Cowboy Song by Thin Lizzy

by Colin Hunt

Title

Cowboy Song by Thin Lizzy

Artist

Colin Hunt

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Art

Description

I See The Music #6 - Cowboy Song by Thin Lizzy (Catalogue Number 10356)


PhotoArt artwork of the complete sound wave for the song "Cowboy Song" by Thin Lizzy.

Original words and music by Phil Lynott and Brian Downey.

In a radio interview Phil Lynott stated that he gave Brian Downey dual credit for this song as a birthday present. A decision that turned out to be quite expensive as the US record label released the song as a single. Phil stated that it was the most expensive birthday present he had ever given.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Thin Lizzy are a rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist and lead vocalist Phil Lynott, met while still in school. Lynott led the group throughout their recording career of twelve studio albums, writing most of the material. Thin Lizzy's most successful songs, "Whiskey in the Jar" (a traditional Irish ballad), "Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back in Town", were all major international hits. After Lynott's death in 1986, various incarnations of the band emerged over the years based initially around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes, though Sykes left the band in 2009. Gorham later continued with a new line-up including Downey.

Lynott, Thin Lizzy's de facto leader, was composer or co-composer of almost all of the band's songs, and the first black Irishman to achieve commercial success in the field of rock music. Thin Lizzy boasted some of the most critically acclaimed guitarists throughout their history, with Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities during The Troubles. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal. Rolling Stone magazine describes the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack".

AllMusic critic John Dougan has written that "As the band's creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition." Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included the pioneering twin lead guitars found in Wishbone Ash and American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger.

In 2012, Gorham and Downey decided against recording new material as Thin Lizzy so a new band, Black Star Riders, was formed to tour and produce new releases such as their debut album All Hell Breaks Loose. Thin Lizzy plan to reunite for occasional concerts.


This artwork has been featured within the following groups:

All Art Welcome (19th February 2017)

Rock Star (20th February 2017)

Arts Fantastic World (20th February 2017)

Contemporary (6th October 2017)

Digital Art and Photography For A Simple Imagination (24th July 2018)

Pin Me - Daily (30th July 2018)



This artwork sold as a Duvet Cover - Queen to a buyer from Lossiemouth, Moray - United Kingdom on August 26th, 2016.

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November 14th, 2015

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