How Eric Bell wrote one of Thin Lizzy’s most iconic guitar solos

Originally an Irish traditional song, Whiskey in the Jar found new life in Thin Lizzy's – and, eventually, Metallica's – ...
BBC

The rock royal who wrote Whiskey in the Jar guitar intro

Eric Bell is rock royalty, the founder of Thin Lizzy and the man behind the iconic guitar intro to their first hit Whiskey in the Jar. He is now to be honoured in his home city of Belfast with the Oh ...
Belfast Telegraph

Eric Bell on founding Thin Lizzy, how big hit Whiskey in the Jar was recorded as a joke, being booed off stage in Birmingham... and having to leave the band to get off drink ...

Eric Bell's first guitar was a toy one - a Christmas present bought for him by his family when he was 11 and living in east Belfast. But it was more than just a toy, the former Thin Lizzy guitarist ...