They played many of their classics more than once and “The Boys are Back in Town” three times! Boy I was jealous, still am. I don’t remember many of the details but it sounded like an amazing event. Before he left the country, he got to see Thin Lizzy’s last ever gig in Nuremberg. In November of 1983, I met up with a friend who was on leave from the army after spending two years stationed in Germany. Snowy White- guitar on Renegade, Killer on the Loose, Hollywood and The Rocker Gary Moore- guitar on Black Rose and The Rockerīrian Robertson- guitar on Emerald and The Rocker That’s because all the guitarists mentioned as well as Sykes and Goram of course play on the final song in what Phil calls ‘The All Star Jam.” That was great to hear, it must have been mind blowing to see.ĭarren Wharton- keyboards, backing vocals I now know why “The Rocker” was such a great closer. Gary Moore, Snowy White, Eric Bell and Brian Robertson all play on the album. A great song to go out on.Īdditionally, Phil Lynott got the former Thin Lizzy guitarists to play on different numbers on the album. Other notable efforts are “Emerald,” “Black Rose,” “Waiting for an Alibi,” “Hollywood (Down On Your Luck)” and if they genuinely closed their shows, with “The Rocker” like they do on the album, then it was a very wise choice indeed. I only have to wait to the third song to hear my all time favourite Thin Lizzy ditty and they definitely do it justice.
Of course, all the great Lizzy classics are on here and most of them are played very well live. Saying that, I like the live version of “The Sun Goes Down.” To me it seems more sinister though it does go on even longer than on the studio version. In addition, in my mind, they pick the right songs from that album to play on this one. In fact, the songs from “Thunder and Lightning” are all played rather well, “Cold Sweat” definitely gets an honourable mention here. Thin Lizzy Live In Concert by Thin Lizzy. They play it just as loud and proud live, maybe more. Still Dangerous (Live at the Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977) by Thin Lizzy. Still there are some great surprises on here, starting with the fact that “Thunder and Lightning” would be the best track to open the live album or any concert. Having owned their greatest hits album, (I have it on cassette), I can attest to this. It wouldn’t have taken a computer to deduce the fact that any live album late in Thin Lizzy’s career would have been a glorified greatest hits album. What I have heard in both camps here give me the impression that they would have been sensational, but no use crying over something I have no control over.
Both the tribute band and this album make me regret the fact that I have never seen the actual band in concert. It’s a shame they never came back, but I digress. The closest I got to ever seeing Thin Lizzy live was seeing the tribute band, Limehouse Lizzy, in Stroud over ten years ago.
#Thin lizzy live life series
Further along in the year, 1983, the band released the live album, “Life.” The album was recorded over a series of concerts played in September and October, predominantly taking place at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. “Thunder and Lightning” might have been the final studio album for Thin Lizzy but that didn’t mean they were in any way finished.
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