Gary Moore

[kungpow!]

I hope this isn't a repost of this clip, but this is jaw dropping. I have to make sure it's included in this thread. I love the final note!

Messiah Will Come Again

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[NoStatic]

Yes it is. That DVD from Montreaux in the early 90s- a must have if you like GM.

I love listening to Gary Moore play that guitar.

[JohnnyWalker]

He is my hero. I love him. And he is totally underrated. He is up there with Page, Clapton and Jimi IMO.

[winger]

Awesome player, great tone, feel and soul (IMHO).

[thedonal]

Originally Posted by kungpow!

I hope this isn't a repost of this clip, but this is jaw dropping. I have to make sure it's included in this thread. I love the final note!

Messiah Will Come Again
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Fantastic! That's a top tune.

It's interesting- hearing him say on Evening of the Blues that he had to find a new direction, as the rock thing was getting stale. I really thought that After The War was a fantastic album- one that really stands up better in terms of songs and production than at least Wild Frontier (though Over The Hills and Far Away is probably my favourite Moore track- partly because I grew up loving it!).

I think I'll be seeking a copy of that DVD!

[WildeStarr]

Brilliant...

YouTube - Music Video - Gary Moore - The Loner

YouTube - Music Video - Gary Moore - The Loner

[JohnnyWalker]

The live record "We Want Moore!" is awesome.

[stevejoshlay5]

Originally Posted by JohnnyWalker

He is my hero. I love him. And he is totally underrated. He is up there with Page, Clapton and Jimi IMO.

i love him too

heres a pic of my GM sig les paul...

[Emerald]

Glad to add again to the GM thread, a lot has been happening, Gary great rock tour of 2010 is almost over, I published my interview with Neil Carter, this was before the reunion of him and Gary. The basis of the interview were the golden years culminating with the albums "Wild Frontier" and "After The War", Gary's last 'rock' albums.
Neil was reflective of those days and told me of some great memories he has if that era. Then later came the announcement of the Celtic Rick tour with 3 new tunes in that vein.
Let me give the LPF link on the subject:
Les Paul Forum
Gary Moore 2010 pictures by davida54 - Photobucket
The Lord Of The Strings - World Wide Gary Moore Fanclub
http://www.neilcarter.org/
Also the new guitars section on the Lord of the Strings, so far I have contributed to the heritage and Hamer sections
http://www.garymoorefc.com/en/guitars_heritage
http://www.garymoorefc.com/en/guitars_hamer

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At Montreux Gary with the new Melvyn Franks Aged Gary Moore Replica guitars and one of the finest versions of PW I have ever heard:

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[stevejoshlay5]

i gotta say that may be the best version of pw that ive ever seen too! thanks for posting

[woodchuk]

What can I say about Gary that hasn't been said already? The man plays some of the most emotive blues-rock I've ever heard. He's criminally underrated in the States, and he deserves a lot more attention here. It's uncanny how he can rip the ever-loving shit out of his guitar and burn the house down, while at the same time making it sound passionate and tasteful. Not only is he one of the most tasteful blues-rock players out there, with a killer tone to boot, but he also knows what many guitarists nowadays either don't or choose to ignore - the value of leaving space in the music and letting it breathe. Listen to his song "Trouble Ain't Far Behind" from Bad For You Baby for an example. His playing is slow and extremely laid-back and bluesy, but damn if he doesn't NAIL that song to the ****ing wall! Some of his bends there are freakin' unbelievable - they sound almost like he's pulling the string all the way off the fretboard. I've got just about all of his albums (only missing 3 studio albums by my count), and I cherish each and every one of them. Gary's the man!

