Tag: Wishing Well

  • Gary Moore – “Wishing Well”, “Parisienne Walkways”, “Don’t Believe A Word” And “Still Got The Blues (For You)”

    Cover of 1979 Gary Moore album "Back On The Streets"
    As I mentioned previously, British (actually Northern Irish) rocker and guitar legend Gary Moore has made the Free track “Wishing Well” very much his own, and in fact, until the other day, I always thought he wrote it!

    Here is his studio version of “Wishing Well”

    This is Gary Moore playing “Wishing Well” live in Belfast, Northern Ireland (his home town) in 1984:

    And live in Sheffield, England, in 2007, as far as I can work out (in any case it’s Monsters Of Rock):

    In this 1979 clip Gary Moore plays a song by (and with) Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy, “Parisienne Walkways”, which was included on his 1979 album “Back On The Streets”:

    As a contrast, here he plays another Phil Lynott track from 1976, “Don’t Believe A Word”, also on the “Back On The Streets” album from 1979:

    Anf finally, though written well after the Seventies, “Still Got The Blues (For You)”:

    I think this is probably my favourite Gary Moore song.

    What’s yours?

    Paul

    Update: Gary Moore died in February 2011. R.I.P. Gary, your sound will be remembered for a long time.

  • Free – “All Right Now” and “Wishing Well

    Free was a UK band that had a strong influence on many other bands, with songs like “All Right Now” and “Wishing Well” being covered numerous times by many great musicians.

    These have included Gary Moore as well as later acts that singer and writer Paul Rodgers and other band members went on to play in – such as Bad Company, and the touring combination of Paul Rodgers and remaining members of Queen.

    Here is a live version of Free playing “All Right Now” in 1970 at the Isle of Wight Festival in the UK:

    And here is the original “Wishing Well:

    I wish you well…

    Paul

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