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"Sarah" is a pop song released in 1979 by Irish rock group Thin Lizzy, included on their album, Black Rose: A Rock Legend.The song was written by the band's frontman Phil Lynott and guitarist Gary Moore about Lynott's newborn daughter.
A third, moderately successful single, "Sarah" was Lynott's ode to his new-born daughter. [77] However, on 4 July 1979, after playing their Day on the Green set in Oakland, Gary Moore abruptly left Thin Lizzy in the middle of another tour. Years later, Moore said he had no regrets about walking out, "but maybe it was wrong the way I did it.
Lynott believed he was different from his peers at school, but did not suffer any major racist attacks. [8] Lynott first attended school in Moss Side, Manchester. In 1957, due to accounts of racism and Lynott being mixed race, his mother sent him to live with his grandparents, Frank and Sarah Lynott, in Crumlin, Dublin.
"Sarah" was written for Phil Lynott's grandmother who raised him when his mother, Philomena, was unable to do so. This song should not be confused with the 1979 song of the same name, for Lynott's daughter, included on Black Rose: A Rock Legend. A remastered and expanded version of Shades of a Blue Orphanage was released on 11 October 2010.
Black Rose included the second song Phil Lynott wrote about a member of his family titled "Sarah", the first song by this name having appeared on 1972's Shades of a Blue Orphanage, written about his grandmother, also named Sarah.
"Sarah" (Lynott, Gary Moore) from Black Rose: A Rock Legend "Chinatown" (Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Lynott, Snowy White) from Chinatown "Killer on the Loose" from Chinatown "Trouble Boys" (Billy Bremner) Non-album single "Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)" [Live] (Gorham, Lynott) from Renegade "Cold Sweat" (Lynott, John Sykes) from Thunder and ...
In 1996, ten years after Lynott's death, the group reformed as a touring outfit with new bassist Marco Mendoza, and Sykes taking over lead vocal duties. The most recent lineup, which performed in 2019, consisted of Gorham, Wharton, vocalist Ricky Warwick (since 2010), guitarist Damon Johnson (since 2011), drummer Scott Travis (since 2016), and ...
Phil Lynott – bass guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar on track 2, arrangements; Brian Downey – drums, percussion; Eric Bell – guitar on track 1; Scott Gorham – guitar, except tracks 1 and 9; Brian Robertson – guitar on tracks 2–5; Gary Moore – guitar on tracks 7–9; Snowy White – guitar on tracks 10 and 11; Production. Gordon ...