The following year they’d release another album in Bad Reputation, here we got the single Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Caught Me In It’s Spotlight), not to be confused with the Toploader/ King Harvest hit Dancing In The Moonlight. The same year they also released Johnny the Fox, with the single, Don’t Believe A Word, this also helped to spread the word about the band. With sales of half a million in the U.S., Thin Lizzy had finally broken into the public consciousness as a rock outfit. In 1976, they dropped Jailbreak which had the title track as well as The Boys Are Back In Town as singles, this was enough to give the band the momentum it was craving. It would take several albums and modest releases until the band gained traction again. Single The Rocker didn’t do well outside of native Ireland. Unfortunately, when they tried to follow it up, no one was interested. The members felt the song didn’t represent them but chart success in Ireland, the U.K., and even Europe gave them a chance to appear on Top Of The Pops, giving them a taste of fame and what was to come. This was only the second single from the band and they were not happy. Three years after the band had formed, the record label released their version of the traditional Irish folk song Whiskey In The Jar. The band went through many member changes with Gary Moore joining and leaving the band three times, even recording a very successful single outside of Thin Lizzy with Phil, in Parisienne Walkways. Their best-known tunes include Whiskey In The Jar, The Rocker, The Boys Are Back In Town, Jailbreak, Don’t Believe A Word, and Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Caught Me in It’s Spotlight).
Irish Thin Lizzy was formed in Dublin in 1969 by drummer Brian Downey and bass player/lead singer and songwriter Phil Lynott. Thin Lizzy overdubbed their live album for tax reasons, or did they?
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