Over The Hills and Far Away intro

[Atomic Playboy]

Hey Mark, welcome to the States! Well LA anyway. Remember we spoke via e-mail awhile back before your move and I had asked if you could do a clip of the amazing intro riffs for the Gary Moore song first featured on the LP Wild Frontier.
The tune Over The Hills and Far Away has an intro which Gary often used live and was first featured on the 12' single version of the song.
Here are some videos featuring the song. I enjoy your lessons and clips immensely and would really enjoy seeing this shown.
This version from the Isstadion Stockholm show is perhaps the most famous:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHCPdSzUvf0
The studio version slightly different:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgG2hZ3QTmM
A recently surfaced version from Tokyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vElkK1ai ... re=related
Here is an excerpt from a 1987 Guitar World interview where Gary describes his signal chain:

I had asked you if an Axe Fx patch with the multi-Marshall, Super Tube Screamer, Korg digital delay, some verb could simulate that magic tone that Gary had from that show. He also repeated it throughout that tour I can confirm from the many bootlegs I have. His single EMG 81 loaded Charvel Strat head guitar, assembled from various parts by his guitar tech Keith Page, has an OFR top mounted.
On his last tour Gary was reliving the Celtic rock music he left unfinished in 1989, I though it was brilliant how he had adapted his fixed bridge Les Paul to these tunes which had been recorded and played live on Floyd equipped Super Strats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXTJN134M8Y
This shows the fingering somewhat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkrw6xnVuZ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZEsE-6VFk
Anyway you get the picture. This part of the song with it's strong Celtic overtones always gives me chills when I heard Gary play it.
Thanks Mark
Atomic Playboy

Hope others might enjoy this as well as a tribute of sorts to Gary Moore

 

[Little B]

Everyone should be able to learn something from the incredible talent this guy had!...one of thee best that ever walked among us!

 

[Anonymous]

I sure miss his talent... I recently bought the victims of the future cd. I was in high school when the vinyl first came out...

 

[jcj]

I sure miss his talent... I recently bought the victims of the future cd. I was in high school when the vinyl first came out...

Great album

 

[guitarnie]

AWESOME!!!!!!! Thanks for the links. You youngsters listen to this man!
Freakin Japan knows who he is and most Americans don't!

http://www.gary-moore.com/

 

[Gainzilla]

Gary has been a top 3 favorite and influence since I picked up a guitar . I'm thankful for what he gave us but bimmed that we won't get any more...

 

[MisterBulbous]

End of the World was a song that literally caused me to stop my car on the side of the road and listen to. I remember the University of Ashland (ohio) college radio station was about 500 watts and it was barely coming in over my car stereo. I found a clear spot, stopped the car and thought it was the flashiest unaccompanied solo I'd heard since Eruption. I really liked his flashy stuff, - blues stuff not so much.

 

[marl3y]

Me too brother. Back in the day, Genesee Community College (Western NY) had a hard rock/guitar show on Saturday AM. I used to set up a reel-to-reel to record it and copy tracks to casssette. The three that killed me back then were End of the World, Captain Nemo and Hot on Your Heels. Ah, simpler times.

 

[Gainzilla]

I really liked his flashy stuff, - blues stuff not so much.

It took me awhile to get into his bluesy stuff because I was a complete freak for his hard rock stuff. Then it grew on me when I realized that he approached the blues with the same ferocity that he did the rock stuff and now, I love them both equally...

Kage

 

[MisterBulbous]

I really liked his flashy stuff, - blues stuff not so much.

It took me awhile to get into his bluesy stuff because I was a complete freak for his hard rock stuff. Then it grew on me when I realized that he approached the blues with the same ferocity that he did the rock stuff and now, I love them both equally...

