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He began drinking heavily towards the end of 1976. [3] A further tour of the US was planned for December 1976, but it had to be cancelled when, on 23 November, Brian Robertson suffered a hand injury when trying to protect fellow Glaswegian, singer and friend Frankie Miller in a fracas at the Speakeasy Club in London.
Thin Lizzy live on the Bad Reputation tour in 1977, during which concerts at Philadelphia and Toronto were recorded for the album. By the mid-1970s, Thin Lizzy had stabilised around its founding members – singer and bassist Phil Lynott and drummer Brian Downey – and guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson.
An important tour of the US in December 1976 had to be cancelled when Brian Robertson's hand was injured by a broken bottle during a fight at The Speakeasy Club in London, the night before the band were due to fly. [58] Robertson maintains that, contrary to reports at the time, he was not drunk and had only gone to the venue for a meal.
Andy Gee and John Du Cann took over for a tour in May, before Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham were enlisted later in the year as Bell's first full-time replacements. [ 5 ] The lineup of Lynott, Gorham, Robertson and Downey released five studio albums and one live album, all but two of which reached the top ten of the UK Albums Chart , [ 6 ...
Johnny the Fox is the seventh studio album by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy, released in 1976.This album was written and recorded while bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott was recovering from a bout of hepatitis that put him off the road halfway through the previous Jailbreak tour.
In early 1978, McCulloch started a band called Wild Horses with Brian Robertson, ... The concert film Rockshow, from Wings' 1976 North American tour, ...
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Robertson wrote "We Have a Dream" for the 1982 World Cup Scotland squad, [6] and played the lead in the film Living Apart Together, directed by Charlie Gormley. [ citation needed ] In 1983 Robertson, along with co-songwriters Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin, won a Razzie Award for the Worst 'Original' Song for "Pumpin' and Blowin'" as featured in ...