That would be my Grandma May - She played in an old Skiffle/Rag band in 50's Bristol but this has to be the highlight of her career!! She wrote the keyboard solo herself and "that laugh" was genuine!!! I'm sure she is up there with Phil now - terrorising him! God bless you Grandma May... p.s. Found your big dangly earring behind the sofa.... -x-
Only Lizzy and Phil Lynott have the humility to bring a beautiful senior citizen into one of their videos. Philip was a genius....R.I.P. Philip, Phyllis💛🎸🙏🎶
@951Alpha In 1982, a 70-year-old English granny named May Booker wrote a letter to the BBC about her favorite band, and how nice it would be to play with them. Then this happened.
Lizzy were always game for anything. Some bands wouldn't have done such a thing. Awesome indeed. Lizzy also worked with her in advance so that she had her own small keyboard part.
The Emotion, feel and Charisma is mind blowing! I wish I had the chance to see Thin Lizzy Live with Lynott Fronting. shame i'm 22 :( This music will never be forgotten :)
Wish I could give this lovely lady a hug and be graced by her elegantly hip presence. She knows how to kick it with the boys for sure! Great rock classic, before Sunset Blvd hair metal cheesed everything out for a while. Its refreshing to come across a clip like this and see ego take a back seat to music, and fun!
I could watch this a thousand times. He never had to "become" a perfomer, he WAS a born performance poet you just want to watch and listen to. And the Great Lady on keyboards wa salmost in a state of loving grace, supporting the band. Beautiful! Never see anything like that these days.
An ex gf of mine named meraid from the early nineties, her father, used to deliever mail on phils street, she lived about four streets over. Said he was really tall, and really quiet just said hi when u said hi to him and was very friendly, typical irish bloke with no pretense. God love is mother, u could see how much she loved phillip, and how much she still misses him, and the fans who miss him so much as well. One of the top 10 greatest great britain bands of all time.
Man I love these guys. I was in a band who covered about ten of their songs back in the 70s-early 80s. I was fortunate to see them on back-to-back nights at the Calgary(Canada) Jubilee Auditorium in 1977 backing up Queen. I was seated in the 4th row the first night and the 9th row the second night. First night was good, second night was amazing. Never forget those shows even though it was over 40 years ago. At the time Brian Robertson had cut his hand (at least that was the release) and they had to replace him for the tour. I was disappointed to hear it, but the guitarist (who I had never heard of at the time) was amazing. It was Gary Moore.
...second to none...!...such a great performer/songwriter/storyteller and confident enough to bring a grandma on stage...Phil,one of the greatest ever..!
Also, a buddy of mine who is 14 yrs my sr that I golf with is a native So Californian, and he saw them all back in the day, and 2 bands that stand out to him when he thinks back to those early and mid 70s concerts were the performances of Thin Lizzy and Lynard Skynard, who he saw with The Who, and he said Skynard was the tightest band he'd ever seen. He also went to Cal Jam 1, and forty years later he and I saw Black Sabbath together, with great seats, and Sabbath can "STILL" kill it IMO!
I don't know you Grandma May, but I will always remember you! Now that is power yeah shows we can change the garbage that is Hollywood. God bless you 😇❣️❣️
wow..the host said something like.."do you think senior citizens should be in rock bands?" The Stones and countless others are all now OLDER then this lady...This guys prophecy came to be man!..
Best rock Band ever....anni 60/70/80, i thin Lizzy una spanna sopra tutti gli altri....subito dopo venivano i led Zeppelin, Deep purple, black sabbath ecc ecc ma... ai livelli dei thin Lizzy nessuno
This is absolutely fantastic. Pure joy in this lineup with the guest, but her playing and solo truly belies her appearance- she had the skills to be part of their band any time!
Was this Jim'll fix it. The old girl is totally unphased, brilliant; thank God for Thin Lizzy, the Irish, Rock Music and You Tube for showing these kind of Videos. " I actually wrote the first line as a joke, then OMG it was Jim'll fix it. Jimmy will be rockin in heaven with Phil and Gary. God bless em all.