Kage

Yeah, I had "Still got the blues" for a while. He was definitely sincere about it. I really liked that salmon colored strat he played. Saw him open for Rush when he was still the rocker guy. Good show.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I was attempting to snag the attention of Mark Day here so hello Mark!!
I see a lot of interest here for Gary Moore, that's great. If anyone has Gary Moore related questions, in general or technical please ask away. I have been extensively involved following Gary's career since the early eighties.
I wrote a lot on the Metro Amp forum and The Les Paul Forum, My Les Paul Forum and The Lord of the Strings, the unofficial Gary Moore worldwide fan site. You can find me under the names yngwie308, Emerald.
Will post some rare GM gems for you guys here.
Thanks
Atomic Playboy

 

[bravedude2]

ha , i thought you were talking about the zeppelin song

 

[Gainzilla]

I was attempting to snag the attention of Mark Day here so hello Mark!!
I see a lot of interest here for Gary Moore, that's great. If anyone has Gary Moore related questions, in general or technical please ask away. I have been extensively involved following Gary's career since the early eighties.
I wrote a lot on the Metro Amp forum and The Les Paul Forum, My Les Paul Forum and The Lord of the Strings, the unofficial Gary Moore worldwide fan site. You can find me under the names yngwie308, Emerald.
Will post some rare GM gems for you guys here.
Thanks
Atomic Playboy

 

[Little B]

+11111 on the posts!!!!!!!! when end of the world came out, I would actually hear this song on standard air play in the middle of the day primetime all the time!..Our pittsburgh radio station then would have this show on fri nights called the metal shop and "end of the world" would sometimes start it- I miss that show and gary big time..I know this has been said a million times on rt, but I too, listened to him so much I always felt a connection to him.. I also remember him opening for Rush in Pitts....Does anyone know what years he used SLO's?..and what ch. he used?..I have pics w/ him playing on stage w/ them...very cool.....

 

[Skrapmetal]

ha , i thought you were talking about the zeppelin song

So did I. I had the acoustic intro rolling through my head before I even clicked the link.

 

[mbman]

I got into Gary Moore after reading an interview with Vivian Campbell in Guitar Player. He's definitely in my top five list. Saw Gary play at Jezebel's when he was touring to support
Wild Frontiers.

Martin

 

[bravedude2]

he was my first concert in 84' he opened for rush on grace under pressure tour. he was promoting i think privlage of power, the one with the yardbids cover.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Let me unload some great Gary Moore clips. Gary's equipment has changed all through the years, but from the years circa 1982-1987, Gary's main Marshall rig consisted of his legendary 1972 Marshall Super Bass, the one that had been painted purple with the paint removed. This was the main amp with various other 100 watt heads slaved off this main amp. Also Gary used a single 4X12" cabinet with each amp. The very early, pre 1986 set up relied mostly on Gary's Boss pedals into the front end of the amps. His Boss distortion pedal with the 1961 Fiesta red Strat was a huge component of his early Gary Moore Band sound. He would use the pedal with Greeny for Parisienne Walkways, but his main guitars were Strats, with some Fullerton Vintage Reissue's, one modified with a bridge humbucker. I have detailed Gary's equipment elsewhere and will copy that to here soon.
Cold Hearted always highlighted this aggresive Strat/Marshall sound. The best recorded version is from the live "We Want Moore" LP probably Hammersmith version in audio which I will list here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dt6dWg5 ... plpp_video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfmI2mwhFFs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3dZesrQS6E

These two shows are amazing, the Golddiggers show from England and the Dortmund Germany show. Both concerts feature Gary playing the whole show with his 1956 Les Paul Junior. This guitar Gary bought from Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols, who probaly nicked it himself
That he can play all the intricate stuff like "End of the World" on a Junior and he keeps it in tune all through both concerts is testament to his masterful touch on any instrument..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZznv5a ... plpp_video
A very early "So Far Away/Empty Rooms"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDs-uPpY ... er&list=UL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAp7u0cC ... re=related
Gary would always use Greeny for this, though I have seen him play it on the 1961 Strat!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAl_kxpj ... plpp_video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCgXVkXA ... re=related
Gary's tune "Hurricane" was influenced by his tenure with Colosseum II. Check out Ian Paice and Don Airey on this tune:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJP4tdl ... re=related
One of Gary's great early ballads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qi0gZA8 ... re=related
Here are some Colusseum II clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmSI5xIh ... re=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20td_Nqy ... re=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLEb6LDg ... o2j7ym1R-W
Moore soon!
Atomic Playboy/Emerald/yngwie308
Dave

