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Limehouse Lizzy
Date/Fri 15 May, 2009
Reviewed by/Alan Howard
Photography by/Alan Howard
A fabulous night out at the Plinston as Limehouse, celebrating the music of the late great Phil Lynott and his band, treat us to 22 Lizzy classics live. Drummer Andy Fox drives the band on apace through a dazzling homage to the legendary Irish rockers. The sound of twin lead guitars, played exquisitely by Greg Alcock and Tim Read, light up such standards as ‘Do Anything You Wanna Do’ and ‘Don’t Believe a Word’. Out in front, the excellent Wayne Ellis, Manchester’s finest, an accomplished singer and thoroughly convincing as our man from West Brom, later Crumlin, Dublin. Joking with the crowd all night, he shuffles the songs, his signature, mirror-guarded Fender bass reflecting the light back into the packed venue. Lynott would have been sixty, this August. Touring relentlessly, may Limehouse keep the flame of his music alive for years to come!
First Set:
Angel of Death [from the album ‘Renegade’ November 1981]
Are You Ready [from the album ‘Live and Dangerous’ June 1978]
Waiting for an Alibi *
Dancing in the Moonlight [from the album ‘Bad Reputation’ September 1977]
Johnny the Fox meets Jimmy the Weed ****
Warriors **
Do Anything You Wanna Do *
Killer on the Loose ****
Chinatown ****
Still in Love with You [from the album ‘Night Life’ October 1974]
Second Set:
Jailbreak **
Thunder and Lightning ******
Cold Sweat ******
Emerald **
Don’t Believe a Word ****
Rosalie ***
Suicide ***
Out in the Fields [from the Gary Moore album ‘Run for Cover’ September 1985]
Cowboy Song **
The Boys are Back in Town **
Encores:
Roisin Dubh [Black Rose] *
Whisky in the Jar [Single. November 1972]
* from the album ‘Black Rose’ [April 1979]
** from the album ‘Jailbreak’ [March 1976]
*** from the album ‘Fighting’ [August 1975]
**** from the album ‘Johnny the Fox’ [October 1976]
***** from the album ‘Chinatown’ [September 1980]
****** from the album ‘Thunder and Lightning’ [March 1983]
