Sunday 20 December 2009

A day of finds!

Hello, anybody who's yet dropping in here to see if Sun has anything to say.... Well, it's been a while. Again. I do admit that consistency in keeping the whole business up is not my strong point. Life is a rich bitch, not always lets you keep up with ALL the things you'd like to keep up with.

Anyway I really do hope to do some updates. The season has been massive with events since Jon Lord's birthday. Just to name them: I've been to a concerts od Nick Simper and The Nasty Habits, Glenn Hughes (twice) in October, November was no worse with bills of mighty Gary Moore and Ufo and December was celebrated at the start with Ray Wilson's appearance with his Genesis Klassik project. All of the mentioned shows were top notch and deserve a mention on my dear rumblings platform.

I want to thank again Attic Rock for finding out loseless files of the radio brodcast of Thin Lizzy's appearance at the Hammersmith Odeon London, 27th Nov 1981. The concert features definite take on "Don't Believe A Word", where Lizzy proved that Snowy White could somehow surpass the shredding legacy of Moore and Robertson and simply played his ass off in the song making it an unique classic. This was mentioned here before and will be cherished forever as one of your's truly biggest sonic favourites ever recorded.

Meanwhile a shockbomb find has dropped in, scorched in the Ethernal Searching Grounds. Among many great Old Whistle Test appearances by artists in British TV - there was also a one that just dropped my jaw. Just check the line-up:
Gary Moore - gtr., voc.; Phill Lynott - b., voc.; Scott Gorham - gtr.; Cozy Powell - dr.; Don Airey - k. And they blast out the tune aforementioned above as the single from the new Moore's record "Back On The Streets". To say they have a blast is a shameful understatement. This is a nuclear attack - slow introduction with Moore - Lynott shared vocals and a bluesy lead part by Gary, just to crank the amps at the end with a Gorham - Moore battle duel, where Gary is so into his parts that he breaks and almost wipes off one string from his Gibson. Needless to say Cozy and Don - by then possibly already a Rainbow members round it off with a superb backplay. Now that's what I call a whammy. Endless joys of one Lynott penned classic that almost never fails to impress.