Label: Steamhammer (Germany), SPV 309072 CD
Style: Hard Rock, Rock
Country: Clarkston, Scotland (12 February 1956)
Time: 58:44
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 450 Mb
Brian David Robertson (born 12 February 1956) is a Scottish rock
guitarist,[1] best known as a former member of Thin Lizzy and Motorhead.
It is curious that this guitarist, who was in love with Peter Green and B.B. King, ended up marking forever the sound of all the heavy and metal bands of the 80s. Brian Robertson may not be a name known to the general public but there was not a single hard rock band in the 80s that was not influenced by the sound of his harmonized guitar together with his partner Scott Gorham in Thin Lizzy. And the fact is that this man who replaced Gary Moore in the band - and was replaced by him four years later, was the perfect complement to Phil Lynott's songs in the band's golden age.
Robertson was born in Scotland on February 12, 1956, and from a young age was interested in music. He studied cello and classical piano for eight years, until his brother, who couldn't play as well as he could, switched to guitar. Brian soon followed and again easily surpassed him, so switched to bass and they started a band.
At 18 years old, Robertson was already a veteran when it came to playing in clubs and he had just acquired the guitar that would mark his career, a '73 Les Paul Deluxe. It was 1974 and Thin Lizzy, a band that had achieved great success the previous year with Whiskey In The Jar, had just been left without a guitarist for the second time in four months. Earlier in the year, Whiskey In The Jar guitarist Eric Bell had left and his replacement, Gary Moore, a good friend of Phil Lynott, the band's bassist, singer and leader, imitated him soon after and left to play with Colosseum.
Lynott decided he didn't want a guitarist to let him down again, so he looked for a double replacement for Moore and that's how Robertson and Californian Scott Gorham joined the band. The first thing they did was to record Nightlife, the band's fourth album. Robertson, despite his young age, was the better guitarist of the two at the time, and so it was him that Lynott asked to re-record the solo that Moore had left on one of their best songs, Still In Love With You. But Robertson, who had been nicknamed Robbo by Lynott to differentiate him from drummer Brian Downey, refused. Moore's solo was unsurpassable.
Their second work as a quartet, Fighting, had already shown the world the band's new sound, with Robertson and Gorham's Les Pauls harmonizing and creating their wonderful 'twin guitars' sound, something that was already apparent on For Those Who Love to Live and Wild One. They had already found their signature sound and the following year they completed it with the best songs of their career. Gems like Jailbreak, Emerald, Running Back, Romeo and the Lonely Girl and The Boys Are Back in Town, revel in the wonderful double attack of Robertson and Gorham… and the former became Kirk Hammett's idol with his wah-laden solo on Warriors.
(Full version: guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/938/brian-robertson/)
It is curious that this guitarist, who was in love with Peter Green and B.B. King, ended up marking forever the sound of all the heavy and metal bands of the 80s. Brian Robertson may not be a name known to the general public but there was not a single hard rock band in the 80s that was not influenced by the sound of his harmonized guitar together with his partner Scott Gorham in Thin Lizzy. And the fact is that this man who replaced Gary Moore in the band - and was replaced by him four years later, was the perfect complement to Phil Lynott's songs in the band's golden age.
Robertson was born in Scotland on February 12, 1956, and from a young age was interested in music. He studied cello and classical piano for eight years, until his brother, who couldn't play as well as he could, switched to guitar. Brian soon followed and again easily surpassed him, so switched to bass and they started a band.
At 18 years old, Robertson was already a veteran when it came to playing in clubs and he had just acquired the guitar that would mark his career, a '73 Les Paul Deluxe. It was 1974 and Thin Lizzy, a band that had achieved great success the previous year with Whiskey In The Jar, had just been left without a guitarist for the second time in four months. Earlier in the year, Whiskey In The Jar guitarist Eric Bell had left and his replacement, Gary Moore, a good friend of Phil Lynott, the band's bassist, singer and leader, imitated him soon after and left to play with Colosseum.
Lynott decided he didn't want a guitarist to let him down again, so he looked for a double replacement for Moore and that's how Robertson and Californian Scott Gorham joined the band. The first thing they did was to record Nightlife, the band's fourth album. Robertson, despite his young age, was the better guitarist of the two at the time, and so it was him that Lynott asked to re-record the solo that Moore had left on one of their best songs, Still In Love With You. But Robertson, who had been nicknamed Robbo by Lynott to differentiate him from drummer Brian Downey, refused. Moore's solo was unsurpassable.
Their second work as a quartet, Fighting, had already shown the world the band's new sound, with Robertson and Gorham's Les Pauls harmonizing and creating their wonderful 'twin guitars' sound, something that was already apparent on For Those Who Love to Live and Wild One. They had already found their signature sound and the following year they completed it with the best songs of their career. Gems like Jailbreak, Emerald, Running Back, Romeo and the Lonely Girl and The Boys Are Back in Town, revel in the wonderful double attack of Robertson and Gorham… and the former became Kirk Hammett's idol with his wah-laden solo on Warriors.
(Full version: guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/938/brian-robertson/)
01. Diamonds And Dirt (04:21)
02. Passion (04:30)
03. It's Only Money (03:19)
04. Mail Box (04:17)
05. Running Back (04:03)
06. Texas Wind (03:43)
07. Devil In My Soul (04:04)
08. Do It Till We Drop (Drop It!) (04:04)
09. Blues Boy (05:22)
10. That's All (05:00)
11. 10 Miles To Go On A 9 Mile Road (04:57)
12. Running Back (Slow Version) (05:58)
13. Ain't Got No Money (Bonus Track) (04:59)
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