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Classic Lineup Thrives on Newly Discovered King Biscuit Set A SoundPress.net Feature Article by Rich and Laura Lynch The boys are back in town, indeed! A tribute version of Thin Lizzy are still rocking and touring the world in 2009. In the 1970's the Irish hard rockers released a double-live album called Live and Dangerous that is now revered as one of rock and roll's greatest concert recording ever. Now, Still Dangerous - a companion CD from that same tour has been recently unearthed and it proves that Thin Lizzy was a potent and powerful touring band who brought the goods each and every night they took the stage.
 VH1 Classic Records is proud to announce the March 3, 2009 release of Still Dangerous: Live At The Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977. This newly discovered live album, featuring the quintessential Lizzy lineup-Phil Lynott, lead vocals/bass; Scott Gorham, guitar; Brian Robertson, guitar; Brian Downey, drums-showcases the band at the height of its prodigious powers. Thin Lizzy roared out of the 1969 Dublin, Ireland pub scene. Their sound was crystallized in the 1976 anthem "The Boys Are Back In Town." With Lynott's intricate wordplay and those two lead guitarists, a template for '70s hard rock was cast in stone. In 1978, they released Live And Dangerous, thought to be one of the all-time great live rock albums. Seen as a companion volume, the new live album contains two songs not found on Live And Dangerous: "Soldier Of Fortune" and "Opium Trail," alongside such Lynott-authored classics as "Dancing In The Moonlight," "Jailbreak" and "Don't Believe A Word." This long lost concert CD pulled legendary producer Glyn Johns (Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones) out of retirement to remix and remaster. Guitarist Gorham remembers the discovery of these tapes: "We pulled all these boxes down, and I didn't even realize how many we had! There were a hell of a lot. One of the engineers was cataloging each reel, and one box came up marked 'Philadelphia 2.' That kinda stuck because I remembered Philadelphia but didn't know what the '2' meant. Then it hit me. What had happened, on that particular leg of the King Biscuit tour, before we actually started the tour proper, we were asked to come out and do the radio show. We were uncomfortable because we wanted to do a few warm-up shows before we went [on the air live] so we struck a deal. We said we'll go in and do this show for you if you only simulcast four songs, and let us come back in a few weeks time and do the whole show. They agreed. This tape is that second show coming back through Philadelphia where we were ready to go out and conquer America. "We were gambling," continues Gorham. "Phil liked to do that. Listening to this record really takes me back to that time. Phil would say, 'let's start with this and then do that.' He was very cool and loved to get out there and shake it up a bit and see the audience reaction. It got kind of scary at points, but it was a fun thing to do." Road-testing these songs prior to the release of the Bad Reputation album, Thin Lizzy sounds confident on Still Dangerous, bursting at the seams with innovations and ideas that would harness its spectacular powers-powers that would ultimately be emulated by generations of bands since.
Track Listing Related Links: For more information on THIN LIZZY and the other organizations mentioned please visit the following links -- ThinLizzyOnline.com | Buy Still Dangerous
 (Originally Published on February 18, 2009) |
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