Greeny Pvk era

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Originally Posted by mzero

cD - i don't think so. i believe snowy joined in 80 and that gary left for good in 79. but i could be entirely wrong!

zero

I'm a huge Thin Lizzy fan, and you're entirely right. Gary Moore joined Lizzy for just a few months in 1974, then returned for 1979's Black Rose album. He left afterwards due to massive ego problems and Snowy joined in 1980. He didn't have a great time with Thin Lizzy since he wasn't the excess-all-areas rocker that the other guys were, and Snowy was very quiet onstage whereas the others were jumping around like idiots. There was one occasion when someone backstage started poking Snowy with a broom during one gig to try and get him to move about a bit more
He recorded two albums with them - 'Chinatown' (1980) and 'Renegade' (1981), which are patchy due to major drug problems for band leader Philip Lynott and the other guitarist Scott Gorham. Snowy contributed a couple of great songs though. He left in 1982 and was replaced by hairy axeman John Sykes who eventually wound up in Whitesnake.

On leaving Thin Lizzy, Snowy immediately found chart success in the UK with 'Bird of Paradise' and made some great solo albums including a couple of good blues albums with his 'Blues Agency'. He worked with Peter Green a few times, like on 'Time Traders', so I guess they stayed in touch after 'In The Skies'.

I agree with mzero that Snowy does greater justice to Peter's work than Gary Moore does. Gary is a great player, but he's just too overwrought.