Gary Moore (real name - Robert William Gary Moore) is a Northern Irish guitarist. He was born on 4 April 1952, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Moore started performing at a young age, having picked up a battered acoustic guitar at the age of eight, and got his first quality guitar at the age of fourteen, learning to play the right-handed instrument in the standard way despite being left handed. His career has lasted over thirty years.

In 1969 he joined the group Skid Row with Noel Bridgeman and Brendan "Brush" Shiels. The music was eclectic, covering a wide range including jazz, rock and blues. It was with this group that he earned himself a reputation in the music business, and his association with Philip Lynott began.

In 1973 he released his first solo album "Grinding Stone" billed as the Gary Moore Band. In 1979 his solo career started again with help from Phil Lynott. The combination of Moore's blues based guitar, and Lynott's voice, produced Parisienne Walkways, which reached the Top Ten in the UK Singles Chart in April 1979; and the Thin Lizzy number 2 hit album, “Black Rose: A Rock Legend”.

After a series of powerful rock records, Moore returned to blues music with “Still Got the Blues”, with contributions from Albert King, Albert Collins and George Harrison. The album was well received by fans and a huge success. Moore stayed with the blues format until 1997, when he decided to experiment with modern dance beats on “Dark Days in Paradise”; this left many fans, as well as the music press confused. Back to the Blues, unsurprisingly, saw Gary return to his tried and tested blues format.

Gary Moore's contribution to music and blues in particular has been recognized in recent years by prestigious commercial endorsements. In 2004-2006 Gary featured in full page advertisements for Marshall's range of reissued classic hardwired amplifiers, including classic amplifiers from the 1960s and 1970s, such as the popularly named, "Blues breaker combo" - originally made famous by Eric Clapton. Gary was also one of the first artists recognized by Gibson Guitars with a signature model.

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