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Eric Bell | |
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![]() Bell performing on the day of the unveiling of the statue for former bandmate Phil Lynott, 2005 | |
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Birth name | Eric Robin Bell |
Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 3 September 1947
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Years active | 1966 – present |
Member of | Eric Bell Band[1] |
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Eric Robin Bell (born 3 September 1947) is a Northern Irish rock and blues musician, best known as a founding member and the original guitarist of the rock group Thin Lizzy, of which he was a member from 1969 to 1973. After his time in Thin Lizzy, he briefly fronted his own group before joining the Noel Redding Band in the mid-1970s. He has since released several solo albums and performs regularly with a blues-based trio, the Eric Bell Band.