It's a travesty that Gary is never talked about in the "greatest guitarists of all time" debates because he is right up there with the very best to have ever played.
@swissystan just grew up in a different time. From a different country. Listened to so much different music my whole life but have missed a lot of legends. But trying to listen to them now.
@@ShaneAlanGower yep, understand that, just surprising how quickly some of our past mega-talents fade into obscurity. I experience this with younger work colleagues when we talk about arts topics like music and comedy, they have absolutely no clue about the heritage. The mainstream media is so much to blame for this, and the social media echo chambers that amplify and distil discourse to the lowest common denominator.
I never felt much when I heard guitarists, until I heard Gary Moore. It was like his playing, got into my heart. I felt like it was talking to me and making me feel... lots of things. I have not felt that way, since and I miss it!
Genius is a word thrown about too often of guitarists, but Gary was truly one. He absolutely had it all. I was lucky enough to see him once waaaay back. God bless him.
@@gogglebox2427 You know who also really loves that song ? Our goddess : MIYAKO - "Parisienne Walkways" (Gary Moore) 2018 in Tokyo Big Sight ua-cam.com/video/bMmkDttnR7k/v-deo.html LOVEBITES Miyako Guitar Cover Parisienne Walkways ua-cam.com/video/JT1gsh2Nuwk/v-deo.html
I absolutely agree with you, I still have his last concert on dvd 😢but can’t watch it, I cry every time I see him, love you Gary and miss you so much ❤
The absolutely amazing thing about Gary, apart from the brilliant soulful player that he was who could shred with the best of them, is that Gary used the thickest gauge strings on his guitars. That was how he achieved such long sustain. Many great guitar players wouldn't be able to play the way they do with ultimate thick gauge strings...be like trying to shred on an acoustic. His hands were like meat cleavers, and you can see the strength in his fingers. And ontop of all that, he turned that guitar made of dead wood into a vessel that could pour out emotions. He was brilliant.
Who told you that? He used standard 10-46 strings before dropping to thinner 9-42s in the 80s! Heavy gauge are 12 - 50+ and above. The sustain is because he's playing a Les Paul with humbuckers through a heavily modified Marshall amp, usually boosted with a tube screamer and/or a Marshall "the guv'nor" overdrive. I met him. I've seen some of his kit close up. Stevie Ray Vaughan used heavy strings. Not Gary Moore.
@@ulfheroldjensen They are very good. I use a Ceriatone Centura (Klon clone with the same circuitry) these days as I found the TS a little too dark with my set up, as my main amp is very high gain. (Revv Generator 120) I find the Klon style affects the amp tone/EQ far less. If you play, and really want to get the most out of your available tone, then I highly recommend a 29 Pedals Euna. It goes first in the chain and acts as a buffer, boost and intelligent EQ all at once, without using traditional boost, buffer or EQ circuitry. Long story short, you always lose signal because it has to pass through wires, resistors etc. The Euna puts it back as if you were connected with zero resistance. The best way I can describe it, is that it does for sound, what HD did for cathode ray TVs. It's SO crystal clear. They aren't cheap, but if you play a lot, it's absolutely worth it.
I love his stuff with Greg Lake. Lake's voice was at its most perfect then. Moore's guitar was stunning! Check out my comment here about their studio meeting. It's a gas!
Parisienne Walkways live at Montreux in 2010 is the last recorded performance before he sadly passed away on holiday several months later. It’s almost as if he new it was his last recording. RIP legend.
Joe Bonamassa plays Midnight Blues, one of Gary’s tunes. He plays it in tribute to Gary and definitely does him justice. Gary was simply amazing. I remember when this was released and it brought tears to my eyes and after all these years it still does!! Thank you for the great reaction!👏👏
My greatest guitar influence. A wonderful talent. Not only a devastating technique, but the ability to express himself like no-one else. Also, a wonderful tone. Able to play everything from jazz, jazz-rock, blues to full-on rock. 'Still Got the Blues' was actually our wedding song. I have played it live myself many times. As someone else has suggested, look for 'The Messiah Will Come Again', live at the Montreux festival (I think). You will have to lie down in a darkened room after that. There's also a video of him playing 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' with George Harrison. The joy on George's face as he listens to Gary is wonderful to behold.
