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

[LONESTYLE at aol.com]

Yeah Pete! Let's have some quality control and boycott. you! 
 
~ LB
 
 
In a message dated 2/6/2011 11:32:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
fluke1 at live.co.uk writes:

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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