Gary Moore: "Still Got the Blues for You" (1990)

 
"Still Got the Blues (For You)" is a song by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore which was originally released on the 1990 album "Still Got the Blues". The song was released as a single and reached #97 on the Billboard Hot 100.  It is the only single of Moore's to chart in the Billboard Hot 100. Later in 1990 Gary Moore and Ian Taylor filmed a basic music video for the song. Gary Moore played his Les Paul Standard Guitar throughout the song.


Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011), was a Northern Irish musician, most widely recognised as a singer and brilliant guitarist.

In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with musicians including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teens, leading him to memberships with the Irish bands Skid Row and Thin Lizzy

Biographer Greg Prato states: One of rock's most underrated guitarists (both from a technical and compositional point of view), Gary Moore remains relatively unknown in the U.S., while his solo work has brought him substantial acclaim and commercial success in most other parts of the world -- especially in Europe.

The song is a moody and sad anthem of lost love with soaring guitar riffs and is completed by Moore's vocals that match the song in every way.

Used to be so easy to give my heart away
But I found out the hard way
There's a price you have to pay
I found out that love, was no friend of mine
I should have known time after time

So long, it was so long ago
But I've still got the blues for you

Used to be so easy to fall in love again
But I found out the hard way
It's a road that leads to pain
I found that love, was more than just a game
You're playin' to win, but you lose just the same

Gary Moore died of a heart attack in his sleep at the age of 58 during the early hours of February 6, 2011. Tests later pointed that the heart attack's cause was a massive ingestion of alcohol according to the Daily Mail.

The song was covered by Eric Clapton on his 2013 album "Old Sock", as a tribute to the late guitarist. We have included it below...