#YOU TUBE THIN LIZZY FULL#
To order a copy of Thin Lizzy: A People’s History go here.Īnd to hear the full audio of my interviews with sometime Thin Lizzy members Gary Moore, John Sykes, and Tommy Aldridge subscribe to my Patreon page, where you can eavesdrop on over 300 of my uncut, one-on-one conversations with: He was kind enough to include my memories from the latter show in his book. I know exactly how Houghton felt, having witnessed Lizzy in its heyday twice myself, opening for Queen in 1977 and then Styx in ’78. “What I remember most about Thin Lizzy is coming out of a show, being completely exhilarated by what I’d just seen, and straight away thinking, “When can I go see them again?” “I was lucky enough to see Thin Lizzy three times,” writes Houghton in his introduction, “beginning with an under-amplified appearance at the Reading Festival in 1977, when the bootleg tape my friend Roger was trying to record on his cassette player captured more of my running commentary than it did the band’s performance, and ending with the Thunder and Lightning tour in April 1983 at the Queens Hall in Leeds… Published by Spenwood Books out of Manchester, England, it boasts 384 pages of never-before-published images and thoughts on Phil Lynott and the boys, who set the music world ablaze in the ’70s with some of the most compelling guitar-rock ever heard. I haven’t read it yet, but what I can tell you is that it brings together memories of that amazing band from hundreds of hardcore fans who’ve seen Thin Lizzy live and who contributed reminiscences, concert photographs, backstage snapshots, and memorabilia.
Hard to imagine anyone left the arena that night not feeling they got their money’s worth.British author and music historian Richard Houghton just sent me an autographed copy of his new hardcover book, Thin Lizzy: A People’s History, and man does it look awesome. Reportedly, the band had been added to this stop of the snorting-ants-infamous Ozzy/Motley tour later chronicled in Crue memoir The Dirt and Netflix film adaptation (video of Osbourne's set has long been online too). Ratt rocks every face there for another four minutes, a blaze of hooks, hedonism and man-skank bangs. Ratt then crashes straight into set closer “Round and Round.” At the sound of that hit’s sugar-metal crunch, the crowd at the Salt Palace - then-home of the NBA’s Utah Jazz and many ’80s arena rock shows - instantly goes wild. On the set’s penultimate song “The Morning After,” Crosby and DeMartini do intertwining solos that evoke a snake eating its own tail. Throughout the four-song performance, Bobby Blotzer’s drum grooves prowl and jab.
Next, the band slashes through “You’re In Trouble,” off Ratt’s debut LP Out of the Cellar, punctuated by quicksilver stuff by guitarist Warren DeMartini. During the pre-choruses, Ratt bassist Juan Croucier steps to the mic to deliver a melodic vocal. Robbin Crosby is in guitar Adonis mode, peeling off a chemtrail-hued solo on his Flying V. This live version has extra fur on it, with frontman Stephen Pearcy’s lusty bay in fine form. In the clip, Ratt opens with “You Think You’re Tough,” the street-life banger off the band’s self-titled 1983 EP.
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