a b c d e f g Perrone, Pierre (8 February 2011). "Gary Moore: Virtuoso guitarist who had his biggest hits with Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy". Independent . Retrieved 7 July 2020. It’s so hard to find a lead singer for a band,” she says. “The great guitar player and the great lead singer, that’s your winning combination, and it’s like gold dust to find it.”

Gary Moore Performs On One World Project Tsunami Charity Single". BraveWords. 1 February 2005 . Retrieved 7 July 2020. Robert William Gary Moore was born in Belfast on 4 April 1952, [2] [3] the son of Winnie, a housewife, and Robert Moore, a promoter who ran the Queen's Hall ballroom in Holywood. [2] [3] [4] He grew up near Belfast's Stormont Estate with four siblings. [3] He credited his father for getting him started in music. When Moore was six years old, his father invited him onstage to sing " Sugartime" with a showband at an event he had organised, which first sparked his interest in music. His father bought him his first guitar, a second-hand Framus acoustic, when Moore was 10 years old. [3] [5] [6] Though left-handed, he learned to play the instrument right-handed. [5] Not long after, he formed his first band, The Beat Boys, who mainly performed Beatles songs. [3] [5] He later joined Platform Three and The Method, amongst others. [7] Around this time, he befriended guitarist Rory Gallagher, who often performed at the same venues as him. [8] He left Belfast for Dublin in 1968 just as The Troubles were starting in Northern Ireland. A year later, his parents separated. [2] [4] Career [ edit ] Skid Row [ edit ] DiCecco, Andrew. "Europe's John Norum Talks New Music, His Approach to the Guitar, and the Recording of "The Final Countdown" ". VWMusic . Retrieved 14 June 2023.Gold & Platinum Awards 1987" (PDF). American Radio History Archive. 2 December 1987. p.44 . Retrieved 7 July 2020. And she was right, they didn’t. But whether all the blame for this can really be laid at Gary’s door, when Phil Lynott and Scott Gorham were in such a state, is highly debatable. Gary had a deal – now he needed a band. Gary and Mark [Nauseef, drummer who stood in for Brian Downey on Lizzy’s late-1978 tour] wanted to play together; Gary had told Glenn Hughes he wanted to form a band with him; Mark knew Glenn from playing on Glenn’s 1977 solo album Play Me Out.

Gary Moore – Belfast Boy and baby-faced dreamer". Belfast Telegraph. 8 February 2011 . Retrieved 24 August 2020. Donohue, Simon (1 February 2007). "Gary just loves his scars". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 7 July 2020. O'Neill, Eamon. "David Coverdale Whitesnake Eonmusic Interview October 2020 Part 2". Eonmusic . Retrieved 25 November 2020.

a b c "Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore was five times drink drive limit when he died". The Daily Telegraph. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 7 July 2020. Bosso, Joe (1 August 2007). "The Man, The Myth, The Metal: Gibson Interviews Zakk Wylde". Gibson Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008 . Retrieved 7 July 2020. Gary later described the band live as “a disaster”, but that had to be more a reflection of his personal problem with Willie Dee, because live bootleg recordings belie any assertion that this band could not deliver the goods. Stripped of the LA studio pop gloss, they were a ferocious live act, and gave Whitesnake a run for their money. Astley-Brown, Michael (2 May 2017). "Fender Custom Shop unveils Gary Moore Stratocaster electric guitar". MusicRadar . Retrieved 7 July 2020. Over the course of his career, Moore played with several other artists, including George Harrison, [71] Dr. Strangely Strange, [72] Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rod Argent, Gary Boyle, [62] B.B. King, [73] The Traveling Wilburys and The Beach Boys. [74] Personal life [ edit ]