On this episode of Westwood One's ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON: THIN LIZZY drummer Brian Downey & GENESIS' Tony Banks.

 

Our first interview is with longtime THIN LIZZY drummer Brian Downey. He talks about his new band Brian Downey's Alive And Dangerous, discusses Thin Lizzy's classic albums: Live And Dangerous, Thunder And Lightning & the importance of Jailbreak. We also talk about working with guitarist John Sykes, producer Chris Tsangarides, not recording with Black Star Riders, the end of Think Lizzy, making a new album, Rory Gallagher and much more. 

 

Our second interview is with GENESIS keyboardist TONY BANKS. We discuss his new album Five, the current status of Genesis, upcoming archival releases, the Calling All Stations album, his solo effort The Fugitive, and much more.

 

Former GUNS N' ROSES & GREAT WHITE manager ALAN NIVEN co-hosts the episode and offers his take Thin Lizzy, Genesis, Rory Gallagher, new artist Chris Buck from Buck & Evans and yes, Guns N' Roses. 

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