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                I saw  this guy way back when with Def Leppard at
                the Cape cod  Colleseum  (sp?).  He had Ian Paice
                at  the  time.   He  did  put  on  a  great  show
                (especially  when  he  did  End  of  the  World).
                Krokus also played that show.
                
                

     the vocalist on the live in japan album is John Sloman.I saw this
    line-up live and I think it was the best band gary put together.He
    was still playing the gibson les paul given to him by peter green
    in those days ,and he really made the guitar sing.the highlights
    of the show were "wishing well","parisiene walkways" and "..wait
    until tommorow..." 
    John Sloman was very low key in the line-up,which was a shame because
    he is an excellant vocalist.
    
    steve.
    

    Hey guys, anyone know where Gary Moore was born, it was in a competition
    i saw yesterday and was the only question i couldn't answer.?!
    
    Prince Of The Dawn.

    Sorry I'm late with this but I have been off on holiday for 2 weeks
    and had over a 1000 notes to get through!
    Gary was born in Belfast.
    
    cheers
    Mark

         
    I've been trying to pick up playing 'Gary Moore - the Loner' by
    ear, and some bits are dead easy, and some bits are dead hard, so
    I grabbed a video tape of it and paused it at the hard bits, so
    I knew roughly where on the neck he was playing it, in context of
    the relevant notes.                     
                                            
    Anybody got the music to it ??  I'd prefer it in TAB, but failing 
    that I could get by with standard music format.
         
    I'll trade it for a GM 'Over the Hills and Far Away' solo :-)
    
    -Tony                                                        

    Hey - you don't need the music.  Just send mail to MARKER::BUCKLEY
    Always works for me ...
    
    
    				Scary

    
    I've done that once, I'm waiting for 'Stairway to Heaven' (no, I confess
    I am as yet unable to play it, but once I get it from The Guitar
    Guru, I'll be showing ol' Jimmy how its done ;-) ).    

I was just going through my collection the other the other day, and found
I had two Gary Moore songs. The first is on a Greg Lake solo LP, and is 
called "Nuclear Attack" - great song! The second is a picture disk 45 that
is shaped like a huge guitar pick - anyone else ever seen this?

cat

P.S. Gary is a *killer* guitarist!

    Gary is set to release a new studio album in January 1989 in the
    UK. The album will be called 'After the War'. He is also due to
    do a 4 date tour of the UK in March - the line up for the band is
    
    Gary Moore
    Bob Daisley
    Neil Carter
    Cozy Powell
    
    This album is produced by Peter Collins and is said to be a lot
    more guitar orientated than his last opus 'Wild Frontier'.
    
    Cheers Mark

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cat

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    Any GARY MOORE fans out there..........?
    
    Gary has just announced his European Tour for '89 with a new album
    due for release in January. If recent interviews are anything to
    go by, the album should certainly cause this old island of ours
    some serious problems in remaining afloat!!
    
    Gary has said that he is dispensing with the "Whang bar histrionics"
    that is the trade-mark of so many of todays "Guitar Gods", in favour
    of his Gibson Standard with no gimmics.
    
    The touring band consists of :
    
    Gary Moore : Lead Guitar & Vocals
    Neil Carter : (Ex-UFO) Rythmn Guitars,Keyboards and Backing Vocals
    Bob Daisley : (Ex-Ozzy Osbourne,Uriah Heep) Bass Guitar
    Cozy Powell : (Ex-Rainbow,Whitesnake,.......) Drums
    
    I also read somewhere that Andrew Eldridge of "Sisters Of Mercy"
    was supposed to be contributing vocals to the album........
    can anyone confirm/deny this??
    
    Also, Gary makes it clear that he just doesn't know why Stateside
    , he can't "crack it". Do any of you guys/gals over there have any
    input ?
    
    Cheers
    
    Tom McM. 

    Woah, *HOT* lineup!  I'd definately like to check 'em out!
    
    gh

    Anybody else heard Gazza's new album - "After the War" ??
    