Yes I love everything thin Lizzy ever produced a great classic rock band above all the cowboy song that's my favorite of everything they ever did my question is whatever happened to the cowboys song you never hear it and never gets in the air time on the radio anymore cuz someone tell me I would love to know what happened to this particular song however I like the boys are back the boys are back in town again yeah I really like that it's it's rocks as well but the cowboy song it's got some great great lyrics in that song but rock on thin Lizzy you're the greatest 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵 peace love music 👍🎶🎵🎶🎵
Sorry to burst your bubble but Thin Lizzy and U2 are Irish Bands from Dublin and both are very proud of their Irish heritage.Phil often corrected people when Thin Lizzy was referred to as "British"
This isn’t Philomena, this was and old dear on Jim will fix it. Her grandchild wrote in and got her on the programme. This was before Saville was exposed as a Pedo.
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That would be my Grandma May - She played in an old Skiffle/Rag band in 50's Bristol but this has to be the highlight of her career!! She wrote the keyboard solo herself and "that laugh" was genuine!!! I'm sure she is up there with Phil now - terrorising him! God bless you Grandma May... p.s. Found your big dangly earring behind the sofa.... -x-
That is cool, haha.
One could change the Boney M song Ma Baker into May Bailey she's cool as a cat May may may may...
Andy Bailey your grandma may rocks....absolutely love this,,,,i watch it every now and then and it always makes my heart warm.....
hey bud - can you tell us how she came to make this magnificent video , thanks ...as i am sure lots of us lizzy fans would be keen to know .
Brilliant stuff from Grandma May. Always wondered who she was. Great playing. Do know anymore about her playing here..?
Only Lizzy and Phil Lynott have the humility to bring a beautiful senior citizen into one of their videos. Philip was a genius....R.I.P. Philip, Phyllis💛🎸🙏🎶
I believe this was an episode of Jim'lFix it. Her grown children arranged this.
She was killing it
yeah as if the nigga was the first and only person to do something like that. smh. touch grass.
@951Alpha In 1982, a 70-year-old English granny named May Booker wrote a letter to the BBC about her favorite band, and how nice it would be to play with them. Then this happened.
Not Jimmy Saville was it?
Grandma on the keys, how awesome is that? Lizzy!
Lizzy were always game for anything. Some bands wouldn't have done such a thing. Awesome indeed. Lizzy also worked with her in advance so that she had her own small keyboard part.
I was at a gig in Brum when the kid that had played sax on jimlfixit came on n place of john earl on saxaphone
kills the entire song, it's so ill-fitting. thin lizzy isn't space rock
@@ShadowAngel-lt8nw
Wrong again, Spanky.
@@MaximusWolfe It's not my problem that you like worthless shit.
Mrs. Doubfire on keyboard really rocks!!
hahaha ha
HELLLLOOOOOOO!!!!
The best band the world has ever known!!
100% agree, Phil & Gary Moore are my childhood
@Batphink Reynolds o melhor é Thin Lizzy !!!!
Do you know how many times I've said what you said to people who 'think' they know music? Lizzy RULES!!!!!!!!!!
Thin Lizzy, Bad Reputation Tour 1978, San Francisco, Ca.
I'm not arguing.
1:42 - Tears on my eyes, indeed. This keyboard solo is so beautiful and sweet! 💜
Just beautiful. And in the words of Terry Silver himself "Perfect"
You said it 💚🤎🧡💙💛❤🤍💜
The Emotion, feel and Charisma is mind blowing! I wish I had the chance to see Thin Lizzy Live with Lynott Fronting. shame i'm 22 :( This music will never be forgotten :)
I watch this video sometimes to brighten up my day.
Wish I could give this lovely lady a hug and be graced by her elegantly hip presence. She knows how to kick it with the boys for sure! Great rock classic, before Sunset Blvd hair metal cheesed everything out for a while. Its refreshing to come across a clip like this and see ego take a back seat to music, and fun!
You see Phil at the end of the video giving the older lady her due respect.
That older lady is his mother!!!
@@benjaminleviston5559
No, that isn't his mother.
I could watch this a thousand times. He never had to "become" a perfomer, he WAS a born performance poet you just want to watch and listen to. And the Great Lady on keyboards wa salmost in a state of loving grace, supporting the band. Beautiful! Never see anything like that these days.
Lion in horoscope,master of the theater😊
this just goes to show you...good music knows no age barrier!
That is soooooo sweet, precious and cool. Grandma May and Thin Lizzy both rocked!!!
That is so freakin COOL of the band to let her play with them on that song. I love it!