[stevejoshlay5]

Originally Posted by woodchuk

What can I say about Gary that hasn't been said already? The man plays some of the most emotive blues-rock I've ever heard. He's criminally underrated in the States, and he deserves a lot more attention here. It's uncanny how he can rip the ever-loving shit out of his guitar and burn the house down, while at the same time making it sound passionate and tasteful. Not only is he one of the most tasteful blues-rock players out there, with a killer tone to boot, but he also knows what many guitarists nowadays either don't or choose to ignore - the value of leaving space in the music and letting it breathe. Listen to his song "Trouble Ain't Far Behind" from Bad For You Baby for an example. His playing is slow and extremely laid-back and bluesy, but damn if he doesn't NAIL that song to the ****ing wall! Some of his bends there are freakin' unbelievable - they sound almost like he's pulling the string all the way off the fretboard. I've got just about all of his albums (only missing 3 studio albums by my count), and I cherish each and every one of them. Gary's the man!

i couldn't of put it better myself

[swleary]

Crap Steve found a new place to post Gary Moore stuff....we are all in for a real treat now lmao.......

[stevejoshlay5]

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Crap Steve found a new place to post Gary Moore stuff....we are all in for a real treat now lmao.......

[Rev.BG Moore]

Originally Posted by woodchuk

What can I say about Gary that hasn't been said already? The man plays some of the most emotive blues-rock I've ever heard. He's criminally underrated in the States, and he deserves a lot more attention here. It's uncanny how he can rip the ever-loving shit out of his guitar and burn the house down, while at the same time making it sound passionate and tasteful. Not only is he one of the most tasteful blues-rock players out there, with a killer tone to boot, but he also knows what many guitarists nowadays either don't or choose to ignore - the value of leaving space in the music and letting it breathe. Listen to his song "Trouble Ain't Far Behind" from Bad For You Baby for an example. His playing is slow and extremely laid-back and bluesy, but damn if he doesn't NAIL that song to the ****ing wall! Some of his bends there are freakin' unbelievable - they sound almost like he's pulling the string all the way off the fretboard. I've got just about all of his albums (only missing 3 studio albums by my count), and I cherish each and every one of them. Gary's the man!

Man Woodchuk,i could not have said it any better!Gary is and always will be my main guitar inspiration,and i'll never understand the human vindictiveness that has been thrown about concerning him,it's just shameful to be that way to anyone let alone someone who has given so many pure musical joy.I thank people like you and EMERALD for carrying the torch on thru the storm of B.S!

[woodchuk]

Originally Posted by Rev.BG Moore

Man Woodchuk,i could not have said it any better!Gary is and always will be my main guitar inspiration,and i'll never understand the human vindictiveness that has been thrown about concerning him,it's just shameful to be that way to anyone let alone someone who has given so many pure musical joy.I thank people like you and EMERALD for carrying the torch on thru the storm of B.S!

You're quite welcome. I'm glad there are many others here who seem to share my feelings. But you and I seem to agree on 1 thing in particular: Good music WILL touch people - the good stuff will out every time, and the B.S. will be exposed for what it is. I just call it like I see it. Yeah, it's a shame that GM isn't more well known here. Let's give the man some credit - apparently he's scared shitless of flying from what I hear, so he rarely makes appearances here. That has to hurt his recognition. And while he may not be a great singer, he can certainly hold his own - he does a lot better than many other "blues-rock" vocalists who sound like they've gargled with rusty nails. I've certainly heard worse, that's for sure. Plus, the guy's pushing 60 now, so cut him a little slack, people!

Ironically, I only got into Gary wthin the past couple of years. But once I heard my first 2 albums (A Different Beat, followed VERY closely by Still Got the Blues), I was freakin' hooked. While some of his albums are definitely better than others, I can honestly say that so far I don't think there's an outright dud in the bunch. I'm only missing Grinding Stone, the self-title from '82, and Dark Days in Paradise before I have them all. His more "metal" years (Corridors of Power/Victims of the Future) are rather underrated, I think. End Of the World smokes my ass every time. I can hear some definite Eddie Van Halen influence in that intro.

