Thin Lizzy's Gary Moore has passed on

By THR

Gary Moore, former guitarist for Thin Lizzy, passed away Sunday in Southern Spain, the BBC reported Sunday.
 
The cause of death has yet to be determined, but Adam Parsons, who manages Thin Lizzy, told BBC News that Moore had died in the early hours of Sunday morning.
 
The 58-year-old joined Thin Lizzy in the early 1970s after the band's lead singer Phil Lynott brought him into the fold to replace outgoing Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell.

The Irish native was known for his tumultuous yet steady friendship with Lynott.
 
During the summer of 1979, Moore left Thin Lizzy in the middle of a U.S. tour. In the mid-1980s, the duo scored a Top 5 English and Irish hit with the single "Out in the Fields" after Thin Lizzy broke up. Lynott died soon after the chart success in January of 1986.Billboard

Garry Moore was one of the most awesome guitarists around, a pure genuis in my opinion.  He will be greatly missed, may he play great music in the land beyond. 

"I was a mad fan of his because he was probably the most technically proficient guitar player that has ever been in Thin Lizzy," said current Thin Lizzy guitarist Vivian Campbell about his hero, the late great Gary Moore, during a recent chat with Noisecreep. "As a young guitar kid, that is what I gravitated toward and I think I probably ripped him off more than any other guitar player. That's what you do -- that's how you learn from your influences."

Campbell's main gig these days is playing guitar with stadium act Def Leppard, but he's also moonlighting as a member of Thin Lizzy. For Campbell, the Thin Lizzy gig is a dream come true -- a way to pay homage to Moore while playing songs that made him want to pick up a guitar in the first place.

"I was a huge fan -- well, I am still am a huge fan," says Campbell, correcting himself. "It's quite surreal to be playing guitar in Thin Lizzy after all these years. I wanted to be in Thin Lizzy 30 years ago but they wouldn't have me. It's really re-energized my passion for playing guitar because it is like being a teen again. I was a teen sitting around my house learning how to play Thin Lizzy songs, and now I get to do it on stage."Noisecrrep