Gary Moore = Legend

Gary was a 1 in a trillion musician. His guitar skills were insane and to me his melody, feel, dynamics and attack have never been bettered by anyone. I never saw him live even though he toured so much in the UK which i have regretted immensely. Earlier this year i had the chance to visit his grave to leave a guitar pick and say my thanks to him for his amazing music.

The "Parisienne Walkways" last live performance in Montreaux deserves your audiction.

was lucky enough to see him play this when he did a double header gig with BB King in 2007. I just shut my eyes and just let the music wash over me. Utterly gorgeous. My wife cried her eyes out when he passed away. We saw him a couple of years after that gig at a tribute show at the Roundhouse in London where she managed to speak to him for a while. Lovely fella and sadly sadly missed. I still maintain to this day, I've never heard anyone who can make a Les Paul sound so anguished and heartbroken as this man could. Magnificent.

"The messiah will come again" Is one of Gary's best songs live

Moore was such a virtuoso. His note striking is so pure, he made every note sound like an open string.

There are 2 types of "Blues" one is the music you play, the other is the Expression you get through your instrument......The latter is by far and away the hardest to achieve, And when its done well like this track, it tears you soul to pieces.

One of THEE best ever guitarist's ever ❤️😢❤

Never heard anybody play a guitar with so much passion RIP Gary

His Montreux performance of The Messiah Will Come Again is a masterpiece of guitar and emotional playing. Even if you never react to it, look it out and enjoy 👍

Gary Moore's virtuosity was just staggering. Almost makes one forget his singing was really good too. Parisiene Walkways, The Messiah Will Come Again (tribute to Roy Buchanan), his performance with George Harrison "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" ......I miss the guy.

Amazing guitar player and singer that left us too early 😢

A few thousand times with this song, and still the chills and "stank face nostrils" during the solo. Pure bliss!

Gary Moore's version of Roy Buchanan's "The Messiah Will Come Again" Live at Montreaux 1990 is one of the greatest emotional guitar pieces ever played. Must Watch!

That fast run at 8:16 has astounded me for years. Gary was truly a master of his instrument.

Saw Gary many times over the years - one of the most talented guitarists who always made it look so effortless. Along with Rory Gallagher Ireland produced two of the best ever.

Finally some from the world greatest guitarst. After this can you please do Gary Moore - Empty Rooms live stockholm 87

Gary Moore was and still is a Rock/Blues legend. Virtuoso guitar player, amazing singer, awesome composer... he had everything...

This is similar to Parisienne Walkways. A Moore/Lynott classic. The live version is a must.

Gary was a real hero to us all from Northern Ireland, a local boy made good and left us with some great music. Was luck enough to see him p!ay live in Belfast and he tore the Kings Hall apart.

One of the truly great players. Don't limit your listening to this track, there's so much moore!!! By the way, he also played with Jack Bruce and Gary Husband in a second iteration of Cream. Ya owe it to yourself. Doug!

Gary is an incredibly rare musician that actually makes you 'feel' his music...a rare being that can make his instrument sing. Too many of today's musicians are cold/inhuman/unwelcoming in their music. Gary knows how to connect with the listener. Thanks for highlighting a greatly missed legend, Doug. Gary has a number of other equally legendary live performances of other songs that folks will encourage you to check out. Happy holidays!

He just got the most beautiful sound out of that Les Paul. And his voice is so soulful….

Love your reactions, Gary Moore was an absolute wizard at conjuring emotion out of the guitar, he played with so much feeling. Love to see you do "The Messiah Will Come Again" and "Parisienne Walkways".

Gary Moore fue un talento absoluto y único. Sin duda dejó un vacío imposible de llenar. En un mundo lleno de grandiosos guitarristas que han llevado la técnica a niveles inimaginables, nadie suena ni toca como él.

I still remember having gone with my wife to one of his last concerts of his life in Genoa, Italy ....my wife told me: why you came here ? You just play guitar like him ! " ...well, it might have been curiosity from one side and the idea of hearing my style of playing although by another guitar player and ....he was truly unique that night and one of the best guitar players I always loved and respected. Thank you Gary.

Please react to Gary doing a live cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Red House with Pino Palladino on bass!!

