Phil Lynott

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Philip Parris Lynott (LY-n?t; 20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish musician and songwriter.

Thin Lizzy, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist, and bassist, was one of the group's most profitable companies, according to the man.

He was known for his inventive lyrical contributions, as well as many characters based on personal influences and Celtic culture. Lynott was born in England's West Midlands but his grandparents grew up in Dublin.

Throughout his life, Philomena remained close to his mother, Philomena.

Before learning the bass guitar and creating Thin Lizzy in 1969, he fronted several bands, including Skid Row and Gary Moore.

The band, which had initial success with "Whiskey in the Jar," "Jailbreak" and "Waiting for an Alibi," and "Waiting for an Alibi," and later became a popular live attraction in the mid-1970s, combining Lynott's vocal and songwriting abilities with dual lead guitars.

Lynott started a solo career, released two books of poetry, and after Thin Lizzy disbanded, he assembled and fronted the band Grand Slam, of which he was the leader until it was disbanded in 1985. Following Thin Lizzy's death, Lynott's heroin use increased, particularly heroin use.

He had a final chart success with Moore, "Out in the Fields," followed by the minor hit "Nineteen," shortly before his death in 1986 from sepsis secondary to pneumonia.

He is still a well-known figure in the rock world, and a statue of his in memory was unveiled in Dublin in 2005.

Early life

Phil Lynott was born in Hallam Hospital in West Bromwich, England, and christened at St Edward's Church, Selly Park, Birmingham. Philomena Lynott was born in Dublin, and Cecil Parris, his father, was born in Georgetown, British Guiana. Parris, a Birmingham native who had left England to seek jobs in 1948, and the two were in a squabble for a few months before Parris was relocated to London. Philomena discovered she was pregnant shortly after Lynott was born, and after she had moved with her baby to a house for single mothers in Selly Park, where he was baptized on September 4th. Philomena migrated to Manchester, but Parris kept in touch with him, who helped pay for his son's care. She had two other children who had been waiting for adoption after they were adopted. Lynott, although he had no significant racial association, was different from his classmates at school and was more self-conscious.

Lynott was first educated in Moss Side, Manchester. Frank and Sarah Lynott's grandfather was sent by his mother in 1957, Dublin, due to allegations of bigotry and Lynott being mixed race. For the first time in Frank's life, the decision was vital as the presence of Frank made him a father figure. His mother stayed in Manchester and stayed close to her son. Dennis Keeley, a tonne of people, took over the Clifton Grange Hotel in Whalley Range later that evening. The hotel, dubbed "The Biz," became a hit among showbusiness entertainers and was later referenced to in a song on Thin Lizzy's debut album. Lynott had a wonderful childhood growing up in Dublin and was a popular character at school.

Personal life

Lynott was born in England and raised in Ireland and has always regarded himself as Irish. In 2013: "Philiph was so proud of being Irish," his friend and Thin Lizzy bandmate Scott Gorham said. No matter where we were going, if we were talking to a journalist and they found something wrong about Ireland, we'd give the guy a history lesson. It meant a lot to him." He bought several houses in Howth, County Dublin, many of which, White Horses, was a 50th birthday present to his mother in the early 1980s.

Lynott married Caroline Crowther, the daughter of British comedian Leslie Crowther, on February 14, 1980. In the late 1970s, he first met her while working for Tony Brainsby. Sarah (born 19 December 1978), for whom the eponymous 1979 album was written, and Cathleen (born 29 July 1980), for whom the eponymous 1982 Lynott solo album was written. After Lynott's opioid use increased, the marriage fell apart in 1984. Lynott's son, born in 1968, was put up for adoption; in 2003, Macdaragh Lambe learned that Lynott was his biological father; this was confirmed by Philomena Lynott in a newspaper interview.

Lynott was a football fan and he adored Manchester United. George Best, a professional footballer from United and Northern Ireland, and the pair regularly socialised at the Clifton Grange Hotel, and he was a good friend. Lynott became a shareholder of the club later in life.

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Career

Lynott was introduced to music through his uncle Timothy's album collection, and Motown and The Mamas & the Papas followed him. In 1965, he formed the Black Eagles, his first band, as a lead guitarist, with frequent appearances in Dublin's local clubs. He attended the Christian Brothers School in Crumlin, where he became friends with Brian Downey, who was later refused to join the Liffey Beats. Especially after the departure of his two sons, guitarists Danny and Frankie, the group fell apart due to a lack of interest by boss Joe Smith.

Lynott left the family home and moved to a flat in Clontarf, where he briefly joined the organisation Kama Sutra. He learned his frontman skills and figured out how to deal with an audience in this band. He and bassist Brendan 'Brush' Shiels joined Skid Row in early 1968. Downey was disinterested in Shiels' offer to be the drummer, so Noel Bridgeman took over. Ted Carroll, who would later go on to lead Thin Lizzy, signed a contract with the band and appeared on a number of magazines, including "Eight Miles High," "Hey Jude," and several others by Jimi Hendrix. Lynott did not play an instrument at this point in his career, he instead manipulated his voice through an echo box during instrumental sections. On stage, he smearing boot polish under his eyes to draw attention to himself, which he'll do throughout Lizzy's career, and the audience was captivated by a dramatic match with Shiels. Bernard Cheevers, a guitarist, resigned in mid-1968 and was replaced by Belfast-born guitarist Gary Moore.