Do you know if Gary uses an Ibanez Tubescreamer - his tone is so freakin' SICK! I know he usually plays LPs, with the occasional Strat. Hard to go wrong with either one - I've got one of each. I love LPs for that fat humbucking tone and killer sustain, but they can weigh a ton! I love the Strat for its versatility - 3 pickups, any of which can be a humbucker or single-coil, together with the 5-position switch and a possible coil-tap switch. By my count, that's at least 30 different sound combinations. And it's light, comfortable, and a joy to play. No wonder the Strat is so popular.

[thedonal]

He did use a Marshall Guvnor straight into the Marshall head for many years- specially during the Still Got the Blues album/tour.

Part of his sound is because he cranks the amp right up (Ginger Baker had a moan about this- not just because of the volume, but because apparently Gary kept blowing his own eardrums out with it).

[Ayy Itss Daveee]

Gary is one of my favorites, his playing always blows me away and his tone is fantastic.

I read somewhere that his tone is as simple as Guitar>TubeScreamer>Marshall. Maybe some reverb/delay thrown in somewhere. Can anyone verify? Whatever it is, it's golden.

[Emerald]

Originally Posted by woodchuk

You're quite welcome. I'm glad there are many others here who seem to share my feelings. But you and I seem to agree on 1 thing in particular: Good music WILL touch people - the good stuff will out every time, and the B.S. will be exposed for what it is. I just call it like I see it. Yeah, it's a shame that GM isn't more well known here. Let's give the man some credit - apparently he's scared shitless of flying from what I hear, so he rarely makes appearances here. That has to hurt his recognition. And while he may not be a great singer, he can certainly hold his own - he does a lot better than many other "blues-rock" vocalists who sound like they've gargled with rusty nails. I've certainly heard worse, that's for sure. Plus, the guy's pushing 60 now, so cut him a little slack, people!

Ironically, I only got into Gary within the past couple of years. But once I heard my first 2 albums (A Different Beat, followed VERY closely by Still Got the Blues), I was freakin' hooked. While some of his albums are definitely better than others, I can honestly say that so far I don't think there's an outright dud in the bunch. I'm only missing Grinding Stone, the self-title from '82, and Dark Days in Paradise before I have them all. His more "metal" years (Corridors of Power/Victims of the Future) are rather underrated, I think. End Of the World smokes my ass every time. I can hear some definite Eddie Van Halen influence in that intro.

Do you know if Gary uses an Ibanez Tubescreamer - his tone is so freakin' SICK! I know he usually plays LPs, with the occasional Strat. Hard to go wrong with either one - I've got one of each. I love LPs for that fat humbucking tone and killer sustain, but they can weigh a ton! I love the Strat for its versatility - 3 pickups, any of which can be a humbucker or single-coil, together with the 5-position switch and a possible coil-tap switch. By my count, that's at least 30 different sound combinations. And it's light, comfortable, and a joy to play. No wonder the Strat is so popular.

