http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12377862

Gary Moore died of a heart attack.  A great guitarist and vocalist.

I loved Thin Lizzy and Skid Row.

One of my favourite songs is "Over the Hills and Far Away"

Gary Moore's version

Nightwish's version

It is a great song!

Sad news.
My very first band opened with “Jailbreak” by Thin Lizzy when I was 15 and playing parties and skating rinks …We weren’t even old enough to play bars yet…lol

I always loved his crunchy guitar sound.

Sad news indeed.
Thanks for the links.
Tom

It is very sad news. And he was healthy, can't explain it. :(

I thoug

dphht that it was John Tams that sang 'Over the Hills and Far Away.'  That's the theme song to the Sharpe's Rifles series.

dph

Over the Hills and Far Away Hark! Now the drums beat up again,
For all true soldier gentlemen,
Then let us 'list and march I say,
Over the hills and far away.

Chorus
Over the hills and o'er the main.
To Flanders, Portugal, and Spain,
Queen Anne commands and we'll obey.
Over the hills and far away.

All gentlemen that have a mind,
To serve the Queen that's good and kind,
Come 'list and enter into pay,
Then over the hills and far away.

Chorus

Here's forty shillings on the drum,
For those that volunteers do come,
With shirts, and clothes, and present pay,
Then o'er the hills and far away.

Chorus

No more from sound of drums retreat,
While Marlborough and Galway beat,
The French and Spaniards every day,
When o'er the hills and far away.

Chorus

The 'prentice Tom he may refuse,
To wipe his angry master's shoes,
For then he's free to sing and play,
Over the hills and far away.

Chorus

Come on then boys, and you shall see,
We every one shall captains be!
To whore and rant as well as they,
When over the hills and far away.

Chorus

We then shall lead more happy lives,
By getting rid of brats and wives,
That scold on both the night and day,
When over the hills and far away.

Chorus

This caught my eye because I thought that you were a little too young and too Canadian to be mourning a 1950s American game show host. Sorry to hear about this Gary Moore. Other than maybe Mick Jagger, I've never really known the names of band members. I do remember Thin Lizzy though. The Boys Are Back in Town is the one I remember them for.

Wait until you get a little older and all the celebs, pols, musicians etc. from your youth start dropping off on a seemingly weekly basis )-:

Quote - I thoug

dphht that it was John Tams that sang 'Over the Hills and Far Away.'  That's the theme song to the Sharpe's Rifles series.

dph

different songs, same title.

Quote - I thoug

dphht that it was John Tams that sang 'Over the Hills and Far Away.'  That's the theme song to the Sharpe's Rifles series.

dph

No. As already noted above, same title, but a different song.  Here are the lyrics to Gary Moore's version. Quite a tragic song. A man was wrongly accused of robbery and sent to prison. He could have proven he hadn't done it, because he had been with his friend's wife. But to say so would have caused her great harm, so he kept her name out of it.

Never heard it but an interesting theme, given the old Johnny Cash number The Long Black Veil:

*"The judge said son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife" *

Sorry to hear about Gary Moore.  I was a big fan of his blues stuff.

Another of my guitar heroes passes, and he wasn't even 2 years older than me.  Time to fire up "Empty Rooms" on the CD player I think.

Yes, a very sad loss to music. A great player but with a lot more versatility and technique than his recent blues repertoire shows.  Monster tone, too.

RIP Gary.