31-510: Winterville or Wintersville may refer to: Winterville (band) , a British-based blues-rock trio Places in the United States Winterville, Georgia Wintersville, Missouri Winterville, North Carolina Wintersville, Ohio Wintersville, Pennsylvania Winterville Plantation, Maine Winterville site See also [ edit ] Winterval ,
62-619: A festival in Birmingham, England, that is often referred to as "Winterville" Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Winterville . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winterville&oldid=1098299397 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
93-717: A number of bands in pubs around London, before starting his own band, Fast Buck. In 1974 a musician acquaintance, Ruan O'Lochlainn, suggested he attend auditions being held by Phil Lynott , Thin Lizzy's primary songwriter, and one of the founders of the band. Thin Lizzy were at the time in a state of flux and reorganization, and while the drummer and bassist remained, two new guitarists were wanted. Brian Robertson , at age seventeen, had already been chosen before Gorham auditioned and joined. The two guitarists shared lead guitar roles, and harmonized with one another, as well as alternately playing rhythm and lead, which led to Thin Lizzy having what
124-543: A redder finish and lacked a pick-guard. In 1978 he began playing a Les Paul Standard, which became his main guitar until Thin Lizzy broke up in 1983. He can be seen using a Schecter with a Lynott style mirror scratchplate on later videos. Nowadays, Gorham uses only Gibson Axcess Guitars which are lighter and thinner in body width than regular Les Paul guitars, with 100-watt 1970's modded Marshall Amplifiers . Even before Thin Lizzy split up, Gorham started using Fender Stratocasters, but reverted to his Gibson Les Paul in 2006. For
155-523: A thinner body among other features. Gorham's Axcess has a thinner neck than the normal models as well as a 500T pickup in the bridge position. From 2007, Gorham was an endorsee of the German amp company, ENGL. His setup was either two or four E650 Ritchie Blackmore Signature heads, his modified Marshall, and four standard ENGL cabinets. In an interview for the August 2010 edition of Guitarist magazine , Gorham
186-560: A world tour in January 2011. Touring continued throughout the year and into 2012, with Campbell eventually being replaced permanently by Damon Johnson . To coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the release of the Thin Lizzy album Jailbreak , there was a selection of special Thin Lizzy shows in 2016–17. The band consisted of Gorham, Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Darren Wharton, Scott Travis and Tom Hamilton . After Johnson joined
217-481: Is an American guitarist and songwriter who is one of the "twin lead guitarists" for the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy . Although not a founding member of Thin Lizzy, he served a continuous membership after passing an audition in 1974, joining the band at a time when the band's future was in doubt after the departures of original guitarist Eric Bell and his brief replacement Gary Moore . Gorham remained with Thin Lizzy until
248-469: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Winterville (band) Winterville were an English blues rock band, whose sound was influenced by the 1960s Blues sound of bands like Cream , and the 1990s Grunge sound of bands like Soundgarden . They released several singles and one album. When the band formed in 2003, they were named "The Others", under which they released their first EP. With
279-511: The Rollins Band , and Supertramp . Gorham's sister Vicki married Supertramp's drummer Bob Siebenberg . In 1997, he played guest guitars on the track "I'm Alive" from Psycho Motel 's album, Welcome to the World . Gorham reformed Thin Lizzy in 1996 with former band members, playing various tours in tribute to founding singer, songwriter, and bassist Phil Lynott, who died in 1986. The tour
310-547: The "Riff Lord Award" at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards for his work on the album. A second Black Star Riders album, The Killer Instinct , was released in 2015, followed by touring throughout the UK and Europe during the remainder of the year. Gorham concentrated on a small number of Thin Lizzy festival appearances during 2016, and also began work on the third Black Star Riders album. Heavy Fire
341-709: The Belgian drummer Mario Goossens. Both had other bands at the time, but when Peter came to them with material in September 2003, the band went into rehearsals at Northern Recordings in Consett , County Durham , which was the first time they played together. They then moved to Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire , where they began work recording songs for The Others EP , which was to be their first commercial release. In late 2003, Winterville played their first live shows as
