Thin Lizzy‘s Jailbreak, released in 1976, holds a special position in the annals of hard rock as one of the most soulful, lyrical LPs in the genre. This quartet could certainly bring the heat ...

There was no one quite like Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy, and his sudden death at the age of 36 is one of the greatest losses in rock music.

Classic Rock - September 2024 - Out Now Cover story: In 1976, Thin Lizzy were touring Jailbreak in the US and were breaking big. Then disaster struck. Band manager Chris O’Donnell details the ...

Doing so took a while, by his own account, but he had it nailed by the time Thin Lizzy recorded Jailbreak, their international breakthrough, in 1976. And perhaps no track on that album ...

The track incorporated three Irish folk songs – Danny Boy, The Mason’s Apron and Will You Go, Lassie Go – and the American folk song Shenandoah. Lynott’s lyrics paid tribute to a diverse array of ...