    I've had it now for a couple of days and we are talking 'bout some
    serious CCCCcrunch an' RRRRollll!!!
    
    3 tracks typify the overall content.....
    
    "Led Clones" just has to be the most tongue-in-cheek song of the
    year so far. (No prizes for guessing the recipients). The "Big O
    " guests on Lead Vocals and as usual comes up with some "original
    lines??!" aka..."Saw them on the Radio, Heard their crumby videos"
    The song of course boasts a crunchin' guitar riff (a la Page) and
    the psychadelic string section was actually recorded in the Abbey
    Road studios where the Beatles first spawned the sound.
    Altogether it's a belter!!
    
    "Blood of Emeralds" - Lizzy fans take note - this is for you!!
    This song has all the hallmarks that made Lizzy ONE OF THE ALL
    TIME HARD ROCK outfits...the huge Celtic riff..intense electric
    melody and a chorus so infectious, I was rechin' for some serious
    medication!!
    
    Lastly "Speak For Yourself"....does just that !!!!!!!!!!
    If you check out the stratosphere on you way home tonight and see
    something burnin' overhead, that ain't a meteor man, that's my
    "wheels"!!!!....who needs gas?!!
    
    I've got 23 miles to walk home tonight, so I'd better get goin'!!!
    
    ...this ere' album is...well....RECOMMENDED!!
    
    Gm.
       

    I got the new album last week.
    
    It's kinda strange but the whole of side had me thinking it was
    a reproduction of older songs then just when I had worked out which
    ones..... the damn song changes. It was very confusing but wtf.
    
    I must admit to sniggers up the old sleeve when I heard Led Clones.
    I am a big Zeppelin fan and it did me the power of good to hear
    a musician taking the pi$$ outta Kingdom Cum. The only problem is...
    I was overtaking a line of cars about 5 miles south of Inverness
    at approx. 06:45 in the morning and did loose a bit of concentration
    when Ozzy started singing.
    
    Bonzo.

    Yo...Bonzo,
    
    did ya' make the gig in Edinburgh on Friday night ?
    
    If so, how was it ????
    
    Gm

    Yeah I was there,
    
    I thought that Dare were ok........BUT GARY MOORE......
    

    Let'''''''''''s'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''['''''''''''
    
    (oops, F*****g Keyboard just went wonky)
    
    Let's just say that it wasn't a gig..... it was an EGO TRIP.
    
    
    But how ya doin'.  Haven't heard from you for a while... Did you
    ever get a Satyr demo? If not the new one should be on sale in the
    next 2 months...
    
    Bonzo

    Doin' fine Bonzo - ta very much...
    
    Just got back from sunny Switzerland, I was really pissed about
    missin' the gig until I saw his set (courtesy of my brother).
    
    It sorta looked like the "Golden oldies" dominated the proceedings...
    ie "Shapes of Things", "Wild Frontier","Out in The Fields","Over
    The Hills.." and even the evergreen "Parisienne Walkways" bejesus!!!
    
    A quich resume of "Live In Stockholm" and "Emerald Isles" vids and
    I didn't feel half as bad..
    
    On the Satyr front...still patiently waiting.
    
    Hey did ya' catch Rory Gallacher in concert last night on Ch4 ?
    I taped it - saw the first coupla' numbers this morning.....
    SUPERB STUFF!! Canny wait to get home tonight !!
    
    Wot are you currently listening to ?
    
    Gm

    Gm 
    
    Believe it or not at the moment it all seems to be Bad Co., Cinderella,
    Van Halen, Van Hager, Metallica.  On the Satyr front the tapes should
    be ready soon, and I remember that you ordered a tape before the
    band had to start charging for them, so you should get a free tape
    in due course.
    
    I missed Rory but WTH, I miss everything      8^)
    
    
    Bonzo

    Hey Bonzo- that reads like you've returned to the sanctity of your
    "Metal Core" - ie the stuff you fall back on in all kinds of weather!!
    
