Gary Lassin

This compilation CD has material recorded by Gary Moore between 1977 and 1979, when he was signed under MCA label, and issued on albums and singles either as a solo artist as well as a member of Colosseum II. Four songs: Back On The Streets, Fanatical Fascists, Don't Believe A Word and Parisienne Walkways come from his second solo album titled Back On The Streets, originally issued in december 1978. All these four songs fwature Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy in a way or another. Back On The Streets has Phil Lynott on backing vocals, Fanatical Fascists was written by Lynott, Don't Believe A Word (a Lizzy song played here in a slower tempo) and Parisienne Walkways have both Lynott on lead vocals. Musicians on these four songs are Gary Moore (guitar and vocals), Phil Lynott (bass and vocals), Don Airey (keyboards), Simon Phillips (drums). Parisienne Walkways has Thin Lizzy's Brian Downey on drums.

On 4 December 2023, many illustrious names from the world of rock music gathered together to perform a concert to remember the legendary Gary Brooker, acclaimed front man of Procol Harum and solo artist. Gary sadly passed away in February 2022 and left an incredible musical legacy. His many musical friends and admirers came together to stage this concert to celebrate Gary’s wonderful music and life and also to feature some of the music which he enjoyed. A stellar gathering of musicians including Roger Taylor (Queen), Mike Rutherford (Genesis, Mike and the Mechanics), Paul Carrack (Mike and the Mechanics, Ace), Andy Fairweather Low, John Illsley (Dire Straits), Mike Sanchez, Gary’s band mates from Procol Harum and many more, staged a fantastic sold-out concert at G-Live in Guildford which raised funds for two charities close to Gary’s heart, The Royal Marsden and Cure Parkinson’s.

The organ is ideally suited to Cage’s aesthetic — its multitude of stops make it the ultimate prepared instrument. The fact that sound emanates from a number of pipes placed at discrete locations in space nicely accords with Cage’s idea of the separation of sounds in space. And it represents vast possibilities that could be released as sound through the use of chance operations. For this reason Cage’s organ music occupies a small but quite important place within his output.

Gary Moore is one of the best rock and blues guitarists ever to come out of Ireland. Following stints in Skid Row, Thin Lizzy and Colosseum II, he began a hugely successful solo career in the eighties. Gary Moore has been a frequent visitor to Montreux over the years and this 2-DVD set brings together his very best performances from five different concerts between 1990 and 2001……