Great to hear so many positive responses to Gary here on My Les Paul Forum, if anyone has been following the other forum, I have the support of good old Tom Witterock who loves Gary's blues era and obviously Peter Green, whom no other living guitarist can recreate the same as Gary can.
Who else could attempt an album like Blues For Greeny and then play the only gig with Peter himself watching for the side of the stage. Even Peter gave Gary some grief over the album, I'll post the article! He said Gary was so close to his recordings, Gary pointed out rather politely that that was his intention all along. Peter actually thought that Gary was using his Fleetwood Mac backing tracks.
Suffice to say my defense of Gary Moore has been unwavering and I as a true loyal fan, the least I can do is state what I know to be true, when so much blatant untruths are spoken about him.
The latest tour of Europe with Gary reuniting with the great Neil Carter, has been a tour de force of some of the best playing I have heard from gary in many years.
That he is revisiting the unfinished chapter in the Celtic rock era when he jumped to the blues era. Gary stated then he was giving his blues a rock spin and doing his own version of it, which was obviously from a rock guitarists perspective. Some very memorable and great work was created, ect.
That he has gone back to that era with three great new songs in that vein.
Also the brilliance of him playing songs that were originally played on a Super Strat with an Original Floyd Rose and he is mimicking those runs with a fixed bridge Les Paul and changing up his unparalleled vibrato, so the versions of the Wild Frontier material actually have improved emotional content.
Gary has one moore blues album in the can to be released on Eagle records, then this fall the new Celtic rock album will be recorded. This tour is a warm up of sorts.
Listen to the eighties versions and then these latest ones, Gary has matured his playing and singing to a remarkable degree.
I am so encouraged to hear him tap that rich vein of the Celtic influenced music again and to hear songs like Blood of Emeralds again and Military Man, is awesome.
I will be doing a section on Gary's amps and effects for the Lord of the Strings website soon. He does always prefer a Tube Screamer most times, even the Bad Monkey.
The use of the Marshall 1959HW amps has restored Gary's golden tone, I was hoping the old 1972 Super Bass was going to come out, but his current set up is awesome.
Watching the latest clips, his playing is technically as superior to even a new level, I am so happy to hear this!!
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See my previous LPF thread for all the latest tour videos
And please all GM fans here join the unofficial GM fan forum The Lord of the Strings, we could use your support, always the latest European GM news..
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[Emerald]

Just had the pleasure of having a phone call with the Rev. BG Moore yesterday and it's great to speak with another moore fan. I know it is poor judgment to compare this forum and the other one, but although there are moore fans there as well, one comes under the laser scopes as well when posting anything about Gary it seems. There are a few who truly appreciate all the work I continue to do updating with news and videos from the new 2010 tour, I just feel somewhat safer over here.
It's like not having to reinvent the wheel every time you post, ect.
I am hoping to speak with Neil Carter again once the tour is finished to get his impressions, as a sort of follow-up to our interview previously.
The new Celtic rock album sounds like it will be an exciting project and may well feature other Irish artists as well, is a distinct possibility.
The features that I have been working on for the Lord of the Strings, ie histories of the guitar makes used by Gary, started off with the Heritage and Hamers, I still have Gibson, Fender, Charvel/Jackson to go, ect.
Plus a compilation of the amps and effects, rack equipment used by Gary through the years. This will take a little time, but hopefully I'll get to it.
That the Melvyn Franks Collector Series (Greeny Replica), the VOS is when Peter had it condition and the recently added Murphy aged Gary Moore Aged versions have become available, Gary playing one himself on the current tour, none of the COA's have been signed by him yet, this will occur at the end of the tour. The Montruex Jazz Festival version of Parisienne Walkways, may well be the new standard for ultimate version, as Gary does an incredible job on it, this is the song he uses the MF guitar on.
We had hoped for pedal board shots by now, but these have eluded me, even though I had people in Europe trying to snap these. Right at the first few gigs, starting with Troundheim, Norway, Gary was using only reverb and no delay, but by the time he hit Sweden, there was a digital delay back on the pedal board.
The Marshall 1959HW amp setup really brings out the definition and clarity of notes from these modern Les Pauls that Gary is currently using.
It is a shame that for all the obvious, ridiculous reasons Stripe must stay locked up at home, but honestly Gary is getting a great PAF tone from whatever pickups he has in his Custom Shop models, we know there are BB 2 and 3 in the MF guitar, I'm not sure if Gary is still using the Tom Holmes pickups, he may well be using Bare Knuckles also.
His playing is still lightning fast and his modification of his vibrato to adapt the tremolo based songs to his fixed bridge LP is amazing.
Though this isn't the first time Gary has done this, way back in The Goldiggers/Chippenham Gary Moore Band era '83-4, he plays the entire concert with just his Les Paul Junior, the 1956 single cut he got off Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, who probably nicked it himself..
Gary's career has taken an upswing, though I doubt he will ever darken our shores again in the States, it is great ti see him revisit the I feel unfinished Celtic rock era, with the new tunes, "Where Are You Now, Days of Heroes and Wild One, these could well be Lynott era Thin Lizzy songs and Where Are You Now, is written in direct tribute to his sorely missed compatriot, Phillip Paris Lynott