 

[Atomic Playboy]

After Gary died, over on Metro forum I hadn't posted about it so this is what I said....
Believe me guys I have been writing so much about the last tour on the LPF and on my blog, I feel like I have lost my brother, I am incredibly sad, this didn't have to happen, I had commented months ago that Gary wasn't just overweight, he had that out of breath ashen look like so many of my cardiac patients, his life could easily have been spared, that is the great tragedy here.
Here is what I wrote on the LPF, I had approached Gary's mgmt a few years about collaborating on an autobiography about Gary and was turned down by Graham Lilley, I'm sure Gary never saw my email though.
Through the amazing Neil Carter, who watched with Gary the DVD's from the 1984-89 era I sent him, not long later Neil told me they were tentatively arranging to reunite. I was so thrilled, to have even sparked a small flame of that and it was myself who enabled Gibson to reach Gary on the last tour concerning the MF Greeny replicas, Graham Lilley's mom had died and he wasn't looking at the urgent emails from Gibson to get Gary on board with those amazing replicas, I wrote to Zoli the guy who runs the Hungarian based Lord of the Strings fan forum amd site, he got a hold of the tour manager and Gary signed up with Gibson on these limited guitars.
The interview I did with Neil Carter, concentrated on the WF, ATW era, Neil's and mine favorite era of the GM band.
There has been a movement afoot on Facebook to get the Isstadion , Stockholm show from the WF tour, April 25 to be released in it's complete version on DVD, next year marks the 25th anniversary of that most incredible show, brilliant filmed and recorded, with Gary's playing and singing being at a major peak.
The Montreux 2010 show was slated for release in March on Bluray and DVD, I don't know how events have affected that process.
I am sad that it has taken Gary's untimely death for him to be appreciated for the major place he holds in the pantheon of greatest guitarists ever. He certainly was responsible, even more than Slash for the resurgence of the balls out Les Paul/Marshall sound, yet that was only one of his incredible list of achievements, his groundbreaking work as a session guitarist, his work with Greg Lake, Colusseum II, brief stints with Thin Lizzy, replacing Brian Robertson, his brillian work on the Black Rose album, his incredible solo albums, the WF, ATW and then 20 years of blues, starting with the groundbreaking Still Got The Blues album, his Blues For Greeny tribute, no one sounds remotely like Peter Green, Gary was the only one, not only because he had Peter's guitar, but it was all in his hands, that's where Gary's talent lay and his early use of thematic approaches to solos, like Empty Rooms, ect.
What I was so excited about on the last tour was Gary's mastery of a fixed bridge guitar on tunes that were recorded and played live previously on Super Strats with Floyd Rose tremolos and he was able through his amazing vibrato and hammer ons to replicate these tunes, nothing short of amazing.
George Harrison, his neighbor and friend of many years, summed it up saying that Gary had the most incredible pitch and bending of notes in tune that he had ever heard, Gary was known for his ability to be in tune always, one of his trademarks.
Ask Scott Gorham, who Gary constantly rode to keep him in tune, especially on the harmony parts.
It is ironic that at the start of a six day well deserved rest, Gary would leave us, for it while he was also on holiday that he learned of the death of Phil Lynott, back in 1986.
Gary was reliving that time frame in this past tour and he stopped playing Johnny Boy on the tour because it just broke him up to perform it.
The new songs "Days of Heroes" carried on the mourning for those brillant days of the Lynott/Moore collaboration, which started in Dublin and they both came over to England to start their careers.
"Where Are You Now" directly addresses Phil Lynott, Gary stating that "where was Phil now, now that he needed him by his side...well they are both together eternally now, Gary was never really the same after Phil's death, he was criticized, as usual, for not attending Phil's funeral, but it was too much for him to take and I understood that.
He did attend Rory Gallagher's funeral and was one of the last to see Rory alive, another Irish brother in arms that was taken from us all to soon.
I have lots to say about Gary, I always have, I had hoped it wouldn't take an event like his death for him to achieve proper recognition, but Gary had a detremination about him and that's what us fans and supporters loved about him.
Some say he would shoot himself in the foot with some of the things he would say, but the truth is not media friendly and Gary was all about that.
To say that he will be missed in a huge understatement, to me this is on par with the death of Jimi, Tommy Bolin, Rory, ect.
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showt ... p?t=173268
Here is the thread with all my enthusiasm for the new tour, ect, I was yngwie308 over there, but changed to Emerald last year.
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showt ... p?t=168213
Listen to the lyrics of "Blood of Emeralds" I always used that for my signature..for me Gary Moore was a personal hero, I learned my whole technical approach to gear and guitars from him, he was the first guitarist who spoke to me in that way, I used the same gauge of strings and brand and always gleaned invaluable data from his interviews.
Here from Montreux 2010 is a great version of Parisienne Walkways, written by Phil Lynott and played on the #001 Melvyn Franks/GM Tom Murphy aged Greeny replica, two were sent to Gary during the tour after the events I described earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0U0y9Sh ... =recentlik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQMLpwSE ... re=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGb1xCm5VJo
Brian Downey on drums on this great cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6OKgH-xoZ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAf7fA3n ... re=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4wMN4tQYqs&NR=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gIgX62W ... re=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNqWn1YX ... re=related
Look for a tribute to my great musical inspiration and role model, Gary Moore soon..the forty shades of green have called him back.
Dave
Here is a long Metro thread since 2007, lot's moore stuff here:
I am yngwie308 there:
http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=13787

