Phil Lynott
Philip Parris Lynott was an Irish singer, musician, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member. He was known for his imaginative lyrical contributions including working class tales and numerous characters drawn from personal influences and Celtic culture. Lynott suffered drug-related problems, particularly an addiction to heroin.
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Philip Parris Lynott was an Irish singer, musician, and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and bassist. He was known for his imaginative lyrical contributions including working class tales and numerous characters drawn from personal influences and Celtic culture. Lynott suffered drug-related problems, particularly an addiction to heroin. He died in 1986, but a statue in his memory was erected in Dublin in 2005. His mother, Philomena Lynott, was born in Dublin and his father, Cecil Parris, was from Georgetown, British Guiana. In 1957, due to accounts of racism and Lynott being mixed race, his mother sent him to live with his grandparents, Frank and Sarah Lynott in Crumlin, Dublin. He fronted several bands, including Skid Row alongside Gary Moore, before learning the bass guitar and forming Thin Lizzie in 1969. In 1985, he had a final chart success with Moore, “Out in the Fields”, followed by the minor hit “Nineteen”, before his death in 1986. He also fronted the band Grand Slam, ofWhich he was the leader until it folded in 1985. He had a happy childhood growing up in Dublin, and was a popular character at school. He joined his first band, the Black Eagles in 1965 as a lead singer, playing popular covers in local clubs around Dublin. It was in this group that he learned how to interact with an audience, and worked out how to play with bassist Brendan Shiels.
In early 1968, he teamed up with Shiels to form ‘Brushels’ with Brendan Downey. Because Lynott did not play an instrument at this point in his career, he manipulated his voice through his voice instead of playing an instrument. He played a variety of covers including ‘Eight Miles High’ and several numbers by Jimi Hendrix, including ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘I Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ He also played in a band called Kama Sama, which he left in the early 1970s. He later played in the band Kama Kama with Noel Bridgeman, who would go on to manage Thin Lizzard and manage Ted Carroll, who later went to manage The Rolling Stones. He wrote two books of poetry, and published two books about his experiences in the music industry. He is survived by his wife and two children, Philip Parris Lynott and Philomena, who were born in Birmingham in 1948 and Dublin in 1951. He has three grandchildren, Philosopher Paul, Michael Lynotte and son Michael Lynott who was also born in 1948, and a step-grandchild, Michael Lynott. He lived in the West Midlands of England, but grew up in Birmingham with his grandparents. He attended school in Moss Side, Manchester and was christened at St Edward’s Church, Selly Park, Birmingham, where he was baptised.
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