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#1732780602713372-547: The Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)", though he convinced Lynott to bring back Robertson and have him record the solos for the songs "Killer Without a Cause" and "Opium Trail". When Gary Moore returned to the band, replacing Robertson in 1979 for the album Black Rose: A Rock Legend , Gorham took the new arrival as an impetus to improve his own playing, as he did with all his subsequent guitar partners in
403-413: The Thin Lizzy 2011 tour of the UK, Gorham said that he would be returning to usage of a Gibson Les Paul, this time using a Les Paul Axcess as his main tour guitar. In an interview with Guitarist magazine he said that he had made contact with Gibson Custom Shop and had used it during rehearsals. The Axcess is different from normal Les Pauls in the fact that it makes use of a Floyd Rose tremolo and also has
434-423: The band in 2023 for the 10 year anniversary tour. When he joined Thin Lizzy, Gorham was playing a Japanese Les Paul copy, which was quickly deemed not up to standard. He is often associated with a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe guitar with mini humbuckers . This guitar was purchased at the same time as his bandmate Brian Robertson's Deluxe guitar. The two guitars could be distinguished by the fact that Gorham's guitar had
465-545: The band's breakup in 1983. He and guitarist Brian Robertson , both hired at the same time, marked the beginning of the band's most critically successful period, and together developed Thin Lizzy's twin lead guitar style while contributing dual backing vocals as well. Gorham is the band member with the longest membership after founders Brian Downey (drummer) and frontman and bass guitarist, Phil Lynott . Since 1996, Gorham has continued to perform with Thin Lizzy on guitar and backing vocals, having assembled various lineups after
496-412: The band's next effort, as he was credited with co-writing almost half the songs on the 1981 album Renegade . Thin Lizzy split up in 1983 after finishing a tour in support of Thunder and Lightning . After Thin Lizzy broke up, Gorham joined Phenomena II , where he met Leif Johansen (ex- A-ha and Far Corporation ) with whom he formed 21 Guns , releasing three albums. He has also played with Asia ,
527-478: The band, Gorham stated that the band members were considering recording new material, which would be the first new Thin Lizzy studio recordings since 1983. In December 2012, he co-founded the Thin Lizzy spin-off band Black Star Riders as a vehicle for the new material, rather than release it under the Thin Lizzy name. Black Star Riders' first album All Hell Breaks Loose was released in May 2013. In June 2013, he won
558-466: The band. At the same time however, drug use became more prevalent within the band, and Gorham and Lynott both became addicted to heroin . Gorham was unable to rid himself of the habit until 1985, after the band had split up. 1980 introduced another co-lead guitarist in Snowy White , culminating in the album Chinatown for which Gorham co-wrote two songs. His songwriting contributions increased on
589-513: The bass, which he was very proficient at, and switching to guitar." Gorham subsequently joined Redeye in 1969 with Siebenberg, and the two joined Benbecula in 1970 before Siebenberg moved to England in 1971. In 1973 Siebenberg, by then also Gorham's brother-in-law and drummer with Supertramp , convinced Gorham to join him in England, with hope of playing in the same outfit. Gorham was unable to find work with his friend, so he started playing with
620-483: The death of band leader Lynott in 1986. In 2012, Gorham co-founded the Thin Lizzy spin-off band Black Star Riders to showcase new material. He left Black Star Riders in 2021 in order to concentrate on Thin Lizzy. Scott Gorham was born in Glendale, California and began his musical career at 13, learning to play the bass guitar , and joining several local teenage bands including The Jesters, Mudd and The Ilford Subway,
651-582: The drummer of Triggerfinger . Goossens already played in Hooverphonic and the Flemish bands Noordkaap and Monza (band) . He also produced the first album of The Blackbox Revelation , "Set Your Head on Fire", two albums of the post-metal/sludge metal band Steak Number Eight and also the self-titled debut of the indie band Team William . Later given limited release via the website . Scott Gorham William Scott Gorham (born March 17, 1951)
