#Thin lizzy series

Fraught with frequent fractionalisation and a series of average songs, no record label wanted to sign them due to their drug dependency. The group was ill-fated from its inception. To cope with his pain and agony, Lynott formed a new family, a band named Grand Slam. This was followed by Lynott’s divorce with his wife Caroline Crowther in 1984 due to his addiction problems, taking away his beloved daughters from him and leaving him all alone once again. Thin Lizzy, which meant as much to him as a family, separated in 1983 due to differences in opinion. Lynott grew up in Ireland with his grandparents while his mother was away, though in contact, in Britain and his father an absent figure. Lynott’s constant struggle to come to terms with his loneliness was a crucial aspect that propelled him into the gyre of heroin addiction. However, Gerry Greg, the director of the documentary Phil Lynott: Scealta On Old Town, claimed that there were early signs of Lynott’s frailty which pushed him down the slippery slope. Lynott had a growing reputation due to his persisting drug and alcohol abuse, and it was spiralling out of control. However, Lynott didn’t get to savour the taste of success as the flame of his life was snuffed out by a deadly wind in 1986 at the age of 36. A bassist, lead vocalist and songwriter, Lynott was the guiding light of the band who succeeded in producing sell-out classics such as ‘Whiskey in the Jar’, ‘Jailbreak’, ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ and so on. The rest of the members were shuffled continuously throughout the course of their journey. He started his dream team, Thin Lizzy, in late 1969 with his childhood friend and the band’s official drummer Brian Downey. Phil Lynott was the first black Irishman to reach the pinnacle of significant musical success, even if it was for a brief time.