Check out one night in Dublin, a tribute to Phil lynot. Thin lizzy was a band Gary was in, and Phil Lynot was a member of the band who also died young. One night in Dublin was Gary showing his respect for his fellow bandmate It will show how versatile Gary was.
No one but Gary Moore could make the guitar sound so sad. When words failed him the guitar spoke for him instead. Glad i got to see him live twice. You should check out the live version of The Messiah Will Come Again that one will blow your mind!!
Gary Moore, my favorite bluesman. I love his solos because he improvises so much around the melody, instead of trying to be a jazzman playing a shitload of notes in other modes and chord structures!
I saw Gary Moore when I was at Uni, in 1983, I think, absolutely incredible. I saw Sad Cafe there about the same time :) Can’t believe it was 40 frigging years ago 😱
Thanks and have just Subscribed, my friend. I wouldn't say he was the greatest guitar player ever but he was definitely in The Top One...😀 "GARY MOORE-Parisienne Walkways @ MONTREUX" is THE ONE....:)
One of the greats, he could make a guitar sing. So sad that he was taken young. Try "Parisienne Walkways" (Best version) and his duet of "The Thrill Has Gone" with BB King - stunning.
Great reaction! Gary Moore was the second lead in the band Irish rock Thin Lizzy. He also did the backing vocals. Later when Thin Lizzy finished, he did a duet with the lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott. The song is called "Out in the fields". One of my favourite songs. There is an official video for it. You should check it out.
There's a GREAT story about Gary in Greg Lake's autobiography. Lake brought him in to play guitar on Lake's first solo album. Gary comes into the booth. He's standing there with his coat still on and his guitar in its case in his hand. Lake plays him a song (I think it's "I Love You Too Much" an unfinished Dylan song that Lake finished). Gary listens to it once, then goes, "OK." Walks out into the studio, tunes up, says "Play it back," and IN ONE TAKE adds in all the cool guitar fills. The man was amazing! Check out "Love You Too Much" by Greg Lake. (The album is just called "Greg Lake.") Actually, ALL of Moore's work on that album is stunning. "It Hurts" has a wicked guitar part at the end!
Shame, if you love this, you have to check out Gary Moores biggest hit, Parisienne Walkways, there's a few live versions you can check out here on youtube mate, keep up the great work Brother. 🇬🇧
Shane, if you like this kind of slow Blues stuff, also try "Spanish Guitar" by Gary Moore & Phil Lynott (his former bandmate in Thin Lizzy). Also, "Parisienne Walkways". If you want some of his Hard Rock/Metal phase, check out "White Knuckles / Rockin' and Rollin' " by his short-lived band G-Force; "Hiroshima" and "Devil in Her Heart" from his solo years.
Gary was an accomplished guitar slinger as well as singer. He could shred with the best, blues with the bluesiest and wail with the saddest. And he even kept his Irish roots intact, by himself (Over The Hills - ua-cam.com/video/7IocRCDWB5k/v-deo.html) or with Phil Lynnott, Black Rose is masterpiece - ua-cam.com/video/HixdocH1tPc/v-deo.html
He did so many great tracks, could play a song slow or up beat. T"ribute to Phil Lynott" concert is worth watching. Also. on blues guitarist search out Snowy White, not as rock based, but another that worked with Thin Lizzy For Gary, try "the loner" or "empty rooms"
How can someone look and dress like you and not know Gary ???? I'm 51 and have been to many of his concerts . My all time favourite track is MURDER IN THE SKIES
@stefanwehinger1235 just 36 from South Africa, grew up listening to numetal, deathcore, death metal and all sorts of metal. Just wasn't into Older music. But I missed out so that why I'm trying to hear music I've never heard before and expand my music knowledge. Probably know tons of bands most people here have never heard before.