    Personally, I'm in experimental mode at the moment -
    
    Dream Theater ; Tin Machine ; Vow Wow (esp track Helter Skelter)
    ; Blue Murder (Whitesnake 89) ; Badlands (Jake E Lee's new band)
    
    - Some good, some bad , some well......trash!!!
    
    Quick quip - whilst in Geneva, I was chatting away to a rather
    conservative colleague when the topic of music came around.
    He asked what I was into. When I told him he profoundly replied
    that he was into that kinda stuff also. Surprised, I asked him
    to be more specific. He told me to wait until lunch time as he
    had a tape in the car which he said would "Blow me away!!"
    
    I couldn't wait!!!
    
    Lunch time arrived....out to the car...baited breath......
    Extracts the tape...I look down at the title and begin to
    fall backwards....C H I C A G O - 1 9 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh..!!!
    
    He came as near as dammit to being plummed into Lake Geneva's famous
    fountain - UPSIDE DOWN. I could just visualise the water shootin'
    100 ft up outta his rear end!!!!
    
    Some people just don't know Metal from dead worms!!!!
    
    Catch you later
    
    Gm

    Uh, I'm a bit new at this, bear with me. Question: What album is
    the song "Children Of The Sun" on? I'm pretty sure Gary Moore did
    it. Anyone? Hello?! AAIGH!!!
                                           Spaceknight
    

>    Uh, I'm a bit new at this, bear with me. Question: What album is
>    the song "Children Of The Sun" on? I'm pretty sure Gary Moore did
>    it. Anyone? Hello?! AAIGH!!!

Hmmmm...I don't know that much about Gary Moore, so I can't answer the 
question. however, was that song maybe done by Billy Thorpe, and not by Gary 
Moore? I think Thorpe had a song with a similar title, and I don't know if it 
is the same song you're talking about.

cat

    Billy Thorpe? Hmm...now I'll have to go find out about him! Thanks
    for trying though, Cat. Now I've gotta to try to tell the brain
    surgeons at my local record store about Billy Thorpe. Oughtta take
    'em a few months to tell me who he is. By the way, Cat, you do'nt
    have another nickname, like "Alleycat", do you?
                  Spaceknight
    

> Now I've gotta to try to tell the brain surgeons at my local record store 
> about Billy Thorpe. 

Like I said, I'm not sure that is right. But you should check it out. BTW, I 
think all of Thorpe's albums are long out-of-print, so you'll have to haunt 
the used record stores for it.

> By the way, Cat, you do'nt have another nickname, like "Alleycat", do you?

Well, not in notes. I was given this nickname by some of the members of the 
conference (its not worth the long explanation...). But its a funny 
coincidence, because when I was growing up, my nickname was Alleycat, seeing 
as my first name is Alan. 

Just rambling....

cat

    RE: .24
    Hmm...used record stores. Nope! Ai'nt heard of any in Jersey, guess
    I'll have to try N.Y., but I think I'll look back through Gary's
    older stuff first. Could'nt hurt!
    BTW, the "Alleycat" reference was because Someone I talk to in Mass.
    uses "Alleycat" for a nickname also, but because her name ia Allison!
    No offense intended! Plz forgive my ways.
               Later, 
               Spaceknight
    

    I've got most of Gary's solo albums going back to about his G-Force
    period ('80) and I must confess, I've never came across this title...
    
    The nearest title to yours I can remember off the top of my head
    is something that appeared on Gary's "Live In Japan " album
    which came out around '85 ish and had an instrumental track on it
    specially composed and dedicated to the late/great Randy Rhodes.
    
    It's title had something to do with a sunset I believe....am I helping
    any ?
    
    Gm.
    
    PS. Where did you hear it and what makes you think it was Gary ?
        Any idea of the year it came out ?
                      

I just confirmed that Billy Thorpe did a song/album called "Children of the 
Sun". Not only that, but it is available on CD!

cat

    
    I'm a major Gary Moore fan, got most of his albums except the 
    Skid Row and one of the Colluseum II albums and some of the Jet/CBS
    cash-in re-releases. Even got a Bootleg live double album from the 
    Victims of the Future tour recorded at Hammersmith. 
    
