G-Force (Gary Moore album)
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G-Force is a 1980 album by the namesake UK-American band led by Gary Moore
Gary Moore
Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

. Moore was on an American tour with Thin Lizzy
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 and left the band mid-tour. He went to Los Angeles
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 in an attempt to make a solo rock presence. With the opportunity to tour America in support of Van Halen
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, Moore recruited bassist Tony Newton
Tony Newton
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 (Motown session player and ex-Tony Williams Lifetime), vocalist Willie Dee (born Willy Daffern; ex-Captain Beyond
Captain Beyond
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/Pipedream) and percussionist Mark Nauseef
Mark Nauseef
Mark Nauseef , is a drummer and percussionist who has enjoyed a varied career, ranging from rock music during the 1970s with his time as a member of the Ian Gillan Band and, temporarily, Thin Lizzy, to a wide range of musical styles in more recent times, playing with many notable musicians from all...

 (formerly with the Ian Gillan Band
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 and Elf
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) and the band was formed as G-Force. The tour was a success, and the band supported Whitesnake
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 on their 1980 Ready & Willing trek. However, the band was short lived, only producing the one eponymous album. The album consisted of more conventional hard rock
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 radio oriented music than Moore's previous efforts. Soon after its release, G-Force disbanded and Moore joined with Greg Lake
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 of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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 fame, on a new venture.

Track listing

  1. "You" (Moore) - 4:11
  2. "White Knuckles/Rockin' and Rollin'" (Moore, Nauseef) - 5:10
  3. "She's Got You" (Moore/Nauseef) - 4:53
  4. "I Look at You" (Moore) - 6:02
  5. "Because of Your Love" (Newton/Dee/Hitchings) - 4:00
  6. "You Kissed Me Sweetly" (Newton/Dee/Moore) - 4:16
  7. "Hot Gossip" (Moore) - 3:34
  8. "The Woman's in Love" (Moore) - 3:53
  9. "Dancin'" (Moore/Nauseef/Newton/Dee) - 4:30

Personnel

  • Gary Moore
    Gary Moore
    Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

     - vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
  • Tony Newton
    Tony Newton
    Antony Harold "Tony" Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, PC, OBE , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member...

     - bass guitar
  • Mark Nauseef
    Mark Nauseef
    Mark Nauseef , is a drummer and percussionist who has enjoyed a varied career, ranging from rock music during the 1970s with his time as a member of the Ian Gillan Band and, temporarily, Thin Lizzy, to a wide range of musical styles in more recent times, playing with many notable musicians from all...

     - drums, percussion, synthesizers
  • Willie Dee - keyboards, Korg bass synthesizer, vocals
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