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Gary Moore.
_ Born and raised in Belfast, but moved early to Dublin,
where he quickly made a music career as a guitar subordinate.
I'm just telling the audience where you came from, where you grew up.
You grew up in Belfast, moved to Dublin.
Yeah, I never grew up, actually.
[Gb] _ You never grew up?
No.
I'm sorry.
Sorry to hear [C] that.
But you started off early to play the guitar.
Yeah, when I was ten.
When did you actually meet the instrument the first time, and what did you play?
[Ab] _ _ _ I started on the guitar through my father, who was a promoter in Northern Ireland.
He had a friend who had a big acoustic [G] guitar, and he was into the shadows [Gm] and all that stuff.
So the first tune I ever played was [Ab] Wonderful Land by The Shadows.
Gary played Wonderful Land, a Shadows song,
the first time he, as a ten-year-old, got to try an acoustic guitar
that his father, the promoter, handed to him.
_ You were 16 years old when you started your first band, Skid Row.
Yeah.
The first time I came here I was 17.
First time in Sweden [G] when you were 17?
In Skid Row, yeah.
In the city, yeah.
That's quite early.
_ And when you were 18 you inherited a very nice guitar, the legendary Peter Green's guitar.
Yeah, a little bit older maybe, but yeah, because Peter Green was a big hero of mine,
and I met him when I was with Skid Row, and he kind of took me under his wing.
[F] He let me have this legendary guitar that he played [Ab] Albatross.
This is not the one?
No, it looks very similar, but it's not here today, no.
It's the same model?
Yeah.
Les Paul.
Peter Green, the blues legend, a legend for many guitarists, a big idol for Gary.
He got _ a Gibson Les Paul from 1959.
Did it mean a lot to you, [E] getting to know Peter Green?
Oh yeah, it was the guitar I always [G] wanted.
I'd seen him play it when I was 14, and I always dreamt about having a guitar like this.
So [N] when I got it, it was a big thrill.
I used to take it everywhere with me.
I wouldn't even leave it at home under the bed or anything.
I'd have to take it everywhere.
It's like a teddy bear for other people. _
The guitar, you know.
_ _ This guitar meant a lot.
And Peter Green meant a lot to you?
Yeah, very much so.
I was a big fan of his ever since he replaced Eric Clapton in the Blues Breakers
with Joe Male, and I've followed his music ever since.
So five years ago you made an album with Peter Green songs?
Yeah, as a sort of a thank you to him and a celebration of his music.
It's called Blues Greeny. _
So you have played with many of the big guys on the rock scene, on the blues scene.
[F] You've met Albert King, B.B. King, all those people. Albert Collins.
Albert Collins.
_ So why did you stay on the hard rock scene for such a long time before you returned to the blues?
I don't know.
I think it was just one of those [A] things in the 80s, [Gb] if you were a guitarist, that's kind of what you played.
I didn't really feel that at home very much in that music.
[F] I found myself playing blues when I was alone all the time towards the end of the 80s.
The message I got from that was to go back to [Ab] playing the blues.
I'm just going to translate a bit.
Gary [N] is quite famous for his interest in blues in recent years.
He has played for many years, especially in the 70s and 80s, on the hard rock scene.
But he wasn't particularly popular there, but rather wanted to return to the roots.
Albert King, B.B. King, Albert Collins, his big heroes.
So you returned to the blues.
Once in the 70s, you were a part-time member, let's say that, of a great band called Thin Liz.
And the legendary leader of Thin Liz, who was a friend of yours, Philip Linnot, and he died tragically.
In those days, almost everyone in [Ab] the rock scene had their share of sex, drugs and rock and roll.
Have you had your share of that?
I've had your share.
You've had my share as well?
_ Why is it that people burn out themselves on the rock scene?
I think it's very easy because they get bored, you know.
And they get into drugs and they get into [E] whatever, alcohol.
But some people, it's not just luck.
I think some people know when to stop and others, it's like anything, some people go a little bit too far.
So when did you come to the point you knew you had to stop?
I never stopped.
You never stopped?
_ But you survived, didn't you?
Seriously, _ I was never into drugs in that way.
I never got into hard drugs or anything.
I wasn't interested that much.
I think I was probably too scared, I'd like them, you know.
But I was also scared when I saw what they were doing to my friends.
So it was pretty obvious to me that it wasn't a good thing to do.
So I stayed away.
Gary talks about the time in the 70's when he was a member of Thin Liz.
Philip Linnot, who died tragically in the 80's, probably because of [F] some drugs.
Gary tried to stay away from that.
He says a lot because he probably never liked it that much.
And that was probably a good reason. _ _ _ _ _ _
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