His song, “Empty Rooms”, live in Stockholm 1987 is considered among the best live performances ever. “Empty Rooms” live in Stockholm 1987 ua-cam.com/video/P3dapDTDJzk/v-deo.htmlsi=XA0W8HWja4ZfBk33
Is that the "Greeny" Les Paul he's playing? If it is, notice how it sounds considerably better with Gary Moore playing it as opposed to say, Kirk Hammett.
Theres a reason Gary isnt on many list of top guitar players thats because gary was in a league of his own hands down my favourite guitarist but again thats my opinion
Miyako from Lovebites is also a big fan of him btw.: MIYAKO - "Parisienne Walkways" (Gary Moore) 2018 in Tokyo Big Sight ua-cam.com/video/bMmkDttnR7k/v-deo.html LOVEBITES Miyako Guitar Cover Parisienne Walkways ua-cam.com/video/JT1gsh2Nuwk/v-deo.html
Those of us that know who Gary was, know how great he was. He had it all. Sorely missed, never forgotten.
It's a travesty that Gary is never talked about in the "greatest guitarists of all time" debates because he is right up there with the very best to have ever played.
To me he is TOP 5 (third position), along with Mark Knopfler(1), Jimi Hendrix (4), David Gilmour(5) and Jimmy Paige(2).
Gary is the greatest guitarist ever IMHO!
R.I.P Gary, You're still the Best...🙏💯💔
I’m shocked, truly, that you didn’t know of Gary Moore before seeing this….one of the greatest and most underrated guitarists ever.
He's easily in my top 10 guitar players.
I had exactly the same reaction when this popped up on my feed! Well said.
@swissystan just grew up in a different time. From a different country. Listened to so much different music my whole life but have missed a lot of legends. But trying to listen to them now.
@@ShaneAlanGower yep, understand that, just surprising how quickly some of our past mega-talents fade into obscurity. I experience this with younger work colleagues when we talk about arts topics like music and comedy, they have absolutely no clue about the heritage. The mainstream media is so much to blame for this, and the social media echo chambers that amplify and distil discourse to the lowest common denominator.
GOAT in my opinion . My hero.
the messiah will come again live is awesome
A 'must see'!
@@AnthonyKellett Once you tire, Rory Gallagher!
There are only 11 notes and millions of songs. It's like Donald Trump trying to trademark "You're Fired" totally ludicrous.
@@martin-vg7hf Oh yes! A Master Class in guitar playing.
It's pure magic!
Gary Moore is the GOAT
Gary was one of the best for sure.. RIP and thanks for the memories.
Rip ❤
I never felt much when I heard guitarists, until I heard Gary Moore. It was like his playing, got into my heart. I felt like it was talking to me and making me feel... lots of things.
I have not felt that way, since and I miss it!
Genius is a word thrown about too often of guitarists, but Gary was truly one. He absolutely had it all. I was lucky enough to see him once waaaay back. God bless him.
pairisenne walkways with Phil Lynott live is a must one of the best guitar songs ever written imo
Absolutely love Parisienne Walkway. 😍 He made the guitar speak. RIP Gary.
@@gogglebox2427 You know who also really loves that song ? Our goddess :
MIYAKO - "Parisienne Walkways" (Gary Moore) 2018 in Tokyo Big Sight
ua-cam.com/video/bMmkDttnR7k/v-deo.html
LOVEBITES Miyako Guitar Cover Parisienne Walkways
ua-cam.com/video/JT1gsh2Nuwk/v-deo.html
Yeah, it’s never too late to discover Gary’s music!
It's a song you don't just hear. It's a song that you feel. For me, it's a song that hits deep inside. Salute to a true legend.
HOW have you not heard of Gary Moore before. I'm 52, all my in Poland, and Gary has been a favorite for at least 37 of those years....
Surely one of the greatest un-sung guitar heroes *EVER.*
I'd never seen him live, but miss him dearly 😢
He makes the guitar cry doesn't he. Brilliant. He was sometimes in Thin Lizzy with Phil Lynott, another Irish singer.
Lost a phenomenal guitarist in his passing. Left behind a brilliant catalogue of music we can at least continue to enjoy. Much underrated.
