DANKO JONES Shares "The Rocker" Birthday Tribute To THIN LIZZY Legend PHIL LYNOTT (Video)
August 24, 2020, 4 years ago
Thin Lizzy legend Phil Lynott's birthday was on August 20th. He would have turned 71. Toronto rocker Danko Jones checked in on the day with a short tribute to him:
"Happy Birthday, Phil Lynott! When I recorded this I hadn’t heard the news Ron Heathman had passed away and dedicate this to him now. Ron 'Rontrose' Heathman was The Rocker. R.I.P. Phil Lynott. R.I.P. Ron Heathman."
Coming to cinemas in fall 2020, Phil Lynott: Songs For While I’m Away is a feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950's Dublin, became Ireland's greatest rock star.
As the lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wildman. Told extensively through the words of Phil himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet and the dreamer.
Phil Lynott: Songs For While I’m Away is produced by Universal Music’s Globe Production with backing from Screen Ireland. It is produced by Alan Maher and John Wallace for Cowtown Pictures and Peter Worsley for Eagle Rock Films.
Watch an official trailer below:
