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Phil Lynott: The Rocker

by Mark Putterford · 1998

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Putterford's eye opening biography traces Lynott's youthful years in 1950s Dublin, the launch, success and break-up of Thin Lizzy. The text is a touching and sometimes shocking account of the life of the one and only black Irish rock legend.

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adult
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medium · 312 pages

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