I-95 Drive Home Mystery Artist [VIDEO]

Tonight’s mystery artist one gave one of his gold albums to a member of a gang called Jimmy the Weed. Think you know what the album was or who was doing the giving??

I found this tidbit in a post by Ultimate Classic rock called ‘10 things you never knew about Phil Lynott’.  One of Phil's most successful songs was ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’ and since gaining in popularity the question being thrown around in many circles is, who exactly was the song written about?

According to UCR, possible inspirations have allegedly been Manchester football, soldiers in the Vietnam War and, even the band's own fans. But the song actually is believed to be a referential tribute to a ragamuffin bunch of criminals based in Manchester called the Quality Street Gang. Members of the gang frequented the bar which Lynott’s mother ran, and Phil immortalized one of them in another Lizzy song, ‘Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed.’ When the song became popular, he gave ‘Jimmy The Weed’ his own gold record. His mother recalled that Philip “liked them” and thought that the gang were “characters.”

We lost Phil back in 1986 after years of problems with drugs and alcohol. Thin Lizzy is still out there kickin' though.  On there most recent tour that are joined by Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith while the boys from Boston are taking a band break from each other.

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