This is not supposed to be a history lesson." He said, "I know, but these people got to understand. And for the next 30 minutes, these people were getting an Irish lesson to the point where I finally had to say, "Come on, man, we're over here trying to sell albums. If the journalists just made a tiny mistake about the size of Ireland or where Ireland was situated in the world or mispronounced an Irish capital he would just jump all over that. To give you an example, we would do interviews all over America and it always seemed to be me and him. Well, he was extremely patriotic about Ireland. Phil was extremely proud of his Irish heritage, and it's such a part of not only his character but his artistry. As far as revelations, no, like I say, he and I for eleven years traveled around the world, talked about everything, got everything together and how many secrets can be kept when you're that close? They wanted to hear warts and all what their dad was like and what we got up to and I found that pretty cool, that they could take a lot of these stories in stride and actually, really be very proud of their father, which is a really cool thing. They wanted to know stories, and they didn't want me to whitewash it in any way. I was in Ireland just recently, and I spent a lot of time with them talking about their father. And they came out and they did it and they come off great. They felt it was time that they actually spoke about him, which I had wanted them to do for quite a long time.
But one of the great things to look out for on the documentary is his wife Caroline, and his two daughters, Sarah and Cathleen, who for some inexplicable reason, decided this is the time that we are going to talk about our father. We were on the road so much and then in recording studios that we practically lived out of each other's pockets. We were like these great best friends and brothers all at the same time. You knew Phil so well, while watching the documentary were there revelations about him or insights into his character that resonated with you or did it just solidify your impressions and your relationship with him and his character? If you get enough friends around him, just say, "Well, that doesn't make any difference, man, because you're just such a cool guy so forget about it." But he had so many friends growing up in Ireland that the whole color thing just was not a factor, even though he saw nobody like himself at all for years and years.
Okay, I'm a little on the lonely side here. I think with some person, it might have affected them with negative impact, but I think with Phil, he grew up with the positive impact. In Ireland, there were none and I kept thinking, how do you do that? How do you grow up in a place where you are the only one and that's got to affect your personality in some way, shape or form. I even noticed that myself on these early tours that we did with Thin Lizzy, I would look around just coming in from England and America and all that, where the color faces are everywhere. And some of that is growing up in a country where you are literally the only colored face. What turned Phil Lynott into Phil Lynott.
Scott Gorham: Well, I think the main thrust of the story was how a guy like Phil Lynott grew up. The following is an interview with Scott Gorham, who continues the serve the Thin Lizzy legacy to this day.įor people that don't know Phil Lynott as deeply as you do, what story does the new documentary tell?
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