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[Emerald]

YouTube - gary moore Benátská noc 2010

YouTube - gary moore Benátská noc 2010

YouTube - Benatska noc 2010 - Gary Moore - Out In The Fields

YouTube - Benatska noc 2010 - Gary Moore - Out In The Fields

YouTube - Gary Moore-30.7.2010 Benátská Noc,Malá Skála

YouTube - Gary Moore-30.7.2010 Benátská Noc,Malá Skála

YouTube - Gary Moore-30.7.2010 Benátská Noc,Malá Skála

YouTube - Gary Moore-30.7.2010 Benátská Noc,Malá Skála

Compare the above version to the classic 1987 Live in Stockholm

YouTube - Gary Moore-Over the hills and far away...live 1987

YouTube - Gary Moore-Over the hills and far away...live 1987

It is uncanny how Gary completely recreates the awesome playing from back then. The Charvel/EMG 81 OFR with at least 4 100 watt Marshall heads and complete Roland outboard gear, what I loved about Gary's WF tone was the always on the brink of feeding back tone, notice how much tremolo work is in this version, yet the 2010 fixed bridge version doesn't lack for anything, just incredible!!

YouTube - Gary Moore-30.7.2010 Benátská Noc,Malá Skála

YouTube - Gary Moore-30.7.2010 Benátská Noc,Malá Skála

YouTube - Gary Moore-30.7.2010 Benátská Noc,Malá Skála

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YouTube - Gary Moore-30.7.2010 Benátská Noc,Malá Skála

YouTube - Gary Moore-30.7.2010 Benátská Noc,Malá Skála

YouTube - Gary Moore - Music Festival (Czech Rep.)

YouTube - Gary Moore - Music Festival (Czech Rep.)

Dunluce is from After The War, it starts and ends the album, they have been using it as the intro on this tour.
I have found that my Maxon ST-01 Super Tubescreamer, the near mint one a Japanese friend of mine found for me a few years back now, it was only sold in Europe and the East, plus my Analogman modded Boss DD-6 and a touch of reverb, gets me this tone, with say one of my SD JB equipped guitars

YouTube - Gary Moore - Benátská noc 2010 - Intro(Dunluce)& Over the Hills and Far Away

YouTube - Gary Moore - Benátská noc 2010 - Intro(Dunluce)& Over the Hills and Far Away

On "Over The Hills and Far Away" the extended intro version has always been my favorite, Gary has added slightly to this on the new version.
If are fortunate enough as I am to have the unedited bootleg CD's I have from the 1987 Wild Frontier tour and to some extent 1989's After The War tour, which George Harrison actually went to see. Gary and George being old neighbors back in the English countryside, I think it was Surrey, Gary had George contribute the song "That Kind of Woman" to his breakthrough album, "Still Got The Blues", George had given the tune to Eric Clapton. who cut a demo and it was that demo with Eric singing that Gary used. Gary wanted George on the track so George contributes backing vocals and slide guitar.
They recorded it at George's home studio.
I have looked for the magazine article I once had for years, it featured a George Harrison interview and the subject came up of guitarists and from memory, George says.
This is a rough quote from memory so.."You know one of the most amazing guitarists I have ever heard and worked with is Gary Moore, his pitch and ability to bend notes in tune is incredible"
I always thought that was the greatest compliment from one of my earliest guitar heroes, George Harrison when he was with the Beatles, his solos and rhythm parts always supported and made the songs so memorable.
Besides his uncanny ability to bend up to at times 3 whole steps and drop down say one and a half steps, yet stay perfectly in pitch, Gary has through his career, worked on building up thematic solos, especially on songs like "Empty Rooms". Written by Neil Carter and Gary, in my interview Neil told the story of how the song evolved, he had from the days of his Wild Horses stint.
Almost all of Gary's rock era material, have melodic solos, that build in intensity and support the song, rather than being an exercise in scales or just being flash for the sake of it.
At the Royal Albert Hall, with what turned out to be George Harrison's last concert appearance, with Ringo Starr in attendance, Gary plays a heartfelt version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". This show was never officially recorded, but there were two audience shot videos on You Tube. I think one has disappeared, there is a version that uses an audio track synched to various video bits, that doesn't show the faces of Gary and George as well as the earlier one that disappeared, but George is having a great time, playing the famous red Les Paul, with the offset maybe three piece top, it originally being a Goldtop I believe. Gary has his beloved Stripe #9-2227 and George actually trades lead lines with Gary towards the end of the song and his face is beaming a smile that would light up a power station.
That he would experience such joy playing with Gary, is one of my Gary Moore lifetime achievement highlights.
I have seen George play a version with the original recorded versions guitarist Eric Clapton, but the version with Gary, there is a connection there that is for the ages. Sorry to go off topic, but I always love to relate the George/Gary story as these two are basically the main inspirations to me as a guitarist.

