Cocaine induced, high octane guitar solo by Jimmy Smyth, but no drugs involved, just inspiration from a classic song by the same name, when Jimmy and the Bogey Boys played a high energy set to an appreciative audience at the Stillorgan Orchard venue in Dublin Ireland, on Friday, August 30th, 2013. Details of band members to follow.
About Jimmy Smyth (extract from BIMM Dublin website): Jimmy has been playing guitar since he was 7 years old, initially with his father's dance bands and later when his growing interest in rock and blues led him to form his own band at school. The first Jimmy Smyth band was formed when he was in his early teens, and opened for Thin Lizzy, Bees Make Honey, Horslips, and Frankie Millar. Some years later, Philip Lynott asked Jimmy to join Thin Lizzy as a replacement for Brian Robertson. Although flattered, Jimmy declined as the "Bogey Boys" debut album was just about to be released. He was a guitarist/singer with The Bogey Boys from 1979 to 1983 and recorded several singles and two albums. He featured heavily in 'Best Guitarist' polls on Hot Press Magazine around this time, alongside guitarists like the Edge and Rory Gallagher. Later, he produced albums for The Spirit of Eden, Bonnie Tyler, Toni Childs, Rob Strong, Don Baker and Frances Black and composed music for the movies When the Sky Falls (2000) and Silent Grace (2002) and for the Fellowship of The Ring (2003) videogame. He has also recorded/played with Roger Daltrey, Curtis Stigers, Chaka Khan, Lisa Stansfield, Van Morrison and Reba McEntire. Jimmy has been Musical Director for RTE TV shows, and regularly performs with the RTE Concert Orchestra, the RTESO, The Ulster Orchestra and many others. Jimmy is very much in demand for touring/recording and, when not on the road can regularly be seen playing rock and roots or Jazz Rock with his Fusion band 'Spectrum'.
Links:
http://www.bimm.co.uk/dublin/tutors/j...
http://www.irishrock.org/irodb/bands/...
https://myspace.com/jamespsmyth/music...
http://www.stillorganorchard.com/inde...
JIMMY SMYTH LEAD GUITAR SOLO ON COCAINE, BOGEY BOYS, STILLORGAN ORCHARD, AUGUST 30th, 2013.
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