Gary Moore got a lot more respect and recognition in Europe than he did in the US. Proof of that he was invited to and played at the Montreux Jazz and Blues Festival many times. 😎🎸🎸☮️

I've cried at his playing numerous times. Such amazing feeling in his playing.

Gary Moore recorded an album with songs written by Peter Green, also worth a listen.

Was fortunate to see Gary live many times. If I’m not mistaken this was filmed at the Hammersmith Odeon at the start of his SGTB tour - his first blues tour promoting the album. I was lucky enough to have tickets to this show, not really knowing what to expect - having only previously seen his heavy rock tours. The whole audience was blown away. He even brought Albert’s King and Collins out to do a few songs they’d played on the album and for the encores. Just amazing!

Am I that old? I fell in love with this when it came out and I still never get over the tears it conjures! RIP Garry Moore! BTW "Empty rooms" is another!

Saw Gary in a tiny pub/club, Manchester, early seventies Watched him from literally a few feet away. After the break he came back on alone and improvised for 10 minutes until the rest of the group came on Utterly gobsmacked.

You know ... I never noticed before, Gary Moore and Carlos Santana really were riding the same groove at times

You will not be disappointed

Was super lucky to see Gary perform this song live. Thanks for the review Doug.

Outstanding. RIP. 🎸🎶

I never heard a guitarist who could wring as much emotion out of a guitar as Garry Moore could. For me he is top five all-time greats.

I know you may not be aware of a little known band from the Bay Area called Y&T. Dave Meniketti was heavily influenced by Gary and the Allman Brothers. If you get a chance check out Dave Menikettis version of Man's World by James Brown. His whole album called "On The Blues Side" is insanely good. That guitar tone is what does it for me with Gary and Dave.

I always feel like he was the only one that could control that Les Paul the way he did. During his solo's it almost feels as if it wants to escape, but he reins it in. It sounds so clear and beautiful, but it is so damn wild as well :)

Yes this is based on stone old cadences, but never before and after have they gone this straight to the heart. His guitar is sharp like an arrow. I still get goose pimples when I hear that song. Thanks Doug for choosing it, love your work as well as GMs blues 👍❤️

Gary together with Phil Lynott "out in the fields" is a must.

Simply said, one of the best guitarist to ever exist!

I was lucky enough to see Gary and his band in their heavy rock phase in the mid to late eighties and he was magnificent. One of the best guitarists I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot. RIP Gary.

Most don’t realize this song is a lift of Gregg Allman’s Queen of Hearts

Saw him on the Still got the blues tour in Birmingham uk, still this song and solo was the most amazing face melting and beautiful solo I’ve ever witnessed live RIP we want Moore

Gary Moore. Nothing but positive vibes. Such an amazing artist, adored his "metal period" and enjoyed some of his work after that. No matter what he played, he was phenomenal as a live artist. Hard work, emotion, a man and his guitar, singing, crying, whining, whispering, you name it. May he rest in piece. PS. Do Empty Rooms, live, 1987, Stockholm. That is something, larger than life type of song.

its not always what you do, its how you do it, and bu god he made you feel every note, both on the guitar and the vocals

I love this song. In the studio version there is a sustained note that changes tone mid way - another indication of Gary's skill in adding emotion to his considerable technical skills. More than that, it has a personal connection. My late mother had wide musical tastes. Grand opera, classical piano (she was proud when I wanted to learn), Hollywood musicals, and she picked up on any melodic rock & progressive music as I started to listen to that. I fondly remember traveling in the car with my parents when "Still got the Blues" came on the radio. She turned back to me and and said, "I like this. Who is it?" It became one of the songs she wanted on a mix tape I created for her to listen to in the kitchen when baking. Alongside some early Beatles B-sides, Life on Mars, some Focus album tracks, Eric Carmen's All by Myself and more. A warm memory.

The most naturally gifted soloist in the history of guitar, bar maybe only Hendrix. Absolutely exquisite. I saw him so many times. His bassist, Kass, is a friend.

