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Gary Moore plays Peter Green

Advantages: Peter Greens skill is rediscovered in the form of Gary Moore
Disadvantages: None

I saw Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac in the late sixties and Gary Moore is the first guitarist that I have heard play his songs, where you could shut your eyes, and be transported back to that concert. This is my experience of Peter Green and also Gary Moore whom I saw play "I loved another woman" at the MEN Manchester. If you love good music albeit the Blues and want to hear it played by actual musicians then "Blues for Greeny" is for you. To honour one of the guitarists he admires Gary Moore has stepped away from his own high class musicianship and produces an album of Peter Green songs six of which can be found on the albums "Fleetwood Mac" and "Mr Wonderful" (see my reviews on these albums, (Early and More Early English Blues) and also puts in some lesser known songs as well as "I need your love so Bad ...

dvdsprks2 30.06.2007 (17.07.2007) · Read full review
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Review of Blues For Greeny - Gary Moore

We Want Moore...

Advantages: imaginative celtic rock.
Disadvantages: dont expect the Gary Moore of the blues days.

Gary Moore became best known for his blues period in the 1990s but we should remember that he has moved through a wide range of musical styles, all based in the rock format, but all with very distinct flavours. After learning his trade with Skid Row and a brief stint with the young Thin Lizzy, as well as recording as the Gary Moore Band, the guitarist spent a number of years in Jazz rock band Colosseum II. Following that solo albums and another stint with Thin Lizzy resulted in the now famous Black Rose album, and the single Parisiene Walkways. A long on off friendship with Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott comes to an end with Lynotts death in 1986, and this album was released the following year. The songs seem to take Moore back to his roots and is considered by many to be his best non-blues album, a flurry of which were to follow. This is ...

steerpyke 09.10.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Wild Frontier [Remastered] - Gary Moore

A good early example of Gary's music

Advantages: Some great politically motivated songs
Disadvantages: No continuity in the songs

Victims of the Future is one of Gary Moore’s better albums. Gary’s style of playing the blues, combined with his love for ballads and heavy rocks make this album a more rounded album than Corridors of Power. His guitar playing is excellent. Some of the better songs are:- Victims Of The Future This song is essentially a combination of rock/ blues and ballad. It tells the story of hour our hopes are disappearing as our leaders leave us to our own ends providing no guidance. The melody is somehow haunting yet pleasant. The lyrics are thought provoking. Empty Rooms Perhaps the best song on the album and the only one to succeed in the British charts. This is a dark ballad that tells of the loneliness of losing a lover. It speaks a little of obsession and how every where he looks he sees his ex lover. Any one who has ...

Simoncook1 22.02.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Victims Of The Future - Gary Moore