Phil Lynott at 60
Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott died on January the 4th 1986. Had he lived, he would have turned sixty in August 2009. In this audio slideshow Paul Murphy looks back on Lynott’s life and explores the little known fact that this Irish icon was actually born in South Birmingham.
Murphy is a musician, poet and lead singer of Birmingham band The Destroyers. Like Lynott, he was born in August 1949. As Murphy prepares to turn sixty he visits landmarks in Lynott’s life and talks with the people he meets on a journey from Birmingham to Dublin.
Presenter: Paul Murphy
Photography: Ellie Gibbons
Audio and Production: Sam Coley
Made in collaboration with the Birmingham Music Archive. Thanks to Jez Collins.
Title: “Phil Lynott at 60”
Commissioned by: Birmingham Music Archive
Broadcast on: BBC West Midlands / Absolute Radio UK
First broadcast date: August, 2009
Equipment:
Marantz PMD660 Recorder
Beyer Dynamic M58 Microphone
Adobe Audition 3.0 Digital editor
Canon EOS 30d Digital Camera
Tamron 28-75 f2.8 SP AF Di lens
Canon 18-55mm f4.0 – 5.6 lens
Metz 54 MZ-4i Digital Flash and Sto-Fen Omni Bounce
