concert

20 lucky ACM students got the chance of a lifetime to rock out with the legendary Thin Lizzy at their recent gig at the Southampton Guildhall.

Guitarist Scott Gorham sent a personal invitation to the 20 fortunate musicians to attend the gig as the band’s special guests. Before the concert, students met up with the rock legends for photo opportunities and autographs, got on stage to check out the set up and watched the band as they went through their sound check.

One can only imagine the delight I experienced when I received an invitation to attend this special event(many thanks for this to Melissa Dragich of Joe's publicity team!). This was one of only four concerts across the east, center, west of America terminating with a special in studio in San Francisco that Joe was playing to celebrate the anniversary of this groundbreaking release. An album I am sure we can all agree, almost single-handedly saved the art form known as instrumental rock guitar.