Tribute to Gary moore who died 7th Feb 2011

After the death of Gary moore this weekend 7th Feb 2011 I wanted to show my appreciation by producing this tribute.. One of the greatest rock artists of all time. RIP Gary a sad loss to the music industry.

One of rock's most underrated guitarists (both from a technical and compositional point of view), Gary Moore remains relatively unknown in the U.S., while his solo work has brought him substantial acclaim and commercial success in most other parts of the world -- especially in Europe. Born on April 4, 1952, in Belfast, Ireland, Moore became interested in guitar during the '60s, upon discovering such blues-rock masters as Eric Clapton , Jimi Hendrix , and perhaps his biggest influence of all, Fleetwood Mac 's Peter Green. After relocating to Dublin later in the decade, Moore joined a local rock group called Skid Row , which featured a young singer by the name of Phil Lynott , who would soon after leave the group to double up on bass and form Thin Lizzy.

During the early '80s, Moore united with former ELP guitarist/bassist/singer Greg Lake , appearing on a pair of Lake solo releases (1981's self-titled release and 1983's Manoeuvres), in addition to guesting on another Cozy Powell solo release, Octopuss. But it was also during the '80s that Moore finally got serious with his solo career -- issuing such heavy metal-based works as 1982's Corridors of Power, 1983's Victims of the Future, 1984's Dirty Fingers and the in-concert set We Want Moore!, 1985's Run for Cover, 1987's Wild Frontier, plus 1989's After the War - establishing a large following in Europe, despite remaining virtually unknown stateside. The decade wasn't all rosy for Moore , however - although he was able to patch up his friendship with Phil Lynott (appearing with Lizzy for several tracks on Life/Live, and teaming with Lynott for a pair of tracks in 1985, "Military Man" and "Out in the Fields," the latter a U.K. hit), years of hard living finally caught up with Lynott , leading to his passing in January of 1986. Moore would subsequently dedicate "Wild Frontier" to Lynott , and honored Thin Lizzy 's former frontman on the track "Blood of Emeralds" (from After the War).

Fed up with the pressure to pen hit singles and tired of his metallic musical direction, Moore returned to his blues roots for 1990's Still Got the Blues, the most renowned and best-selling release of his career, as the album featured such special guests as Albert Collins , Albert King , and George Harrison. Moore continued in his newly rediscovered blues style on such subsequent releases as 1992's After Hours and 1993's Blues Alive, before forming the short-lived supergroup BBM along with Cream 's former rhythm section -- bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker - which lasted for a single album, 1994's Around the Next Dream. Up next for Moore was a tribute album for Peter Green, 1995's Blues for Greeny, which saw him put his own personal stamp on 11 tracks either penned or performed at some point by Green. Moore experimented with different musical styles on his next two solo releases, 1997's Dark Days in Paradise and 1999's A Different Beat, before embracing the blues once more on his first release of the 21st century, 2001's Back to the Blues.

Over the years, Gary Moore has been the subject of countless compilations, the best of the bunch being 1998's metal-oriented Collection and 2002's blues-based Best of the Blues, as well as Out in the Fields: The Very Best of Gary Moore, which was split 50/50 between his metal and blues excursions. Teaming with Skunk Anansie bassist Cass Lewis and Primal Fear drummer Darrin Mooney, Moore started work on much harder and alternative-influenced rock in the spring of 2002 and released the results as Scars.

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[JoJoTandTheJuice]

REST IN PEACE MY DEAR FRIEND .. YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART ! JOJO TAYLOR !

[jajah62]

He died on 6th feb. mate;;; Sad day today... A day I will nerver accept...

[sparkymachine]

Nice one mate

[65krokus]

R.I.P Gary. I will always remember you.

[frankbar007]

SORRY, I JUST GOT TO KNOW TODAT THAT THE MAN DIED IN THE FEBRUARY MONTH.

MR. MOORE PLAYED ALL FANTASTICS TITLES OF OUR BLUES AND ROCK AND ROLL.

GARY MOORE LIVES INSIDE OUR HEARTS, TOGETHER WITH JIMI AND SRV !!!!!

RIP MR .MOORE.

[bullshitdetective1]

does it really matter if it was the 6th or the 7th he died?

his kids have lost there dad and we have lost the best guitarist the world has ever seen!!!

i miss you gary.enjoy the wonders of gods kingdom!!!!!!

[Bluesbreaker57]

Gary Moore....in just 2 words TOTALLY AWESOME !!!!!!!!

[MrsKik001]

He died February 6th!!!

[1970Tutti]

@JackbruceGarymoore

absolut nonsense thats "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert played with guitar

[LORINCIA01]

good bye the best in the world