    Best albums are IMO "Corridoors of Power" and "After the War".
    I've got about 14 different versions of "Parisiene Walkways",
    one Studio from "Back on the Streets" and the rest live off the 
    Friday Rock Show or TV or various live vinyl cuts. 
    
    At Donnington '84 Gary said he wouldn't do Parisienne Walkways 
    anymore, but when I saw him at Wembley Arena on the last 
    tour - when Cozy quit - he still done it. Was anyone else at that
    gig when the support band (Victory) never came on and we waited 3
    hours for the headliner? Was worth it though. 
    
    Check out the various Cozy Powell albums with Gary Moore on -
    particularly "The Loner" on "Tilt" which has been re-recorded.
    There's a killer live version about too (somewhere)
    
    re .26  The album Live in Japan (Jap import) has the track "Sunset"
            by Don Airey/Gary Moore and is the Rhandy Rhoads tribute
    
    Cat's plectrum shaped disk is (i think) Empty Rooms - I can remember
    Gaz waving it about at a concert, circa 83 ish. How did you get
    a copy Stateside, Cat??    
    
    Speedking  (alias RJD)

>    Cat's plectrum shaped disk is (i think) Empty Rooms - I can remember
>    Gaz waving it about at a concert, circa 83 ish. How did you get
>    a copy Stateside, Cat??    

Jeez, I don't even remember where I picked it up! It was a long time ago....
I listened to it again about a month ago, and its a cool tune. If you were to 
recommend the first album to pick up from Gary, which one would it be? (The 
only one I have is "Wild Frontier".)

cat

    From a commercial angle Cat, Wild Frontier is probably his most
    accessible album. It spawned him a couple of Top 40 hits here in
    the UK. 
    
    But, IMO Gary's most innovative guitar album has to be "Corridors of Power".
    
    The lead work is really "out-front" in the mix and the songs are
    dynamite...check out "End Of The World" with Jack Bruce guesting
    on vocals or Gary's cover of "Wishing Well".
                                           
    For me , that album goes through the "pain barrier" and sounds like
    he really meant it!!
    
    I would have to say that outta my whole GM collection, it's the
    one album I always go back to......
    
    Gm

    Hiya Cat,
    
    Corridors of Power is definately the one to get -
    Neil Murray, Ian Paice, Don Airey - you can't go wrong

    The latest LP, After the War is good too - it has that excellent
    King-dong Come rip-off "Led Clones" with Ozzy on vocals
    
    Budding Axemen might like to have a go at transcribing the intro
    to "The End of the World"   :-)

    /Speedking

I think also that "Corridors of Power" is Gary's best album. It's really the one
to buy (specially on CD).

I like "After the War" pretty much, and I think it has the same power than 
"corridors .." BUT I really think that "Led Clones" is the most horrible tune
of the CD. The music is zero, the vocals are poor (Ozzy can do much better) and
I found this kind of attack totally ridiculous. At least Kinkdom Come do it well.

I was really sad to see that both Gary and Ozzy could enter such a stupid game,
I thought they were wise persons.

Didier

    Another recommended buy is "Run For Cover" which is more 
    commercial/accessible than previous albums. I had always thought that
    Gary's songwriting let him down, but on this album there's some
    quite pleasing melodies. His singing has also improved on this one.
    
    Also includes contributions from Phil Lynnot (RIP), Glenn Hughes,
    Cozy Powell, Simon Phillips etc. - the credits on Gary Moore albums
    seem to read like a Who's Who of British rockers.
    
    /Speedking

re: .30-.32

Well, it took me a while, but I finally picked up "Corridors of Power".

WOW!!! It blew me away!!!

I can't believe I had never really heard this stuff before - it is already 
(after only 2 days!) one of my favorite HM guitar albums. The tunes are good, 
Gary's playing is awesome, and even his singing is real good! And I picked up 
the CD, which is definitely worth it!!!