I remember watching this on TV that night (I had just bought the single). I love how when she finishes her solo Phil looks back and gives her a smile.
fukin Phil was a class act
better believe it the fekkin real deal alright!
the one an only man , guy just had natural swagger as we say in scotland the guy was 'gallus' as fuck
An ex gf of mine named meraid from the early nineties, her father, used to deliever mail on phils street, she lived about four streets over. Said he was really tall, and really quiet just said hi when u said hi to him and was very friendly, typical irish bloke with no pretense. God love is mother, u could see how much she loved phillip, and how much she still misses him, and the fans who miss him so much as well. One of the top 10 greatest great britain bands of all time.
🇨🇮Irish, not British
Grandma May's keyboard work would also sound great on ''Angel of Death''. Great performance here....
Good hearted man Philo ❤
Man I love these guys. I was in a band who covered about ten of their songs back in the 70s-early 80s.
I was fortunate to see them on back-to-back nights at the Calgary(Canada) Jubilee Auditorium in 1977 backing up Queen. I was seated in the 4th row the first night and the 9th row the second night. First night was good, second night was amazing. Never forget those shows even though it was over 40 years ago.
At the time Brian Robertson had cut his hand (at least that was the release) and they had to replace him for the tour. I was disappointed to hear it, but the guitarist (who I had never heard of at the time) was amazing. It was Gary Moore.
fantastic !
I saw them on that tour in Vancouver. Absolutely epic and unforgettable!
Phil was truly the greatest Americaboo to ever live
see Phil talk like a normal person is so amazing. what great voice he was is like thunder! so powerful!
My favorite Lizzy song...thanks!
TV quality right there !!!! everthing LIVE no playbacks and the band plays FLAWLESS !!!
AWWWWSSSOOOOOMMMMMEEEE AS !!!!
This makes me smile sooooo much it's unreal.
God bless this lady and Thin Lizzy, WOW !!!
What class Phil had. Excellent.
The best thing ever!!! Right, I'm buying my mum a keyboard tomorrow!
Phil Lynott was Rock n Roll from start to finish. A Rock Titan.
Fantastic Band Thin Lizzy,Amazing Beautiful Song,Love This song
Phil like no other. The man had his own swagger and style. You know it when other people try singing his songs. Hard act to follow.
I think Black Star Riders is pretty damn good thing
No kidding. He was quite the man.
Yea, and Ricky Warwick can't do it
One of my personal favorites! No lip singing here. I love it !
Thank you so much !!!
...second to none...!...such a great performer/songwriter/storyteller and confident enough to bring a grandma on stage...Phil,one of the greatest ever..!
Nearly started to cry so Wonderful for her and Phil was amazing
Above being a musical genius he seemed like a nice guy...RIP Philo
All these years later, still a brilliant video ❤
Great video! I saw Thin Lizzy in Chicago in 1979! "Day in the Park" at Comiskey, what a day! RIP Phil!
Phil was an incredible singer/songwriter.....Wish he was still alive..
that old lady can jam
Also, a buddy of mine who is 14 yrs my sr that I golf with is a native So Californian, and he saw them all back in the day, and 2 bands that stand out to him when he thinks back to those early and mid 70s concerts were the performances of Thin Lizzy and Lynard Skynard, who he saw with The Who, and he said Skynard was the tightest band he'd ever seen. He also went to Cal Jam 1, and forty years later he and I saw Black Sabbath together, with great seats, and Sabbath can "STILL" kill it IMO!
OMG this is too fricking cool. I used to love hearing his song back in high school in the 10 grade. I forgot this gem of a THIN LIZZY TUNE.
I don't know you Grandma May, but I will always remember you! Now that is power yeah shows we can change the garbage that is Hollywood. God bless you 😇❣️❣️
Made me smile...How cool these guys were!!! Im sure she is filling in for Wharton jamming with Phil and Gary.
Has anyone besides me noticed that Brian Downey is a phenomenal drummer?
Many. Mikkey Dee took his style from him just made it faster.
I like Mickey Dee especially his work on Don Dokken’s solo album
Brian Downey is still better than Mickey Dee
Downey continues to knock me on my ass. He's one of those rare drummers that I can't enough of.
He was one of my favorites growing up. Him, Peart, Aldridge, Bonzo, Paice and Jimmy Ayoub from Mahogany Rush, just to name a fee. Loved Brian Downey!
Great live vocals from Phil.
I love theses guys more than ever now.
What a great gesture to invite this old woman. The Lizzy boys know to have fun!
the greatest band of all times
Well done to the presenter for arranging it and making that old dear’s day. What a lovely man.
