In 1974 American Scott Gorham moved to the UK and joined Irish rockers Thin Lizzy. He would perform on ten best-selling albums, including Jailbreak, Johnny The Fox, Bad Reputation and Live And Dangerous, and on the hit singles, ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’, ‘Rosalie’, ‘Dancing In The Moonlight (It’s Caught Me In Its Spotlight)’ and ‘Waiting On An Alibi’.
Gorham used to also secretly work on his own art (something he discovered as a child). He carried on drawing , with Thin Lizzy and, in more recent times, with the group Black Star Riders, and at home during downtime after a tour. He just didn’t tell his fellow musicians or even his wife, Christine. Then Christine discovered a folder containing numerous drawings, some of which dated back to the early 1980s. These images were inspired by Scott’s life on the road, getting sober, the state of the planet and even the time Phil Lynott took him to his first football match.
In April 2024 legendary guitarist Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy and Black Star Riders renown launched a collection his own historic artwork at a London event hosted by actor Philip Glenister. Six stunning prints became available via Gorham’s website and later in 2024, after demand from fans, became available on t-shirts and long sleeved shirts also.
A year later, Gorham has released six new artworks – A mix of older and contemporary artwork.
“I have been so touched by the support I’ve received since I released my first art that it has inspired me to start drawing again,” Gorham noted. “It made sense that when we came to release the next batch of art work we release a mix of this new artwork with older unreleased pieces. So, we’ve mixed some pictures from the 80s and 90s with some from the last three years. I hope you enjoy the new artwork as much as I enjoyed creating it.”
The new original prints released are Einstein’s Regret (2024), Seed Of Life (1992), Sweet Surrender (2022), The Cage (2025), Unchartered Universe (2025) and Virus (1984).
“Scott was and is a rock genius, we all knew that, but an artist too, and a damn good one also? That was a surprise – a wonderful revelation of real quality work from an unexpected source.” remarked acclaimed artist Jim Fitzpatrick, known to Thin Lizzy fans for his own work on some of the band’s most illustrious covers.
Scott Gorham’ s artworks are available as limited edition prints, posters, long and short sleeved t-shirts from here.
