“I was sort of hot in those days!”: The guitarist who had the cojones to replace Gary Moore in Thin Lizzy - and the chops to play alongside David Gilmour in Pink Floyd.

Thin Lizzy.

On this day (10 October) in 1980, Thin Lizzy’s album Chinatown was released. It was the band’s first record with guitarist Snowy White. And as the replacement for Gary Moore, the new guy certainly had some big shoes to fill.

Gary had played brilliantly on Lizzy’s 1979 album Black Rose during his third and final stint in the band. And certainly, his lightning-fast technique and explosive power was a kick in the backside for Lizzy’s other guitarist, Scott Gorham.