Despite increasing success and the unveiling of a single "New Faces, Old Places," Shiels became concerned about Lynott's ability to sing off-key. He found that the problem was with Lynott's tonsils, and he took a leave of absence from the band shortly. Shiels had decided to take over the singing lead and reduce the band to a three-piece by the time he had recovered. Lynott's mother, who had effectively kicked one of his closest friends, was taught how to play bass, figuring it would be faster to learn than a six-string guitar, and starting teaching him lessons.

Lynott and Downey quickly formed Orphanage, with guitarist Joe Staunton and bassist Pat Quigley, performing a mix of original songs and covers of Bob Dylan, Free and Jeff Beck. Lynott, who was still learning the bass, confined himself to occasional rhythm guitar instead of singing lead.

A number of Skid Row and Orphanage demo tapes starring Lynott were discovered at the end of 2006. These were his first recordings and had been thought to have been lost for decades.

Lynott and Downey were introduced to guitarist Eric Bell by a founding member of Them, keyboardist Eric Wrixon (Bell had appeared in a later version of Them). Bell was the better guitarist, and the foursome formed Thin Lizzy after Lynott was confident enough to play bass himself. The name derives from the character "Tin Lizzie" in the comic The Dandy, which in turn took its name from Ford's Model T car's nickname. The H was deliberately designed to imitate the way the word "thin" is spoken in a Dublin accent. "Any colour you like as long as it's black," Lynott discovered later, which was inappropriate for him. Since the band's first album, "The Farmer," was released in July 1970, some people were convinced that there was too little to be desired and left.

Lynott was still a reserved and introverted on stage during the band's early days – and though being the singer, bassist, and chief songwriter – and would not appear on stage, he'd remain a pillar of the band's image, and would remain on one side while the spotlight was focusing on Bell, who was initially thought of as the group's leader. Lynott was on the verge of leaving Thin Lizzy with Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore and Ian Paice on his second album, Shades of a Blue Orphanage (1972). Downey recalled, "itchie turned up in the studio one day to jam." "I was asked to play drums to Phil and Ritchie jamming... I was like, 'Well, that's the end of the band then.' It lasted a week, but Phil came back as if nothing had happened. He wanted to be the leader of his own band, not the singer in someone else's." Lizzy, however, was soon to release an album of Deep Purple covers under the name Funky Junction, due to its financial difficulties. Lynott performed on the album because he felt his voice was not in the same vein as Ian Gillan.

Thin Lizzy got their first big break in the United Kingdom by assisting Slade and then well into their commercial success. Lynott decided to attach a mirror to his bass after being inspired by Noddy Holder's top hat with mirrors, which he carried on to subsequent tours. An altercation broke out between Lynott and Slade's tour manager, Chas Chandler, who chastised Lynott's lack of stage presence and eye contact with the audience and threatened to dismiss Lizzy off the tour immediately unless conditions improved immediately. Lynott's onstage rapport and stage presence became more familiar over the remainder of the decade.

Thin Lizzy's first top-ten hit was in 1973, with a rock version of the Irish song "Whiskey in the Jar" with Jim Fitzpatrick's cover. However, follow-up singles struggled to chart after Bell's departure, Moore replaced him quickly, and Downey, Thin Lizzy were near death by mid-1974. Thin Lizzy was not until the recruitment of guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson and the introduction of Jailbreak in 1976 that the group's biggest hit, "The Boys Are Back to Town," that was on the radio. The song, which was in the top ten in the United Kingdom, was No. 109. 1 in Ireland and a hit in the United States and Canada. However, while on tour with Rainbow, Lynott contracted hepatitis and the band had to cancel touring.

Lynott befriended Huey Lewis, although Lewis' band, Clover, was supporting them on tour. Lewis was captivated by Lynott's frontman skills and was inspired to do better, eventually achieving commercial success in the 1980s. Lynott's songs, including "Cowboy Song" and "Massacre," were heavily influenced by the band's US tours. He had a particular affinity for Los Angeles.

Thin Lizzy embarked on several world tours after finally achieving mainstream success. The band capitalized on Jailbreak's success with the introduction of a number of hit albums, including Johnny the Fox (1976), Bad Reputation (1977), Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979), and Live and Dangerous (1978), which features Lynott in the foreground on the front page. However, the band was suffering from personnel changes, with Robertson being replaced temporarily by Moore in 1976 and then permanently the following year, partly due to a personal rivalry with Lynott.

