I saw them back in the summer of '78 at the Cow Palace, in San Francisco with The Cars and Kansas. It was kind of a weird mix of groups, and it seemed like there were an equal number of fans from each band.
I was still a kid when he died but remember the shock in Dublin, he was one of many many victims of a heroin epidemic in Dublin at the time. That is one band I would have LOVED to see live in it’s heyday!
In the tiny microgenre of Irish Hard Rock Bands Fronted By Half-Black Bassists With Van Morrison-Style Soul Vocals, it’s hard to think of a band better than Thin Lizzy.
Thin Lizzy supported by the Undertones. Could you beat it? I still have the Kerrang! with him on the front page on the news of his demise. A black Irishman in a pink silk suit in 1986. The man had class. Sadly missed. But still very much a part of everyone’s memories.