![]() ![]() Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore was among his temporary replacements, before Lynott found his dream team in May 1974. ![]() Then Eric Bell walked out on New Year’s Eve. The Cream/Hendrix-infatuated trio moved to London where their take on the traditional folk ballad Whiskey In The Jar went Top 10 in spring ’73. Part-Guyanese, part-Irish Phil Lynott had formed the group with Downey and original guitarist Eric Bell in their native Dublin in 1969. The first steps towards Live And Dangerous were taken when Gorham and Robertson joined Thin Lizzy within days of each other. After which he’s hoping BSR frontman Ricky Warwick and friends will perform as Lizzy again. Last month he guested with Black Star Riders (the band who started life as the redux Thin Lizzy) on their tenth-anniversary tour. Where Robbo is blunt and critical, Gorham – all silvery hair and beard and smouldering vape – is a fount of polished anecdotes and positive energy. “There’s just something about these songs that does it for me,” says Gorham.Ī self-professed “uppity little Scotsman”, Robertson has been largely under the radar since his 2011 solo album Diamonds And Dirt. “I loved every second of it and I’m proud of it,” says Robertson today. Their offspring being Live And Dangerous. Gorham and Robertson, aka Robbo, are one of rock’s great odd couples like long-divorced parents who don’t talk and only meet up at an offspring’s wedding. ![]() The ‘dream team’ of Lynott, Gorham, guitarist Brian Robertson and drummer Brian Downey were a combustible mix, and part of what made them such a thrilling live act eventually ripped them apart. Live And Dangerous captured Lizzy’s on-stage swagger and joie de vivre, but also succeeded in bottling lightning. The recent 45th-anniversary super-deluxe edition proves that the answer to the eternal question: Which is the greatest live album of all time?, remains the same. In June 1978, Lynott’s boast became reality with Live And Dangerous, the album against which all past and present Lizzy releases would be measured. After a pause, Lynott uttered the prophetic words: “We could do that. ![]()
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