Ireland can be proud of this home grown talent, because there will never be another one , like him !!!
I absolutely agree with you, I still have his last concert on dvd 😢but can’t watch it, I cry every time I see him, love you Gary and miss you so much ❤
Northern Ireland.
Gary was the guitar hero of all the other guitar heroes. He was what they aspired to be. Absolute legend!
Gary Moore is so underrated, a wonderful guitarist with a cracking voice
That reaction at 6:11 said it all!
What an absolutely incredible performance by one of the most underrated guitarists to ever live!
The absolutely amazing thing about Gary, apart from the brilliant soulful player that he was who could shred with the best of them, is that Gary used the thickest gauge strings on his guitars.
That was how he achieved such long sustain.
Many great guitar players wouldn't be able to play the way they do with ultimate thick gauge strings...be like trying to shred on an acoustic.
His hands were like meat cleavers, and you can see the strength in his fingers.
And ontop of all that, he turned that guitar made of dead wood into a vessel that could pour out emotions.
He was brilliant.
Who told you that?
He used standard 10-46 strings before dropping to thinner 9-42s in the 80s!
Heavy gauge are 12 - 50+ and above.
The sustain is because he's playing a Les Paul with humbuckers through a heavily modified Marshall amp, usually boosted with a tube screamer and/or a Marshall "the guv'nor" overdrive.
I met him. I've seen some of his kit close up.
Stevie Ray Vaughan used heavy strings. Not Gary Moore.
@@theorc9098 Oh, that green Tube Screamer is a monster pedal. Love that.
@@ulfheroldjensen They are very good. I use a Ceriatone Centura (Klon clone with the same circuitry) these days as I found the TS a little too dark with my set up, as my main amp is very high gain. (Revv Generator 120)
I find the Klon style affects the amp tone/EQ far less.
If you play, and really want to get the most out of your available tone, then I highly recommend a 29 Pedals Euna. It goes first in the chain and acts as a buffer, boost and intelligent EQ all at once, without using traditional boost, buffer or EQ circuitry.
Long story short, you always lose signal because it has to pass through wires, resistors etc. The Euna puts it back as if you were connected with zero resistance.
The best way I can describe it, is that it does for sound, what HD did for cathode ray TVs.
It's SO crystal clear. They aren't cheap, but if you play a lot, it's absolutely worth it.
Rory Gallagher - Gary Moore - Jeff Healey - Made their guitars speak
I would add Frank Marino to that list.
And Michael Schenker
@@hiitsme9042 Rory is my all time favorite. Gary is up there as well.
A Genius ❤
Gary was one of a kind, nothing else to say about the man. Missed!
Gary Moore is one of the all time Guitar legends.
Another great video is with Gary duetting with the late great B.B.King in his classic 'The Thrill Has Gone' It's just unbelievable. 🙋♂
Managed to see him live once. He lived and breathed musicality. Amazing talent and such a loss 😢
Saw him both with Thin Lizzy and the Greg Lake Band. Astounding guitarist.
I love his stuff with Greg Lake. Lake's voice was at its most perfect then. Moore's guitar was stunning! Check out my comment here about their studio meeting. It's a gas!
One of the best guitarists ever
Parisienne Walkways live at Montreux in 2010 is the last recorded performance before he sadly passed away on holiday several months later. It’s almost as if he new it was his last recording. RIP legend.
Gary is phenomenal live. Saw him in Houston on the Corridors of Power tour.
This song is one of the most beautiful ever heard ❤
I’m a 60+ y/o widow & still weep every time I hear this.
One of the greatest interpreters of the blues!
The greatest guitar player that ever picked one up...
Out of all Gary's stuff his blues is the best
Do more Moore and I'm here for it.
My recommendation is Gary live in Stockholm 1987, the song Empty Rooms, considered one of the great performances.
Juice that guitar up baby! What a performance
Well done Ireland you produced an amazing musician.
In my mind, he is the best,
Joe Bonamassa plays Midnight Blues, one of Gary’s tunes. He plays it in tribute to Gary and definitely does him justice. Gary was simply amazing. I remember when this was released and it brought tears to my eyes and after all these years it still does!!