YouTube - George Harrison While My Guitar Gently Weeps Royal Albert Hall 1992

YouTube - George Harrison While My Guitar Gently Weeps Royal Albert Hall 1992

YouTube - George Harrison - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 1992

YouTube - George Harrison - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 1992

Gary was using his Soldano SLO-100 as that was back in his SGTB's days
When Gary had the invitation to play with another hero of his, Jack Bruce on the occasion of Jack's 50th birthday, a German TV special was assembled with many of Jack's past collaborators, including Ginger Baker, Clem Clempson, Pete Brown, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Simon Phillips and many others.
This special would eventually lead to the formation of the sadly ill-fated BBM.
It did give Gary the opportunity to assume the role of one of his greatest heroes besides Peter Green, Eric Clapton.
With his trusty Stripe again and Soldano SLO-100, with a Marshall 4X12" loaded with EV speakers, possibly the Marshall Guv'nor pedal into the front end, Gary always only used the rhythm channel on his Soldanos, using the boost pedals for the leads. From the SGTB era through the Live Blues video, from the After Hours tour, Gary also used an Alesis Quadraverb, for some reverb, ect.The SGTB's tour was just the straight SLO-100/Marshall EV loaded cabs, then on the After Hours Gary used a Soldano Hot Rod 50 watt, a Fender Dual Showman head, a Bluesbreaker and for Blues For Greeny he used a Vibroverb reissue, through the Marshall cabs.
On the Blues For Greeny live video, Gary's use of the Dual Showman head was the same as one of Peter's live setups, though Gary said he couldn't make the 2X15" Fender cabinet work with the guitar. Peter Green used so many combination's of amplifiers, but always retaining his trademark sound, I believe in FM he even used a Selmer PA head with a Vox cabinet, also his Matamps and Orange gear. With the Bluesbreakers though he was using a very early block logoed JTM 45 head with one of the earliest Marshall 4X12" cabs. I think there is a Gary Moore/Peter Green thread, where I may have posted some scans of Fleetwood Mac related articles.
There also exists a Jack Bruce Bass Instructional video, where Gary Moore helps out on some Cream material with a beautiful 1961 Les Paul SG.
I have dubbed that to DVD, unfortunately it doesn't show Gary's playing so much on camera, but it's Jack's video to be fair.

YouTube - Bruce Baker & Moore ( BBM ) - Sitting On Top Of The World

YouTube - Bruce Baker & Moore ( BBM ) - Sitting On Top Of The World

These videos may be labeled BBM, but BBM didn't exist yet!