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#1732780602713682-464: The emergence of another band of the same name (see The Others (band) ), the name was changed to "The Keytones". Again, another band had the name, so the band settled on the name "Winterville". There is also an Australian artist of the same name, but neither act has taken any steps to change their name. Though Peter Shoulder played live shows with several different acts before Winterville, he didn't release any recordings until he met bassist Joss Clapp and
713-644: The latter recording a single, "The 3rd Prophecy" in October 1967. He switched instruments when a close friend of his, a guitarist in his then-current band, 18-year-old Steve Schrage, died in a motorcycle crash in Glendale in 1968. Gorham's friend (and bandmate in a number of bands) Bob Siebenberg later recalled, "That incident devastated Scott. He decided the very day that he heard about the accident to take this kid's place, to try to get to where this kid would have eventually gotten to. Scott stunned everybody by dropping
744-441: The past 3 years. The split was extremely sudden and the reason is still unknown amongst fans. The band were in the process of working on material for their second album. Singer and guitarist Peter Shoulder had been working on solo material, but proceeded to the band The Union with former rock band Thunder co- songwriter and lead guitarist , Luke Morley . Drummer Mario Goossens returned to Belgium and became successful as
775-775: The support for the long-standing British blues-rock act, Thunder . They then went on to play their own gigs at smaller venues. In March 2004 the band played as part of the South by Southwest music festival in Austin , Texas , where they were received very favourably. At the start of 2005, Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham personally requested that Winterville support his band on their tour. Touring with such well-established artists as Thunder and Thin Lizzy helped Winterville reach an audience greatly appropriate to their musical style and thus enlarge their fanbase. In early 2005, Shoulder collaborated with blues artist, Little Milton , on what
806-400: Was considered a unique sound. Upon joining Thin Lizzy, Gorham took on a songwriting role as well as that of a guitarist. "She Knows", the opening track of his first album with the band, Nightlife , began a long songwriting partnership with Lynott. They co-wrote two songs for Gorham's next album with the band, Fighting , and Gorham contributed one of his own, "Ballad of a Hard Man". This
837-519: Was named the 20/20 tour – 20 dates for 20 years. After John Sykes ' departure in 2009, Brian Downey, Darren Wharton , and Marco Mendoza rejoined the band. New to the lineup were Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell and former The Almighty vocalist Ricky Warwick . After months of pre-production and two weeks of rehearsals in Los Angeles in November 2010, this version of Thin Lizzy started
868-554: Was released in February 2017, and Gorham confirmed his desire to create new music rather than simply continue to play material from his past, stating, "I think it's important if you are a musician, or at least a serious one, that you want to start breaking new ground and not doing the same thing over and over. It's important to keep dipping into that songwriting well." In September 2021, Gorham announced his departure from Black Star Riders in order to focus on Thin Lizzy. He rejoined
899-544: Was released on 14 November 2005, and a third single from the album, " Breathe " followed. The band performed at the Download Festival in 2006. On Wednesday 3 January 2007, all information and features on Winterville's official website were removed and replaced with a single page displaying the following message: We are very sorry to announce that Winterville have split up, and all future shows have been cancelled. Many thanks to all of you who have supported us over
930-580: Was to be his final album, Think of Me . He wrote "Thinking of you", "Second hand love" and "Gonna find me somebody to love". He also played lead and rhythm guitar on all three tracks. At the 2006 Blues Music Awards , "Thinking of You" won the Best Song Award. In between these tours, Winterville released The Fallout Sessions EP , their first single "Shotgun Smile", and its follow-up " Under My Skin ". Their debut album, Everything in Moderation
961-415: Was to be the only Thin Lizzy song that was credited solely to Gorham. He also co-wrote "Warriors" and "Emerald" on Jailbreak , Lizzy's breakthrough album. Gorham's role in the band remained consistent until the recording of 1977's Bad Reputation album, for which Brian Robertson was largely absent. Gorham played all the lead guitar parts for the majority of the songs, including the hit single "Dancing in