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Gary Moore

Harry Shapiro

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English
Jawbone
01 February 2023
Blues
Gary Moore delighted entire generations with his passionate guitar playing, from the driving rock of Thin Lizzy in the 1970s to his explorations in subsequent decades of jazz fusion, heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock, and more. Throughout that time, he could be seen on the world's biggest stages, yet the real Gary Moore was always hidden in plain sight, giving little away. Now, however, through extensive and revealing interviews with family members, friends, and fellow musicians, acclaimed rock biographer Harry Shapiro is able to take readers right to the heart of Gary's life and career.

Despite his early death in 2011, Moore still has legions of devoted fans across the world who will be enthralled by this unique insight into the life of a guitar genius who did it his way and whose music lives on. Beginning with Gary as a teenage guitar prodigy in war-torn Ireland and continuing through the many highs and lows of more than forty years in rock, Shapiro paints an intimate portrait of a musician widely hailed as one of the greatest Irish bluesmen of all time.

'Gary Moore is definitely in my list of top five guitar influences, right up there with Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Michael Schenker. He just blew me away from the first time I heard him.' - Kirk Hammett

'The most powerful, genuine, authentic blues-rock guitarist of his day.' - Jack Bruce

'Gary opened the door for me and a lot of other blues-rock guitarists. He was a legend, a musical titan and a very nice man.' - Joe Bonamassa
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Imprint:   Jawbone
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 150mm, 
ISBN:   9781911036975
ISBN 10:   1911036971
Pages:   360
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Harry Shapiro is an author, journalist and lecturer who has written widely on the subjects of drugs, popular music and film. His books include Waiting For The Man: The Story Of Drugs And Popular Music, Shooting Stars: Drugs, Hollywood And The Movies, Jack Bruce: Composing Himself, Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy, and biographies of Graham Bond and Alexis Korner.

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