YouTube - Bruce Baker & Moore ( BBM ) - Politican

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YouTube - Bruce Baker & Moore ( BBM ) - Spoonful

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YouTube - Bruce Baker & Moore ( BBM ) - White Room

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YouTube - Bruce Baker & Moore ( BBM ) - N.S.U

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This is BBM

YouTube - Bruce, Baker & Moore (BBM) - I Feel Free

YouTube - Bruce, Baker & Moore (BBM) - I Feel Free

While I found 'em here are two clips from the Royal Ulster Hall show in 1989 from the "After The War" tour, PW on Greeny:

YouTube - Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways 1989

YouTube - Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways 1989

Here is the title track, "After The War", on the album the late Cozy Powell played most of the drums, post his tragic death, Chris Slade, ex-AC/DC drummer had to fill the tour slot on very short notice. Neil Carter told me in his interview, that there just wasn't the chemistry there with Chris, say as when Eric Singer was in the earlier WF live line up.

YouTube - Gary Moore After The War live in Belfast March 9th 1989

YouTube - Gary Moore After The War live in Belfast March 9th 1989

The guitar that Gary is playing is his one of his two Charvels ordered in 1986 and originally was equipped with a maple board neck with a body colored heastock.
Through the sheer wear of touring the original neck was replaced with a Jackson Strat head rosewood board neck, but that is still the same guitar.
The other Charvel Strat head, the red one, always had a rosewood board.
I have a bootleg VHS copy from the original BBC TV radio simulcast and I have converted it to DVD.
It is a shame that it's the only video I have of that tour. There is some guy in Japan who claims to have a few shows on video from this tour.
The problem with this show is that Gary has to deal with issues with his guitar amplification, the whole show. I don't know if the addition of all the recording setup upset his sound, but he absolutely has a strangled, non-sustaining guitar tone and he looks back at his guitar tech on almost every song. The notes just die out on him, and it happens with the Jackson/Charvel, the Heritage that he uses on "Blood of Emeralds" and even Greeny, though that guitar fares better than the others.
The clip has been taken down long ago from You Tube, but the version of "Military Man" from this show features Gary's extended improvisations on the first slow solo. This is a great highlight as he uses the melodic basis of this solo, incidentally one of my favorite GM rock era solos ever, to jam around the changes. I have heard him do this also on the Wild Frontier tour, but not as much, it just goes by his mood.
In the Gary Moore world, since I listen to Gary so much, the sound issue stood out right away to me. This especially sort of ruined "Blood of Emeralds" for me, as it is one of my fav GM songs of all time and he was using his Heritage, of which I own two GM signatures.
That's why I was so happy to hear this magnificent song again on the new 2010 tour and the true magnificence of the song can come out.
The Belfast '89 version has been removed from You Tube, but trust me, Gary's guitar is feeding back from the monitors and all sort of weird stuff, so he has to fight the guitar through what is such a powerful autobiographical song, so glad to hear the new versions!
Sorry to ramble on so much, but once I get started, it's hard to shut me up..
Unfortunately the way I have dubbed my VHS tapes to DVD, I have major difficulty hosting clips to You Tube, so when others put them up, I am pleased.
Have a great weekend
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[Emerald]

Here is a very cool video I found of Gary 'sound checking' various high-performance cars, with his favorite being the awesome 505 HP Corvette Zo6, he copares that car to a balls out Marshall.
Gary had a lot of fun end the dB measurement was a blast.
At the end, he has a vintage Marshall as well as a DR. Z head on top of his cabs:

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[Alvinfan]

Great thread !!! My favourite Les Paul tone comes from Gary !!!!! Wish I could have bought his 57 gold top when it was for sale at Vintage& Rare in London.

[planks]

one of the greatest players of all time.

this thread

especially thanks to Emerald for the posts, that is some really great and very interesting stuff, man

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[EasyAce]

Originally Posted by Emerald

Here is a recent interview with Gary Moore by Lisa Sharken,notice Gary mentions tour expenses and his hand injury as reasons he was forced to sell Greeny.He mentioned it had been played by Jimi Hendrix,as Jimi was in the studio when Peter recorded some tracks,and Rory Gallagher as well.