KZfaq has an incredible video from a Montreaux Jazz Festival 2008 concert featuring him, Buddy Whittington, and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers playing So Many Roads. Interesting to see how 2 great guitar players approach the same song in their solos. Highly recommended.

this and The Messiah Will Come Again are two of the best guitar performances I've ever heard. changed my life forever

No one could play like Gary. He really was legendary.

Where have you been all these years without hearing Still got the blues? So many of your KZfaq vides say 'first time listening for me. Really???? Crazy.

Parisienne Walkways!

I dont know much about music. But i know what i like. Gary has always hit the spot

Blues... Everything about the feel weeps with such deep compassion. Fantastic review! Excellent choice to pursue!

Hey: Love your reactions to the music you listen to ! I've just listened to Dimash SOS and Gary Moore's Still Got the Blues. Love your recognition of the styles and progressions they are playing in. I can completely relate to your discourse on the music: You being a pHd and I am not, but I am a performer who has played these songs across nearly 20 years of playing live. I've played "Still Got The Blues", as a guitarist in a band, for at least 13 years, every single gig, every single month (we played 150 to 200 gigs per year), and this song transcends pubs, clubs, bars, etc. ;Yet I played it every gig..... to the appreciation of the customers. But, back to your contribution; just love your expert take on the songs you react to. Thank You and keep it up ! There are those of us out here that love an educated interpretation of the music !!!!

The Les Paul guitar that He's playing was previously owned by Peter Green when He was with Fleetwood Mac, it currently resides in possession of Kirk Hammett of Metallica. There's a great interview on Rick Beato's channel on KZfaq

You'd absolutely love the live version of The Messiah Comes Again, a perfectly performed instrumental, right up your street.

One of the top ten best guitar players of all time. A monster!!!!!!

I feel and believe every note he plays and sings. Great performance.

great song choice...gary is one the great players that could play with feel every note he played he wanted you to hear an feel it..rory gallagher is worth looking into he brings the blues to a new level ..❤ from ireland..

It was great to see your reaction to this song, as soon as I heard this the first time around all those years ago it sent chills up my spine and it does to this day. I would check out another video with Gary Moore on KZfaq if you can, he plays The Thrill is Gone with B. B. King on a small stage. The video is about 10 minutes in length and has them doing the most wonderful call and response between them. For me it is real magic on stage and I just wish I had been in that audience as they were treated to a very special moment between two amazing guitar players.

Saw Gary play live with Thin Lizzy, the late Phil Lynott, Newcastle City Hall, 1977, if I remember correctly.

Miyako from LOVEBITES lists Gary Moore as one of her biggest inspirations. Her solo in this thrash metal song is basically a tribute to him Timestamped link to Gary Moore inspired solo: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7aTY7t8ldKynYk.html

Great guitarist who had that great ability to sing as well. RIP.

It gives me goosebumps in several places in the song

Gary hits the heart, there's no escape RIP

Amazing, looking forward to this. Still Got The Blues is such a great album. Thanks as always for the review

I listen to this song very often. It's such a great tune.

Doug, please, I never asked you anything 😂 I would love to watch your analysis of the song "Preciso me encontrar" by Cartola, a great classic in Brazil, beautiful song. You're the only person on KZfaq who analyses the harmony and melodies when, and this song has beautiful ones.

What I love about this is that he hits you with that amazing guitar part at the start, but makes you wait to hear it again, and it builds the tension in the song brilliantly, and then the release. Amazing stuff.

Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 - 6 February 2011) was a Northern Irish musician. Over the course of his career he played in various groups and performed a range of music including blues, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal and jazz fusion. Influenced by Peter Green and Eric Clapton, Moore began his career in the late 1960s when he joined Skid Row, with whom he released two albums. After Moore left the group he joined Thin Lizzy, featuring his former Skid Row bandmate and frequent collaborator Phil Lynott. Moore began his solo career in the 1970s and achieved major success with 1979's "Parisienne Walkways", which is considered his signature song. During the 1980s, Moore transitioned into playing hard rock and heavy metal with varying degrees of international success. In 1990, he returned to his roots with Still Got the Blues, which became the most successful album of his career. Moore continued to release new music throughout his later career, collaborating with other artists from time to time. Moore died on 6 February 2011 from a heart attack while on holiday in Spain.

