Gary Moore ha fallecido The legendary Irish guitarist Gary Moore has died in the morning on Sunday at a hotel in Estepona in his sleep. Moore, 58, was vacationing in the Kempinski hotel located in the municipality of Malaga. The news was broadcast by the BBC, the Irish Times newspaper HotPress or agency and has been confirmed by many musicians who have sent their condolences via social networks.
The musician, born in the Northern Irish capital of Belfast, began in adolescence in the world of music and with only sixteen joined the group Skid Row (not to be confused with the heavy American group) where he met the other great Irish rock star Phil Lynott. After leaving Skid Row in 1972, made his debut solo "Grinding Stone" (1973), to immediately become part of Thin Lizzy, Lynott was leading the group, which was until 1975, when he formed part of Colosseum II, and then intermittently, due to shock character between Moore and Lynott. On his own, lives its best with the release of "Back On The Streets" (1978), "G-Force" (1979), "Corridors Of Power" (1982), "Victims Of The Future" (1983), " Dirty Fingers "(1984)," Run For Cover "(1985)," Wild Frontier "(1987) and" After The War "(1989), alternating periods of hard melodic rock with more hardrockeros. In 1990, Moore began his career blues with "Still Got The Blues ". With Thin Lizzy recorded" Remembering "(1976)," Black Rose "(1979)," Continuing Saga Of Ageing Orphans "(1980)," The Adventures Of Thin Lizzy "(1981) and" Life "( 1983). In 1986, Phil Lynott died putting an end to the band.
in 1994 tried to start a new group called BBM with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, bassist and drummer of Cream, Eric Clapton's group. In 2001 , returns to his roots of blues with "Back To The Blues", and in 2002 started another project called Scars ephemeral publishing a self-titled album. stands out in this last time his album "Close As You Get" (2007).
It has been one of the greats.