Have Some Moore
| Gary Moore | |
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Moore in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert William Gary Moore |
| Born |
4 April 1952 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| Died | 6 February 2011 (aged 58) Estepona, Malaga Province, Spain |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards |
| Years active | 1969–2011 |
| Labels | Virgin, Charisma, Eagle |
| Associated acts | Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Phil Lynott, Greg Lake, BBM, G Force, B.B. King |
| Website | www |
Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011) was a rock guitarist from Northern Ireland.
Beginning in the 1960s, Moore played with Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teenage years, leading him to memberships of the Irish bands Skid Row and Thin Lizzy, and British band Colosseum II. Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock musicians as B.B. King, Albert King, John Mayall, Jack Bruce, Albert Collins, George Harrison, and Greg Lake, as well as having a solo career.
Moore grew up on Castleview Road opposite Stormont Parliament Buildings, off the Upper Newtownards Road in east Belfast, as one of five children of Bobby, a promoter, and Winnie, a housewife. He left the city as a teenager, because of troubles in his family – his parents parted a year later – just as The Troubles were starting in Northern Ireland.
Moore picked up a battered acoustic guitar at the age of eight. He started performing at a young age, and got his first quality guitar at the age of 14, learning to play the right-handed instrument in the standard way despite being left-handed.
In 1968, he moved to Dublin at the age of 16, aiming to become a musician. Moore's greatest influence in the early days was guitarist Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac who was a mentor to Moore when performing in Dublin.
Other early musical influences were artists such as Albert King, Elvis Presley, The Shadows, Buddy Guy and The Beatles. Later, having seen Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers in his home town of Belfast, his own style was developing into a blues-rock sound that would be the dominant form of his career in music.
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