Fintan’s Cemetery, Sutton, Dublin.Part of the Bass Centre's British Bass Masters Series, the Live & Dangerous Bass celebrates one of the music world's coolest cats, the legendary Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott. Elizabeth of Portugal Church, Richmond, London on January 9, 1986, with most of Thin Lizzy’s ex-members in attendance, followed by a second service at Howth Parish Church on January 11. He dies of pneumonia and heart failure due to septicemia in the hospital’s intensive care unit on January 4, 1986, at the age of 36. His condition worsens by the start of the new year and he is put on a respirator. He is taken to Salisbury Infirmary where he is diagnosed as suffering from septicemia. Lynott’s last years are dogged by drug and alcohol dependency leading to his collapse on December 25, 1985, at his home in Kew. Grand Slam disbands at the end of the year due to a lack of money and Lynott’s increasing addiction to heroin. The band tours various clubs but suffers from being labeled a poor version of Thin Lizzy due to the inclusion of two lead guitarists.
In 1984, Lynott forms a new band, Grand Slam, with Doish Nagle, Laurence Archer, Robbie Brennan, and Mark Stanway. After the resignation of longtime manager Chris O’Donnell, Lynott decides to disband Thin Lizzy in 1983. By the early 1980s, Thin Lizzy is starting to struggle commercially and Lynott starts showing symptoms of drug abuse, including regular asthma attacks. However, the band suffers from personnel changes. Having finally achieved mainstream success, Thin Lizzy embarks on several consecutive world tours. 1 in Ireland, and is a hit in the United States and Canada. The band’s first top ten hit comes in 1973 with a rock version of the well-known Irish traditional song “ Whiskey in the Jar.” With the release of the Jailbreak album in 1976, Lynott and Thin Lizzy become international superstars on the strength of the album’s biggest hit, “ The Boys Are Back in Town.” The song reaches the Top 10 in the United Kingdom, No. Toward the end of 1969, Lynott, now confident enough to play bass himself in a band, teams with Brian Downey, Eric Bell, and Eric Wrixon to form Thin Lizzy. It is during this period that Lynott learns to play the bass guitar. Growing up in Dublin in the 1960s, Lynott fronts several bands as a lead vocalist, most notably teaming up with bassist Brendan ‘Brush’ Shiels to form Skid Row in early 1968. He is introduced to music through his uncle Timothy’s record collection and becomes influenced by Tamla Motown and The Mamas and the Papas.
Lynott goes to live with his grandmother, Sarah Lynott, in Crumlin, Dublin when he is four years old. Philip Parris “Phil” Lynott, Irish musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member, principal songwriter, lead vocalist, and bassist of Thin Lizzy, is born on August 20, 1949, in Hallam Hospital in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England.
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