what you…
Long Grey Mare I got a long grey mare, she won't let me ride. I…
Looking Back I was looking back to see If she was looking back…
Looking for Somebody Oh, I got a feelin' blues gonna be my only way. Oh,…
Lost In Your Love Can't seem to find no way out of here, but maybe…
Love That Burns Will you love me tomorrow like you say you love me…
Manic Depression Manic Depression's touching my soul, I know what I want, B…
Mean Cruel Woman Well, it was early one mornin', I was walkin' down the…
Mean Cruel World Well, it was early one mornin', I was walkin' down the…
Memory Pain It serves me right to suffer It serves me right to…
Merry Go Round When I first met you baby I didn't even know your…
Midnight Blues It's the darkest hour of the darkest night It's a million mi…
Military Man Papa take a look at your boy He's a military man Papa…
Mojo Boogie Been to New Orleans And I sure had a wonderful time I…
Moving On I'm gonna leave this place tomorrow. I'm gonna leave this to…
Murder In The Skies Time was running out for all on board, Soaring up through…
My Baby If you be my baby, tell you what I'll do. I'll give…
Need Love So Bad! Need someone's hand to lead me through the night. Need someo…
No Reason To Cry If you could see inside my heart, You'd see a loneliness…
Nothing to Lose You live your life in a state of confusion, Never finding…
Nothing's the Same Another time, another place. The lonely streets where we em…
Nowhere Fast Frozen in time, lost in a space Your life is movin'…
Nuclear Attack Out on the streets they're all living in fear. You can…
Oh Pretty Woman Oh, pretty woman sure's the risin' sun Says all your cheap…
Once in a Lifetime I never met a woman who could make me feel the…
One Day I've seen that look somewhere before. Your sorrow's like an …
One Fine Day One of these days we'll be together. One of these days…
One Good Reason Take me out of here. This place is gettin' much to…
Only Fool in Town The loneliness of nights so long The search for strength to…
Out in the Fields It doesn't matter if you're wrong or if you're right. It mak…
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@fabricioribeiro8311
His guitar cries, he cries, i cry, you cry, everybody cries
@victorguittard7525
Such a empty space he left on this planet. Hei smissed
@russellnorth1418
To me, Stevie's guitar sings to my soul, he sings I sing, we rejoice in Stevie and remember his legacy. But I hear you..
@user-rk8yv2pq2e
Don't cry ... but sad..
Wish he were here 😪
RIP 🙏
@user-yz7rh6gm8q
don't cry for me fabricio
@leeyandzlim7763
Dam right
@helmutb.2700
This is definitely one of the most iconic moments in music history.
@manan-543
@@LoganStryker82why are u here then. Go listen to gay bts
@kaybaas5821
@@manan-543read that comment again
@TheGalilee416
Im embarrassed as a guitarist I never listened to Gary Moore. It's no wonder this has 91+ million views in 2023.....Legend.