' The truest measure of the man we have thus far'
- Mojo' Affectionate impeccably researched biography'
- Mail on Sunday' Head & shoulders above the usual rock hagiography'
- Sunday Telegraph The first biography to be written with the cooperation of the Lynott Estate Cowboy Song is the definitive authorised account of the extraordinary life & career of Thin Lizzy guiding spirit Philip Lynott Leading music writer Graeme Thomson explores the fascinating contradictions between Lynott's unbridled rock star excesses & the shy sensitive 'orphan' raised in working class Dublin The mixed-race child of a Catholic teenager & a Guyanese stowaway Lynott rose above daunting obstacles & wounding abandonments to become Ireland's first rock star Cowboy Song examines his key musical alliances as well as the unique blend of cultural influences which informed Lynott's writing connecting Ireland's rich reserves of music myth & poetry to hard rock progressive folk punk soul & New Wave Published on the thirtieth anniversary of Lynott's death in January 1986 Thomson draws on scores of exclusive interviews with family friends band mates & collaborators Cowboy Song is both the ultimate depiction of a multi-faceted rock icon & an intimate portrait of a much-loved father son & husband