 

[Atomic Playboy]

If anyone has purchased the latest released Gary Moore DVD Gary Moore: Live at Montreux 2010 and was disappointed you are not alone. It is a performance that should never have been released imho. They band had very minimal rehearsal time according to Neil Carter and the Montreux show, traditionally a big Gary Moore tour highlight since the first blistering performance in 1990,was one that 'had' to be released??
I know why they released it and no disrespect to Neil Carter or the other band members, Jonathon Noyce/bass and Gary Husband/drums as their performances are great.
Gary is clearly uncomfortable during the whole show, flubs lyrics and his guitar performance is completely uncharacteristically dreadful.
Having watched, listened to Gary play since 1982, I can say that the bonus 1997 tracks included on the DVD are the only thing worth having.
In contrast the Ukraine shows towards the end of the fateful last tour are amongst the most brilliant I have ever heard. Gary is so much moore comfortable with the material and his singing playing reflects that. Things are happening with Gary's mgmnt. that I cannot comment on publicly at the moment, it's just that the Ukraine performances have soundboard recordings and a brilliant live CD set would be awesome.
Here is an audience shot video that shows his awesome playing. That Gary relearned these OFR/Charvel recorded songs on his Les Paul with a fixed bridge, was the most astounding thing I noticed right from the start of this 2010 tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iqdTpi7pgU
Some say Gary's blue suede boots made the difference
That clip was from Bucharest, Romania
The Ukraine clips from the mysterious "Olga", straight out of Boris and Natasha..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTe07VJb ... re=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aw07rjg ... re=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aw07rjg ... er&list=UL
These performances are things of rare beauty to me as a hardcore GM fan. Plus Gary was using delays by this time, the first shows including Montreux only have minimal reverb.
Gary relying on pedal boards , forever it seems at least from the 1997 period.
What do you guys think.
I had planned on a Gary Moore autobiography since 2005 but for reasons I have recently learned, it was never destined to happen while Gary was alive. Many have encouraged me to carry on.
That it would be controversial is practically unavoidable. He has such lovely daughters and the two boys Jack and Gus. Jack is on FB and his career is taking off.
Who knows, we'll see??
Atomic Playboy