"I came home from school and learned all the sounds, and learned all the songs note for note. I could just relate to it somehow": How the blues galvanised Gary Moore

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In 1990, during the death throes of hair metal and the birth of grunge, late former Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore released an album that took everyone by surprise and took the charts by storm. The album was Still Got The Blues – a glossy set of originals and covers and an unapologetically blues-based piece of work. In 2007 he told Classic Rock its story. 

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