Cool people of music that influenced me… #1 Phil Lynott
I’m going to post a few cool people that influenced me in music. This time it’s Phil Lynott…
One of the finest performances from not only Gary Moore but a cracking rare appearance from Thin Lizzy Leader Phil Lynott. Phil Lynott to me has always been one of the coolest cats in Rock n’ Roll.
Lynott’s last years were dogged by drug and alcohol dependency leading to his collapse on the night of 25 December 1985 at his home in Kew. After his estranged wife Caroline drove him to a drug clinic, he was taken to Salisbury hospital where he was diagnosed as suffering from a kidney and liver infection. He died of heart failure and pneumonia in the hospital intensive care unit on 4 January 1986 aged 36.
In 2005, a life-size bronze statue of Phil Lynott was unveiled on Harry Street, off Grafton Street, Dublin. The ceremony was attended by former band members Eric Bell, Gary Moore, Brian Robertson, Brian Downey, and Scott Gorham, and by Lynott’s mother. The attending Thin Lizzy members paid tribute with a live performance. His grave in St. Fintan’s cemetery in Sutton is regularly visited by family, friends, and fans.
A true legend not just musically but in presence too. One of the people I wish I had met.
