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Phil Lynott : The Rocker - Mark Putterford


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Phil Lynott : The Rocker - Mark Putterford

 
Description: ISBN 0711991049 / Author: Mark Putterford / Genre: Music / The classic bestseller re-issed in a B format paperback edition. This ... more
Phil Lynott : The Rocker - Mark Putterford ... eye-opening biography traces Lynott's life from 1950s Dublin through to Thin Lizzy and his tragic death. Using dozens of frank interviews with family friends and band members, this is a touching and shocking account of the life of the Irish legend. Mark Putterford's eye opening biography traces Lynott's visionary ambitions to fuse dance music and heavy rock as well as influences on the early careers of future stars like Bob Geldof, Midge Urem Huey Lewis and Mark Knopfler. Using dozens of frank interviews with family, friends and band members, Putterford gives us a touching and somethng shocking account of the life of the one and only black Irish rock legend. Includes full discography.

Newest Review: ... about him, right from the early days when as a teenager he was a fronting “The Black Eagles” playing covers and opening for ... more

 ... show bands in town halls. But after a number of bands that have come and gone fro the pages of history it was the formation of Thin Lizzy as a three piece that really gets the ball rolling. The book then follows the highs and lows of a band constantly one step away from falling apart under personal differences or record company displeasure, until through sheer hard work and belief in the dream Thin Lizzy hit their stride in the mid seventies. From then until the early eighties, success and over the top lifestyle we...more

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Premium Review Phil Lynott : The Rocker - Mark Putterford: Vagabond of the Western World (821 words)
by steerpyke - written on 10/01/07 (Very useful, 403 readings)
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Growing up as a half-caste kid, with and absent mother and unknown father in a strict catholic family in Dublin in the fifties, is probably not the best start in life for someone aiming to be a rock star. But despite these set backs, or possibly because of them, Phil Lynott did, as front man with Thin Lizzy, go on to live the rock and roll life style and earn wealth and become highly regarded in his profession. Sadly all of the problems that go hand in hand with the playboy rock star lifestyle also descended upon his life and these resulted in a tragic but not entirely unexpected death aged only 36. Whatever the medical verdict, most people that knew him would tell you ...

 

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