This one is the best video of all time. Seniorcitizen that rock! Love it!!
Grandma Rocks!!
Why do i love this, is the question!!
Her being there *is* "art", i guess?
Either way, is Cool & surreal!
She Rocks!!
Thin Lizzy was Legend!!
wow..the host said something like.."do you think senior citizens should be in rock bands?" The Stones and countless others are all now OLDER then this lady...This guys prophecy came to be man!..
a prophet and a peedo
I love Granny Lizzy! Go Grandma, GO!
Best rock Band ever....anni 60/70/80, i thin Lizzy una spanna sopra tutti gli altri....subito dopo venivano i led Zeppelin, Deep purple, black sabbath ecc ecc ma... ai livelli dei thin Lizzy nessuno
One of my fav TL song! Very funny and kindly video! Thank You!
This is absolutely fantastic. Pure joy in this lineup with the guest, but her playing and solo truly belies her appearance- she had the skills to be part of their band any time!
Super la mamie,la musique n'aura jamais d'âge !
Was this Jim'll fix it. The old girl is totally unphased, brilliant; thank God for Thin Lizzy, the Irish, Rock Music and You Tube for showing these kind of Videos.
" I actually wrote the first line as a joke, then OMG it was Jim'll fix it. Jimmy will be rockin in heaven with Phil and Gary. God bless em all.
Wonderful to see best line op.
one of their best singles , should've been a top 5 pop pickers
Quality! God bless Phil and May Booker!! How cool were Lizzy to be up for this!!
Fantastico!!!
Phil was the coolest black dude in Irish history, a man who was born to be a star. I can only imagine how proud is lovely mum must have been
Wonderful😀, I must have seen this when first aired but it was a while ago. 😉
Just goes to show that you are never too old to Rock N' Roll.
Phil was a spectacular human being.
Brilliant philo giving a cameo and few pounds to an new musician on keyboard 🙂 What a Legend
God, I'm jealous of May. What a legend!
Great song!!
Just came across this, brilliant! I remember watcing this when it was first shown.
great band-great song-fantastic Keyboard solo ;-)
Rock and Roll is full of surprises, go granny go...!!!
Good fun gorgeous improvised superb.
That's really one of the most rock and roll things I've ever seen! Rock stars are always so worried about their image
super vidéo la mamy a jouer avec thin lizzy!!! quelle solo!!!génial..
I just fn love it!
That Grandma May keyboard solo was badass.
that's cool as hell
adorable stuff . i'm suddenly a fan . r.i.p. you guys
Man - I'm almost in tears watching the end of this!...
great band big fan. good musik is forever. .nice
simply amazing
May Bookerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! amazingggggggggggg!!
Jim fixed it for her!
rattle rattle jewelry jewelry now then now then.
Thin Lizzy = Heroes
You go, May!!!
Proof you're never too old to rock and roll! Bless this beautiful lady!
Yes I love everything thin Lizzy ever produced a great classic rock band above all the cowboy song that's my favorite of everything they ever did my question is whatever happened to the cowboys song you never hear it and never gets in the air time on the radio anymore cuz someone tell me I would love to know what happened to this particular song however I like the boys are back the boys are back in town again yeah I really like that it's it's rocks as well but the cowboy song it's got some great great lyrics in that song but rock on thin Lizzy you're the greatest 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵 peace love music 👍🎶🎵🎶🎵
Did Phil ever sing the same lyrics to this song on any two performances ? LOL
I freakin love it! That will be my dream as well, with any rock band.
Sorry to burst your bubble but Thin Lizzy and U2 are Irish Bands from Dublin and both are very proud of their Irish heritage.Phil often corrected people when Thin Lizzy was referred to as "British"
The unedited version, sweet!!!
Nice solo grammy! I love it.
That was very cool.
Amazing stuff altogether!
What an honour I was a rambling mess when I met Philomena this is class though xxx
This isn’t Philomena, this was and old dear on Jim will fix it. Her grandchild wrote in and got her on the programme. This was before Saville was exposed as a Pedo.
@@ian436 I never said it was Philomena lol 😂
@@Courtneyshole1965 why have you said Philomena in your reply and you are not the only one
Fantastic!
Phil zawsze klasa! Respect dla lizzy. 😁
"I see that you've got some plunder there" - Dusty Rhodes would be proud...
Brilliant ! Well done Lizzy lol !