Thank you for the great reaction!👏👏
Brilliant reaction!!
Shane ...you picked the right one...............he is pretty special. Love your reactions. :)
only one other can actually make it sing like that ........Carlos Santana.
Man...that was a GREAT reaction! That's what we want to see when it comes to reactios!
My greatest guitar influence. A wonderful talent. Not only a devastating technique, but the ability to express himself like no-one else. Also, a wonderful tone. Able to play everything from jazz, jazz-rock, blues to full-on rock.
'Still Got the Blues' was actually our wedding song. I have played it live myself many times.
As someone else has suggested, look for 'The Messiah Will Come Again', live at the Montreux festival (I think). You will have to lie down in a darkened room after that. There's also a video of him playing 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' with George Harrison. The joy on George's face as he listens to Gary is wonderful to behold.
Parsian walkways 😊
Check out one night in Dublin, a tribute to Phil lynot. Thin lizzy was a band Gary was in, and Phil Lynot was a member of the band who also died young. One night in Dublin was Gary showing his respect for his fellow bandmate It will show how versatile Gary was.
This guy was amazing,sadly missed!😎
No one but Gary Moore could make the guitar sound so sad. When words failed him the guitar spoke for him instead. Glad i got to see him live twice. You should check out the live version of The Messiah Will Come Again that one will blow your mind!!
both he himself, and his guitar, sang blues duets! double the value!
Great to see a new fan
Gary Moore, my favorite bluesman. I love his solos because he improvises so much around the melody, instead of trying to be a jazzman playing a shitload of notes in other modes and chord structures!
in hungary they called him, the lord of the strings, his control of sustain is otherworldly.
The Messiah Will Come Again is a much watch. Gary was the GOAT!
I saw Gary Moore when I was at Uni, in 1983, I think, absolutely incredible. I saw Sad Cafe there about the same time :) Can’t believe it was 40 frigging years ago 😱
Thanks and have just Subscribed, my friend.
I wouldn't say he was the greatest guitar player ever but he was definitely in The Top One...😀
"GARY MOORE-Parisienne Walkways @ MONTREUX" is THE ONE....:)
Very nice 👍
@@bontrock2156 Fantastic guitarist and singer!
Bravo! Thank you!
One of the greats, he could make a guitar sing. So sad that he was taken young. Try "Parisienne Walkways" (Best version) and his duet of "The Thrill Has Gone" with BB King - stunning.
I was lucky enough to see/hear Gary Moore with Greg Lake at the Lyceum in Sheffield in the early 80s.
this was a great perfomance
Gary had a great voice and he could make his les paul sing too!
The Messiah Will Come Again….then The Loner….masterpieces
Empty Rooms
Murder in the Skies
End of the World
Great early albums
Even the guitar tells a story, was once owned by Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) then by Gary, it is now owned by Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
I think Gary makes it sing like no other and being double jointed helps.
That wasn’t Greeny but his other Les Paul he called Stripe
Great reaction! Gary Moore was the second lead in the band Irish rock Thin Lizzy. He also did the backing vocals. Later when Thin Lizzy finished, he did a duet with the lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott. The song is called "Out in the fields". One of my favourite songs. There is an official video for it. You should check it out.
And that is Peter Green's 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar.
@@faxcapper he was using his other Les Paul called Stripe
There's a GREAT story about Gary in Greg Lake's autobiography. Lake brought him in to play guitar on Lake's first solo album. Gary comes into the booth. He's standing there with his coat still on and his guitar in its case in his hand. Lake plays him a song (I think it's "I Love You Too Much" an unfinished Dylan song that Lake finished). Gary listens to it once, then goes, "OK." Walks out into the studio, tunes up, says "Play it back," and IN ONE TAKE adds in all the cool guitar fills. The man was amazing!
Check out "Love You Too Much" by Greg Lake. (The album is just called "Greg Lake.") Actually, ALL of Moore's work on that album is stunning. "It Hurts" has a wicked guitar part at the end!
Oh wow! I'm so glad you now know this song. You cant know blues if you don't know this!