And, for all you HM guitarheads, you should check out the guitar sound on this 
album - its incredibly powerful, yet still subtle during the quieter passages.
According to the liner notes, Gary is playing a Charvel through Marshalls. 
(Geez, does this mean I have to apologize to Coop for all that Charvel bashing?)

Thanx for the recommendation! 

cat

    RE: ALan's review...
    
    No, just grovel some more dude...
    
    jc

    Actually...
    
    He has gone back to playing a Les Paul on the After the War album
    coz he siad something like..."I am fed up with every guitarist sounding
    the same and decided to get back to the basics of R&R..."
    
    
    So Alan, you can still slag off Charvel's to your hearts content.
    
    
    ;^�
    
    Bonzo

    Hey Bonzo !
    
    Shadap will ya !
    
    ;^)

    
    Did anyone happen to have their tape deck running during
    the Gary Moore concert that was broadcast on WBCN? I think 
    it was several months ago at the Paradise. I would like to 
    borrow a copy. Please send MAIL to 
    
      STAR::TPROULX
      or
    RHUMBA::TPROULX
    
    I heard one song from it called "The Loner." Absolutely 
    amazing! I'm still in a state of fretboard shock.
    
    Thanks,
    
    -Tom

Radio played all the new Gary Moore's LP. It's called "Still got the Blues" and
it's definately A BLUES ALBUM.

There are some original songs and some good old covers as well. Several songs
remains me a lot Jeff Haley ("See the light").

Band members are : Bob Daisley 
		   Don Airey 
		   Brain Downey (drummer in Thin Lizzy)

Also on different tracks you can find guests like :
		   Nikki Hopkins
		   Albert King


If you don't like the blues, don't buy it. There is nothing else than blues on
it. If you do like blues then ..... run for it :-)


Didier 	

There is also a song composed by Georges Harrison in this album. Georges plays
slide guitar in it. The singing sounds like Eric Clapton.

Didier

    I've heardsome tracks off the album and it's now on my (very long) list
    of "Albums to buy".
    
    True it's a blues only album, and this reminded me. I was reading the
    current edition of Metal Hammer earlier this week whih included an
    interview with Mr Moore. He mentioned that he's going out on tour soon,
    but these gigs will be:
    
    	BLUES ONLY
    
    If you're expecting to hear some of the new album with some of the
    earlier stuff thrown in for good measure - Forget it.
    
    Just thought I'd let you know.
    
    	Keef.

    Hi Moore fan's
     
    I like the new album very much, it is all BLUES, the guitar solo
    are like Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Jeff Healey.
    Also there are some nice slowblues numbers, very good, KING OF THE
    BLUES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    Keep on Rockin
    
    

    Gary Moore is doing a guitar clinic here in Greenville soon, not sure 
    when... Jeff?
    
    CJ

                 
    I got the new album from my rep yesterday and its quite good.
                                                             
    I'm glad he's stopeed playing wimpy pop songs and continued something
    he's good at! 
    
    Now if only he'd find himself a singer!

WCGY and WGIR are starting to play a track off this album called "Pretty 
Woman" (with guest guitarist Albert King). I've heard it a few times, but 
just today found out whom it was. Let me tell ya - there is some *screaming* 
guitar going on here! I can't wait to check out the rest of the album!!!!

alan

    
    The rest of the album is hot!

    Gary Moore is the best all around guitar player in rock 'n' roll!  This
    guy can do it all, and he has done it all.  I have almost everything he
    has ever put out.  For those of you serious collector's out there, I
    have a few things that I am looking for. Here goes: Out in the Fields
    dbl. 7 inch, a G-Force single with an unreleased B-Side, an album by
    Robin Lumley narrarating Peter & the Wolf that Gary is on, a Eddie
    Hardin album, and any concert footage other than Emerald Isles, An
    Evening of the Blues and the Thin Lizzy show in Australia.
    
    Oh, does anybody know of any tour dates here in the states.
    
    thanks, Byron
    

    Gary's new(ish) vid is from the last (Still Got The Blues ) tour.
    
