St. Patrick’s Day Special: Thin Lizzy, ‘Whiskey In the Jar’

Bassist, Phil Lynott with a non-traditional Telecaster guitar. (Thin Lizzy, 1973)

Bassist, Phil Lynott with a non-traditional Telecaster guitar. (Thin Lizzy, 1973)

“As I was going over – the Cork and Kerry mountains…”

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s to a fun, safe day of Irish-flavored reveling. To get you in the mood, here are Irish rock gods, Thin Lizzy performing “Whiskey in the Jar” in 1973.

“Whiskey in the Jar,” a traditional Irish song re-worked by Thin Lizzy, was released in late 1972 and rose to the top of the Irish charts and #6 in the UK. Drink it up.

Thin Lizzy, ‘Whiskey in the Jar,’ 1973 Performance

Previously, on St. Patrick’s Day: St. Patrick’s Day, 1975

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