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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Classic Rock Guitarist, 74, Reveals He ‘Actually Died' During Recent Operation
The rock world nearly lost Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham. Gorham, who joined Phil Lynott's band in 1974, is recuperating after nearly dying on the operating table. "I had a health issue scare about a year ago with a kidney that had to be removed, and I got sepsis from it," Gorham said on the May 21 episode of Darren Paltrowitz's Paltrocast podcast. "And the second surgeon said I actually died on the operating table and all that. And I was, like, 'Really, man? What the hell is all that about?'" Though Gorham wasn't a founding member, he's considered an essential part of Thin Lizzy. He was one of the band's "twin lead guitarists" and Scott played on albums like Nightlife, Fighting and Jailbreak (which featured the band's biggest U.S. hit, "The Boys Are Back In Town"). Gorham reformed Thin Lizzy in 1996, 13 years after the band broke up and a decade after Lynott's death. He also played in the Thin Lizzy spin-off band, Black Star Riders, before departing in 2021 to focus strictly on Thin Lizzy. In November, Gorham discussed putting together "just an absolute kick-[explicative] Thin Lizzy band" together for a tour, but he told Paltrocast that he's not ready to get back on the road. "And now I had a third operation, and [my doctor] said, 'Maybe you should take some time out and just kind of rehabilitate and all that, get your strength back and all that.' So that's what I'm doing," said Gorham. "And in the meantime, I've got the drawing to keep me occupied," he said. Last year, Gorham revealed his secret passion as an artist and held his first art exhibition in London. "[Drawing] is the new thing for me," said Gorham. "It's something that I thought I'd never really do as a constant thing. So I'm kind of enjoying this kind of break from the music right now and going into this little bit of a different direction." This doesn't mean his music career is over. Scott said that he hopes to "get my buns back out on the road" sometime Rock Guitarist, 74, Reveals He 'Actually Died' During Recent Operation first appeared on Parade on May 23, 2025
The Irish Sun
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
I lost 1.5 stone to look like Phil Lynott for new musical – I'd love for his daughters to see it, says Dublin singer
SINGER Peter Smith has told how he shed a stone and a half to play iconic singer Phil Lynott in a stage musical. And the actor also revealed that his dream would be to have the two daughters of the 6 Singer Peter Smith shed weight to play iconic singer Phil Lynott in a stage musical Credit: Supplied 6 Music icon Phil Lynott performing on stage with Thin Lizzy Credit: Getty Images - Getty 6 Pete landed his big role after he first found fame in 2002 on an ITV talent show The Pete landed his big role after he first found fame in 2002 on ITV talent show Now 47, he had to slim down to play super-skinny Phil who was known to millions before he passed away at the age of 36 in 1986. Pete told Read more on Phil Lynott The singer/actor ended up looking so like Phil that former bandmate, guitarist Eric Bell, who performs the hit Whiskey In The Jar in the show, kept mistakenly reminiscing about their days on the road often forgetting he wasn't his real Thin Lizzy pal. Peter said: "Whenever we are in the same room, Eric gravitates towards me like a magnet on my shoulder. It's a muscle memory because he had such a brotherly relationship with Phil." Another old pal of Phil, singer Brush Shiels, had been in to see the musical and was moved by Pete's performance. However the actor himself said his dream would be to have Phil Lynott's widow, Caroline, and two daughters, Sarah and Cathleen, in Vicar Street watching him. Most read in Music Peter said: "I know they're playing close attention to the reviews and they would have had people in (the theatre), so they would have seen that the reviews have been positive. "I hope they would be warming to us because we are not delving into anybody's personal business, we are just celebrating a great artist, portraying a legend as he should be seen. We may not have known Phil like they did but this is what we took from his life." Dublin artist who created iconic statue of Phil Lynott on Harry Street shares unseen clip of bust in making The show opens with the late Brendan Behan, played with gusto by Padraigh O'Loinsigh, waiting to welcome Philo into heaven, and another cast member, Riley Clark, as Oscar Wilde, sings a requiem for the Thin Lizzy singer when he passes away, aged 36, from pneumonia and heart failure. Peter explained: "John (Merrigan) the show's co-creator sees a common thread of creativity between Oscar Wilde and Brendan Behan and Phil, which would mean they were peers in the afterlife." But the show really takes off with Pete fronting musical director Gerry Hogan's live band, blasting through Thin Lizzy covers like The Boys Are Back In Town, which took the roof off Vicar Street, where the show returns to in June, with an extra date in Limerick. MOVIE HOPES So ecstatic has the reception been, Peter thinks it could kick-start interest in a Lynott biopic, which had been attempted by directors Peter said: "The script would certainly lend itself to a screenplay, and Jason Figgis, who directed the show, is a very gifted film maker. "He would have the capability to it, if a big studio came on board." But the lead actor admits he has been down this road before. FEELING LIKE PHIL Peter said: "I remember when I auditioned for Jim Sheridan to play Phil, I didn't sing, I just read lyrics of the song Dublin. "I stopped dead. I recall Jim shouting out, 'Stop everything. Tell everyone to go home, we have him.' "No fault of Jim, but the movie never happened, but I love playing Phil on stage. Getting into his clothes every night, you already feel the part, so when you open your mouth you want to get it right. "You're depending on everyone in the venue suspending disbelief, and when I looked out into the audience one night and saw older people crying with emotion. I knew I had something. "Whenever we are in the same room, Eric gravitates towards me like a magnet on my shoulder. It's a muscle memory because he had such a brotherly relationship with Phil." Peter Smith "This isn't The Vibe for Philo, it's something far more daring that the writers and producers have put their heart into." Moonlight - The Philip Lynott Enigma is on in Vicar Street on June 20-22 and UCH Limerick on June 24. 6 Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell performs the hit Whiskey In The Jar in the show Credit: Supplied 6 It took Peter about seven weeks to lose the weight needed Credit: Supplied 6 Peter thinks the success of the musical could kick-start interest in a Phil Lynott biopic Credit: Supplied