Wow my first as well very good
LOVE watching your reactions, Shane. Check out Gary's live version of Parisienne Walkways. It'll definitely give you goosebumps ❤
Shame, if you love this, you have to check out Gary Moores biggest hit, Parisienne Walkways, there's a few live versions you can check out here on youtube mate, keep up the great work Brother. 🇬🇧
The live version of Empty Rooms by Gary will blow you away bro...Enjoy your Gary Moore journey. Tons to go at.
Yeah Gary was the real deal
Shane, if you like this kind of slow Blues stuff, also try "Spanish Guitar" by Gary Moore & Phil Lynott (his former bandmate in Thin Lizzy). Also, "Parisienne Walkways". If you want some of his Hard Rock/Metal phase, check out "White Knuckles / Rockin' and Rollin' " by his short-lived band G-Force; "Hiroshima" and "Devil in Her Heart" from his solo years.
If you do more Gary Moore, you have to do "Walking by Myself" ... < might be one of his best known recordings! < it's fun! :)
Gary was an accomplished guitar slinger as well as singer. He could shred with the best, blues with the bluesiest and wail with the saddest. And he even kept his Irish roots intact, by himself (Over The Hills - ua-cam.com/video/7IocRCDWB5k/v-deo.html) or with Phil Lynnott, Black Rose is masterpiece - ua-cam.com/video/HixdocH1tPc/v-deo.html
Very nice sharing my friend
The Messiah.... , is his master piece.
He did so many great tracks, could play a song slow or up beat. T"ribute to Phil Lynott" concert is worth watching. Also. on blues guitarist search out Snowy White, not as rock based, but another that worked with Thin Lizzy For Gary, try "the loner" or "empty rooms"
How can someone look and dress like you and not know Gary ???? I'm 51 and have been to many of his concerts . My all time favourite track is MURDER IN THE SKIES
@stefanwehinger1235 just 36 from South Africa, grew up listening to numetal, deathcore, death metal and all sorts of metal. Just wasn't into Older music. But I missed out so that why I'm trying to hear music I've never heard before and expand my music knowledge. Probably know tons of bands most people here have never heard before.
Check out his stuff With BBM … Bruce , Baker & Moore … that’s Jack and Ginger !
His song, “Empty Rooms”, live in Stockholm 1987 is considered among the best live performances ever.
“Empty Rooms” live in Stockholm 1987
ua-cam.com/video/P3dapDTDJzk/v-deo.htmlsi=XA0W8HWja4ZfBk33
Irish blues/rock guitarist followed him way back when he was playing for Phill lynard want a good song Parisian walkways or the loner
Just listen Thin Lizzy with Gary……….So nice
-Or with Colosseum II - Wardance is an epic prog-album
Idk, but Vasc does at least one Gary Moore cover. It's one of my favorites. Over The Hills, I think is the name of it.
Is that the "Greeny" Les Paul he's playing? If it is, notice how it sounds considerably better with Gary Moore playing it as opposed to say, Kirk Hammett.
Time for a play-off - Voodoo Chile by Gary, Hendrix and SRV. In my opinion, that's the correct order.
-The Messiah will come again-live at the Jazz Festival in Montreux
-Separate Ways- live from London 1992
It's about songwriting credits, not whether the guitar part was being covered or copied.
As much as people called Jimi Hendrix the greatest guitarist ever known I beg to differ. This guy out plays Jimi.
Nice 👍
Theres a reason Gary isnt on many list of top guitar players thats because gary was in a league of his own hands down my favourite guitarist but again thats my opinion
👏👏😎🤩
was in the metal one of the best.
Man does not live by drums alone😂
Miyako from Lovebites is also a big fan of him btw.:
MIYAKO - "Parisienne Walkways" (Gary Moore) 2018 in Tokyo Big Sight
ua-cam.com/video/bMmkDttnR7k/v-deo.html
LOVEBITES Miyako Guitar Cover Parisienne Walkways
ua-cam.com/video/JT1gsh2Nuwk/v-deo.html
Gary Moore is a Gibson's monster