Gary Moore

Gary Moore was a musician best recognized as a blues rock guitarist and singer from Belfast, Northern Ireland whose output spans over three decades.

He was born in Belfast on April 4th 1952. His earlier bands of note were Skid Row and Colosseum before he joined and rejoined Thin Lizzy.

Gary Moore has contributed to numerous albums as a session player and been experimenting with blues, Celtic and rock music.

His most relevant material, to metal fans, is his early 80's work on albums like Corridors Of Power and Victims Of The Future. Gary Moore has played far and wide and supported bands before headlining on his own.

Moore has shared the stage with such blues and rock luminaries as B.B. King, Albert King, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and Skid Row (not to be confused with the glam metal band of the same name), as well as having a successful solo career.

Gary Moore died on 6 February 2011 in his sleep while on holiday in Spain.

Moore's greatest influence in the early days came from guitarist Peter Green, of Fleetwood Mac fame, who was a mentor to Moore when performing in Dublin.

Green's continued influence on Moore was later repaid as a tribute to Green on his 1995 album Blues for Greeny, an album consisting entirely of Green compositions.

On this tribute album Moore played Green's 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar which Green had lent to Moore after leaving Fleetwood Mac. Moore ultimately purchased the guitar, at Green's request, so that "it would have a good home".

"Need your love so bad" is a song from that album ,a blues song first published in 1955 and written by Mertis John Jr. Fleetwood Mac released a cover of this song as single,[2] which reached #31 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1968.