Thin Lizzy met while at school in Dublin in the early 1960s. Lynott, born 20 August 1949 in West Bromwich, England to an Irish mother Philomena (1930– ) and Guyanese father Cecil Parris (1925–2010), was brought up in Dublin from the age of three. Downey, born 27 January 1951, is a Dublin native. Lynott joined a local band, The Black Eagles, as vocalist in 1963, and Downey was recruited as their drummer in 1965. In 1967, Lynott was asked to join Skid Row by bass guitarist Brush Shiels, who brought teenage Belfast guitarist Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011)
Emerald (Thin Lizzy song) the song a classic. Slash and former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley covered the song on the 2016 album "Origins, Vol. 1". According to "Rolling Stone", Slash and Frehley played the song live together 15 times in order to get the performance right. Frehley said: "It took me three days to pick the best takes, and I think it came out great." Frehley further said: "I loved Thin Lizzy. 'Emerald' was always a song I thought was really challenging with the heavy riffing and the breakdown with the dual leads and stuff. The first person I thought of was Slash." Slash