I was supposed to see Gary Moore perform for the first time in my life in 2011, but unfortunately that was the same year he passed away. To this day I am envious of anyone who was able to watch that man perform live.

My nostrils flared at same time you mentioned it. Love this song.

He was way out of this world playing that guitar out of himself looking down

I was blessed to see Gary twice live in concert. He was incredible and in my mind, one of the best guitar players ever and I have seen most big name guitar players over the past 40 years.

I'm probably one of many of his fans that were left aghast when he derided his own music back in the day saying he was returning to the music that got him playing in the first place. I had had no real time for the blues up to that point, preferring the amped up rock version of the genre through the '70's. So it was Gary, one of my biggest axe heroes, that taught me what the blues is all about, his way. He converted a legion of hard rock fans by combining his incredible talents with the roots of popular music - the blues. I saw him many times over the years but looking back those gigs at the Royal Albert Hall with The Midnight Blues Band were my favourites. Thank you Gary...you've still got me 'Jumpin' at shadows......thinking....about my life....'

That superb Les Paul guitar was originally Peter Green's and is now Kirk Hammets. Now that guitar has seen some great solos :-)

Bob Daisley put together a tribute album for Gary titled Moore Blues for Gary. It's an all-star lineup with John Sykes of Whitesnake fame doing the guitar work for Still Got the Blues.

Goose bumps every freaking time

Maybe you could do a segment on another great Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher.

When he passed away , I cried😢. Such a big loss

If I'm not mistaken the guitar Gary is playing is the famous "Greeny", originally owned by Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac and now owned (and played) by Kirk Hammett of Metallica.

I saw him in 1979 with Thin Lizzy, at Sheffield City Hall, England.

One of the best, if not the best, electric guitar virtuoso. All the notes he played sounded clean like they were open strings. His vibrato was stunning. Perfect technique and a lot of soul and emotion. Although his vocals are edited in this video, he had an incredible voice too. Underrated genius.

Tone. For. Days. Gary could shred with the best of them, but the feeling.....the tone......Oh my God. The warmer Neck pickup tone is to die for, and begins the catharsis, while the switch to the Bridge pickup takes the lament to a full-on wailing cry, with tears streaming as denial turns back to grief and acceptance and a switch back to the Neck pickup. Truly masterful. Miss Gary a lot.

Loved Gary , beautiful songs and the best vibrato

Gary Moore, have listened to him for 45 years, and will listen for another 45 :) Good one Doug :)

The East Belfast boy done damn good. My inspiration to play guitar. ❤️❤️❤️🎸🔥

My fave dong from him-and unlike others, you looked at the FULL version! W/o the guitar solo at the end, it's an injustice. Brings back 1990 so clearly when I hear it. Reminds me of great days at my longest held job (23 yrs). Great review!

imo gary moore is the greatest guitarist of all time, no one can play as good as gary. the thing with gary is he also could play basicly any genre too.

I'll never forget the first time I heard this - outstanding music

You have yet to feature one of the greatest blues/jazz singers of the generation, Dame Cleo Laine. Particularly famous for her scat singing, and her 50 yr collaboration with her husband, jazz musician Johnny Dankworth, perhaps her most popular recording was with classical guitarist John Williams in his piece called He Was Beautiful. Another is Send In The Clowns, or her scat rendition of I've Only Got Eyes For You.

Gary was a stunningly great player. Absolutely ferocious, with supreme feel and emotional delivery. There was always the notion that he was a crap singer, I think that's just garbage, he sounds pretty bloody good to me here. A force of nature as as a musician. as a guitar player, I can say for sure, there is a whole world of playing to learn from the man and I miss him.

You should listen to his instrumental song "The Loner". Absolutely amazing.

You should really listen to Gary performing "The Messiah Will Come Again" at Montreux 1990, Live. Total mind blowing instrumental.

Absolute genius. Now do In Memory of Elizabeth Reed from Live at Filmore East by the Allman Brothers.

Because we are increasingly more human on this planet, the bar for what is best is increasingly raised and with this comes a whole galaxy of musicians with great artistic performances and only a few stand out... this is one of them. And it doesn't even have to be the most skillful or imaginative or technical, but rather the most outstanding for its actions.