Gary Moore: Keeping The Blues Alive | Interviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

. . . In recent interviews Gary has reiterated the facts surrounding the factors leading him to sell Greeny.
He states the hand injury,allied with an insurance snafu,causing him great expense,coupled with him having to cover lost tour date expenses out of his own pocket,(I thought managers covered all this sort of stuff??)Anyway,I know his hand became infected and thus further complications.

I'd always wondered what could possibly force a man to sell such a guitar as the Greeny Les Paul. I think Greeny recently went for six hundred large at auction, no? Which may account for Greeny's whereabouts - - - now, let's hope someone turns out with Mike Bloomfield's first '59 Standard. (Gibson had to use a few thousand images provided by Bloomfield's family to reproduce it for their tribute model.) And, who knows what an instrument he/she has and doesn't look to make large at auction. Such guitars should be cherished and played . . . not sold.

If I happened to be lucky enough to have either Greeny or Bloomer (well, I don't know that Bloomfield ever nicknamed one of his guitars, so I guess Bloomer fits), it would have to take something such as happened to Gary Moore re Greeny to pry it out of my cold dead hands!

[Deftone]

I admire a lot of guitarists, but there's only a few that I actually want their talent, tone and ability. Gary Moore is one of them. IMHO, he just does everything right, and he never fails to amaze me no matter how many times I've seen him.

[Emerald]

Melvyn Franks in Miami still owns Greeny, it has not gone up for sale at auction to my knowledge and Eric Ernest of Abalone Vintage is brokering the guitar for him. Gibson had the usual hotel room meeting where they took photographs, videos, obtained dimensions, ect.
I have no further wishes to be involved with all the controversy surrounding the sale anymore, but what Gary received after paying commission to his UK broker was in the $500K US range I am sad to report.
Melvyn Franks, received VOS MF Collectors Edition #1, the prototype guitar from Gibson's Custom Shop and the blueprints for the guitar, that was his payment for allowing the guitar to be replicated. The replicas were initiated before Gary Moore knew about them and the Murphy aged versions, which are of high quality, though many have been shipped already, in fact Gary is playing one on tour in Europe at the moment, Gary will sign all the COA's for the aged versions at the conclusion of his tour and they will be shipped to the owners, he will not be signing any guitars.
There was a communication breakdown from Gibson to Gary while he was on tour and I helped expedite this with the GM fan forum webmaster and Gary's tour manager , Gary definitely wanted to be on board and thankfully will be compensated for that.
The reasons for Gary's 'sale' of Greeny he has repeatedly made public, he basically needed the money post his hand injury, a subsequent tour cancellation, which he was personally financially responsible for and also his medical bills as he wasn't properly covered. The guitar was becoming a security liability, Gary primarily played Stripe over Greeny, until the whole Stripe 'controversy' occurred, now he doesn't use that guitar live any more, plus he lost the law suit over his hit song "Still Got The Blues", where a German songwriter won damages and royalties in court on Gary's best selling album ever, so it hasn't been the greatest last few years for G.Moore. That this new tour and hopefully forthcoming Celtic Rock album will make up for all that!
And to those who have thanked me for my data, it is my great pleasure to contribute. Gary has never played better since the early nineties in my opinion and his new tone with the Marshall 1959HW amps and the Gibson Custom Shop R9's he has, is superb and he has slowed down his playing and his playing has never been better as I said.
Great to see Neil Carter back, that is what accounts for Gary bringing out his best!!
Emerald

[Emerald]

BTW, that German tv show my Deutsch speaking friends have informed me, that he had three amps to compare as well as the cars. The Larry British Purist 100 watt head from Germany, The DR.Z from the USA and the Marshall form the UK.
The Marshall won the amp shootout, the Chevrolet Corvette ZO6 form the US won the supercar shootout, like a Marshall stack at full roar says Gary!!
Emerald