    Good/immense concert footage (about 95% of vid ) mixed with interviews
    with Gary, Albert Collins and Albert King. 
    
    The concert features AC and AK jamming on a couple of numbers
    and the guitar exchanges are superb. Definately a vid for the
    "Rock Blues" enthusiast, as opposed to someone who likes
    some of Gary's previous albums.
    
    This one's a great "late-nighter" - y'know - a couple of six-packs
    and some buddy's in partyin' mood.
    
    Tom

                              More On Moore.........
    
         Just wondering if anyone out there has tried to learn any of these 
    NEW Gary Moore tunes, like "Still Got The Blues", "Stop Messin' Around"
    and any of the rest?
         If you insist on catagorizing everything you're going to miss out
    on lotza good music, and I've been guilty of it myself!
         I sat down with this new tape, and have to admit Gary's also got
    quite a bit of musical knowledge, he wrote alot of these songs and 
    arranged the strings and the horns, he's been around, KNOWS what he's
    doing, and he's one talented mother.
         The more I listen to him play the more respect I've got for the
    guy, he's one of the most lyrical guitarist I've heard in years, and if
    you're looking for a challenge, try and copy a few of his solos!
         Having a Strat sure will help, a good working knowledge about
    modu-lation and improvisation, and especially a SOUL!
         So far I've figured out the chord changes, the string section, the
    Bass lines and 75% of the solo in "Still Got The Blues", and I'm
    working on the last part of the Solo which is a mother, it's fast, it's
    precise, it's lyrical, the tone quality is excellent and I'm loving
    every minute of it!
         If you need any help or even want to offer suggestions let me
    know............
    
                                                          "R-E-V-O-L-V-E-R"
    
                                                               STORM'N
    changes and improvisation

    Anybody in here heard anything from Gary's new album "After Hours" ?
    
    I just saw it in the store lunchtime. I caught a feature on him jammin'
    with BB King in London's Hard Rock Cafe last week.
    
    The songs didn't sound familiar but obviously they're heavily weighted
    into Blues territory. From what I saw, Tom Petty and George Harrison
    were a coupla celebs in attendance.
    
    I guess Gary's relative success with SGTB has kept him away from
    mainstream rock. IMO I hope he's not lost to the Blues forever.
    I don't know if there's room for 2 Gary Moore Blues albums in
    my collection - one would just about cover the spectrum.
    
    Anyone think or heard any different ?
    
    Tom                                     

    Gary Moore says he`s going to stop playing heavy metal,and only play
    the blues from now on.
    
    "A cold day in hell" is a good ditty from the new album. 
    

    Re-1
    
    Real shame IMO. He was one hell of a rock guitarist. Mind you, his last
    *rock* album was a bummer, compared to earlier stuff like Wild
    Frontier. He even admitted as much on the SGTB video. He probably feels
    that he's through with coming up with anything new in the rock world.
    
    I'll listen out for stuff off the new one and if it sounds interesting
    then I'll probably buy it.
    
    Tom

    Love the quote Ozzy came out with when he was looking for a replacement
    for Randy Rhoades. It went something along the lines of "he's a great
    guitarist but he's got a face like a welder's bench".

    Aye,i remember that quote,and use it to this day to describe my 
    girlfriends face.
    
    Only joking. Or am i?
    

     I guess it's safe to say that sucked for you. 8)
    
         frizkid
    

    
    >>Only joking. Or am i? 
    
    It's the Wheel of justice for you mate. "Spin Spin Spin....... 
    

    Someone esle said "If Gary Moore looked like Jon Bon Jovi, we'd all be
    in trouble!!"

    
    After Hours is an excellent album...  It's in the same vein as SGTB's
    but quite different in it's own way.  There are horns and strings. 
    Some nice slow tracks.  But some really super guitar playing... This 
    guy continually amazes me with creativity... The guitar solo in The 
    story of the blues will blow you away....
    
    Rich
    
    P.S.   Believe me, Gary will eventually tire of Blues albums and Rock
    again......