Known for his blues guitar work, he has performed with B.B. King and Albert, among several other artists. His discography is large, and deserves a good browsing.
I didn't know about Gary Moore until about a year ago. There's a bus driver here in Charlottetown who played rockin' blues throughout the day instead of just putting the bus's radio to the local pop station. We call it the blues bus. Anyway, the one time I liked an individual song enough to Shazam it, it was a Gary Moore album, Ballads and Blues. posted by Space Coyote at 11:44 AM on February 6, 2011
An inspiration. posted by justgary at 12:02 PM on February 6, 2011
Never a big fan, and this track is sort of standard eighties pose-metal, but I always admired the terse punchiness of the solo. Guy knew how to do it. posted by Decani at 12:04 PM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]
I saw him play a couple of times. He was excellent.
He was one of the sounds of my adolescence - both with Lizzy and as a solo artist. Parisienne Walkways was immense, and I loved that Lynott sang it with him on the single.
I called home just now and my father was shocked. My mother was also shocked --she thought Bobby Moore had died.
. Bobby
In seriousness, he often had a great sound and even though he played a lot of forgettable things some of his Lizzy and solo work was fantastic. Bye, Gary.
I'm surprised how shocked I am by his death. He was just 58 and I expected him to go on for a fair while. I think I'll spend the night listening to Gary. Shit. posted by ersatz at 2:33 PM on February 6, 2011
I really hope he's bashin' axes with Phil somewhere. RIP man. posted by Duke999R at 3:53 PM on February 6, 2011
A great loss to rock, and even more to the blues. His blues work was very tasty, never histrionic, and his tone was perfection. posted by Ber at 7:25 PM on February 6, 2011
Another classic guitar slinger moves on too young... always a sad thing.
Way underrated and under appreciated. Play on, Gary. posted by zoogleplex at 9:40 PM on February 6, 2011
I didn't expect to be upset by this news. I have just one recording of his work: Bruce, Baker, Moore - 'Around the Next Dream'. posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 9:58 PM on February 6, 2011
He was great, I was a big Thin Lizzie fan.:( . posted by Katjusa Roquette at 11:11 PM on February 6, 2011
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This hit me harder than I thought it would... Huge fan of his playing and his tone. posted by alvarete at 2:15 AM on February 7, 2011
RIP, Gary, thanks for the music. posted by fixedgear at 4:20 AM on February 7, 2011
The definitive Whiskey in the Jar. We used to play some Thin Lizzy (being a black rock bassist and all...) and my guitarist always played his solo's note for note. Such great economy, what style.
Sad. Putting on Black Rose in tribute.
posted by evisceratordeath at 11:25 AM on February 6, 2011 [1 favorite]