IanHenry Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Despite many years of self abuse Brian Robertson ex Thin Lizzy guitarist can still come up with the goods as a blues player: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lABXZbf2-Ks Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Loved his Thin Lizzy work. But see what happens when you live next door to some of the worlds best whiskey distilleries! (actually, I wouldn't mind that at all, come to think of it now). lol Jeez, he was 16 when he joined Lizzy! That's talent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Sorry. I have to disagree. He played half a dozen notes and they weren't very good. When I saw him on the Gary Moore concert, he was hopeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Sorry. I have to disagree. He played half a dozen notes and they weren't very good. When I saw him on the Gary Moore concert, he was hopeless. Was he sober then? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Very true. lol Did you ever see the 'Live at the Rainbow' concert? It was he a Scotty Gorham together there. Just terrific stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I remember reading in his wiki page that although many folk associate him with his 1960 Black Beauty from the 'Live and Dangerous' snaps his favourite guitar is stll his '73 DeLuxe. I think I'm right in saying the guitar he is playing in this clip is the DeLuxe (as he had a pair of original PAF's fitted to this instrument). P. EDIT : Just double-checked his wiki-link. This is interesting! Didn't remember reading this bit before. It might have been added recently(?): "On his VHS video "Still in Love with the Blues" Robertson is pictured with a vintage red Les Paul guitar, unusually equipped with soap-bar pick-ups and a trapeze bridge, although it does not feature on the video itself. Robertson's Facebook pagefeatures more information on this instrument: purchased by Thin Lizzy's manager in 1973, the guitar has an unusually lightweight body as it was built by Les Paul himself for his then wife, guitarist Mary Ford." I'd like to see this one! P again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 All correct. But his main 'go to' was an ebony custom that he had all nickel/chrome hardware installed and a white pickguard. I think from memory, that was a PAF beast too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 In case you didn't know. The Live and Dangerous album was virtually all overdubbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 In case you didn't know. The Live and Dangerous album was virtually all overdubbed. Well....I made that point once before on this forum and someone came back at me very strongly, insisted it was all b*ll*cks made up by Tony Visconti and that there are live bootlegs of better gigs.... They could play, no doubt about that, unfortunately it seemed the dissolute lifestyle became more important to Lynott (and Robertson) than the music....shame but that's what it was like then as I'm sure you remember! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I thought the main reason for Ian's posting was pro Brian and Lizzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MississippiBlue Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Despite many years of self abuse Brian Robertson ex Thin Lizzy guitarist can still come up with the goods as a blues player: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lABXZbf2-Ks Ian Ian, Thanks for sharing the video. I really enjoyed it. Regards, MississippiBlue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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