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MY PROG HERO
He’s a big metal fan, but the Nazareth and Twilight Road
Midge Ure, the Live Aid orchestrator and Ultravox synth-pop pioneer, looks back at his trial by fire with Thin Lizzy – and why he told Phil Lynott: “I’m not the guy you should be asking”
When the Irish band were a folksy blues three-piece, it was Eric Bell who defined Thin Lizzy on their 1971 self-titled debut and early 70s follow-ups, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage and Vagabonds Of The Western World
THE HAMMER INTERVIEW
Inspiring the wider music world…
Blues lifer Robin Trower on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.
CONFESS