“.sympathetic and insightful and a must for fans of Thin Lizzy and Irish rock.” - Booklist Online One feels a connection to Lynott through Cowboy Song." - Under the Radar But like the best biographies, it gets to the heart of the man. “Meticulously researched, richly detailed. there are times when Graeme Thomson’s prose reaches astute heights and stirs recognitions.” -Joseph O’Connor, Irish Times
A touching portrait of one of my favorite musicians.” -Cass McCombs “I've always held it impossible for biography to encompass a life, especially the life of someone as vibrant as Phil Lynott. fine telling of the messy life of Thin Lizzy’s charismatic frontman.” -Barney Hoskyns, Guardian Drawing on scores of exclusive interviews with family, friends, bandmates and collaborators, it is both the ultimate depiction of a multifaceted rock icon and an intimate portrait of a much-loved father, son and husband. The song opens with an acoustic section reminiscent of country music before shifting into a more hard-rock style. The lyrics are told from a cowboy’s point of view, detailing his travels across America in search of love and adventure. Including an afterword by Lynott’s former wife Caroline Taraskevics, Cowboy Song is the definitive authorized account of an extraordinary life and career. Cowboy Song was released in Thin Lizzy’s 1976 album, Jailbreak.
The results-including the hits “Whiskey in the Jar,” “The Boys Are Back in Town,” and “Dancing in the Moonlight,” and classic albums Jailbreak and Live and Dangerous-are now part of the rock canon. It examines the unique blend of cultural influences which informed Lynott’s writing, connecting Ireland’s rich reserves of music, myth and poetry to hard rock, progressive folk, punk, soul and new wave. The mixed-race child of a Catholic teenager and a Guyanese stowaway, Lynott rose above daunting obstacles and wounding abandonments.Ĭowboy Song analyzes his unsettled childhood musical apprenticeship key alliances with the poets, painters and folkies of 1960s Dublin stardom with Thin Lizzy and drug-induced decline. The first biography written with the cooperation of the Lynott Estate, Cowboy Song explores the fascinating contradictions between Lynott’s unbridled rock star excesses and the shy, sensitive “orphan” raised in working-class Dublin. An instantly identifiable singer, charismatic stage performer and supremely gifted songwriter, the guiding spirit of Thin Lizzy combined the instincts of a wild man with the soul of a poet. Philip Lynott packed a vast amount into his 36 years.
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