Thin Lizzy were starting to fail commercially, and Lynott started showing signs of opioid use, including regular asthma attacks. Lynott disbanded Thin Lizzy in 1983 after longtime boss Chris O'Donnell's resignation and Gorham's desire to leave. He began using heroin at this point in his career, and it had an effect on the band's shows in Japan if he was unable to obtain any. He managed to get to the Reading Festival and their last gig (with Lynott as frontman) in Nuremberg on September 4th.

Lynott started working on projects outside of Thin Lizzy in 1978. In Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, he appeared on "The Spirit of Man" and spoke with Parson Nathaniel. On Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves' "Blue Wave" EP, he appeared on several artists, including backing vocals with Bob Geldof on Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves' "Blue Wave" EP.

Lynott was involved in the rise of punk rock in the late 1970s and became acquainted with several members of the Sex Pistols, The Damned, and Geldof's band The Boomtown Rats. He created "The Greedies" -- originally "The Greedy Bastards"), but he was able to form an ad-hoc band named "The Greedies" (which was later shortened to show politeness). During Lizzy's retirement in 1978, the band began performing in London, performing a mixture of famous Lizzy songs and Pistols songs recorded after John Lydon's departure. The Greedies recorded "A Merry Jingle" in 1979, starring other members of Thin Lizzy as well as Pistols' Steve Jones and Paul Cook. He had appeared on Johnny Thunders' debut solo album So Alone in the previous year. Lynott became a member of Midge Ure of the Rich Kids, who pleaded for Thin Lizzy shortly after joining Ultravox in 1979. Thin Lizzy's leadership was perplexed by Lynott's decision to buy Ultravox.

Lynott began a solo career with the album "Dear Miss Lonelyhearts" and "King's Call" in 1980, although Thin Lizzy were still enjoying good success, but the album's 1980s, "Dear Miss Lonelyhearts," was a Top 30 UK hit single, earning two hit singles that year, "King's Call" and "King's Call." The former was a salute to Elvis Presley and featured Mark Knopfler on guitar. Despite the presence of the single "Old Town" in his second solo venture, The Philip Lynott Album (1982) was a chart flop. The album "Yellow Pearl" (1982) was a No. 1 in the United States. 14 hits in the United Kingdom and became the Pops' theme tune.

Lynott's "We Are the Boys (Who Makes the Noise)" in 1983, shortly after Thin Lizzy's disbanding, was released by Lynott. Lynott used to collaborate on albums including "Parisienne Walkways" (a No. 1). (a No. 8 in 1979) and "Out in the Fields" (a No. In 1985, the United Kingdom's highest-charting single hit the country (#5 was the highest-charting single). Doish Nagle, Laurence Archer, Robbie Brennan, and Mark Stanway formed Grand Slam in 1984. The band toured The Marquee and other clubs, but the group suffered from being branded a poor imitation of Thin Lizzy due to the inclusion of two lead guitar players and Lynott's increasing heroin use at the end of the year.

Lynott wrote songs with British R&B musician Junior Giscombe from 1983 to 1985, but nothing was ever released and the majority remained as demos. However, one song, "The Lady Loves to Dance," was mastered with producer Tony Visconti and almost released before being pulled by Phonogram, a record company. Lynott was particularly upset that he was not invited to participate in Live Aid, which had been arranged by his two colleagues, Geldof and Ure, the former of whom had briefly played for Thin Lizzy. This was because the Band Aid Trust could only support financially viable artists selling millions of albums, which neither Lynott nor Thin Lizzy had done, according to Geldof later. Lynott appeared on the 1980s BBC quiz show Pop Quiz, hosted by Mike Read, in 1984.

"Nineteen," Laurence Archer and Mark Stanway's co-written and directed by Paul Hardcastle, was released a few weeks before his death. It had no connection to the producer's chart-topping single of the same name a few months ago. "This was a guy whose music I used to play when I was a student," Hardcastle said. "He was a hero of mine" – I couldn't figure out why he wanted to work with me." "You're at the top of your game technically right now, so can you help me?" He said to me. On Lynott's Fender, the producer performed the bassline. "He walked in on me playing it, and I thought, 'Shit!' Hartcastle said it was a bit off the mark. "Butte is fine, we're keeping it on here," says the narrator.

Lynott's "Nineteen" was a hit on various television shows during December 1985. He conducted his final interviews in which he outlined his probable plans for the near future; these included more work with Moore and even the possibility of replacing Thin Lizzy, something he had secretly discussed with Gorham before. In 1985, he shared some content with Archer, Lewis, and members of the News, which was not announced.

"Songs for When I'm Away," Lynott's first book of poetry, was published in 1974. There were 21 poems in the book, but not one called "A Holy Encounter" was included. Only 1,000 copies of the book were published. A second volume, called "Philip," was released in 1977. Both books were published in a single volume in 1997, the one titled "Songs for When I'm Away" was released. This compendium edition contained illustrations by Tim Booth and Jim Fitzpatrick, as well as the original introductions by Peter Fallon and John Peel.

In 2020, a documentary of the same name, as well as interviews with people who knew Lynott and collaborated with him, as well as some of his admirers, such as U2's Adam Clayton, was released.

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