Eric Bell

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Eric Robin Bell (born 3 September 1947 in East Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish rock musician and guitarist, best known as a founder member and the original guitarist of the rock group Thin Lizzy. After his time in the band, he had a brief period of fronting his own group.

Career

Early career

Bell began his career with local groups around the Belfast area, including the last incarnation of Them to feature Van Morrison, between September and October 1966. He also played with a number of other bands including Shades of Blue, The Earth Dwellers and The Bluebeats, before joining an Irish showband named The Dreams. He left in 1969 having tired of the showband format, and at the end of that year he formed a band with local musicians Phil Lynott, Eric Wrixon and Brian Downey. Bell named the group Thin Lizzy, after Tin Lizzie, a robot character in The Dandy comic.

Thin Lizzy

Wrixon left Thin Lizzy after a few months, and the remaining trio later secured a contract with Decca Records. As lead guitarist, Bell played on Thin Lizzy's first three albums Thin Lizzy, Shades of a Blue Orphanage and Vagabonds of the Western World, as well as their hit single "Whiskey in the Jar". He co-wrote a number of songs with Lynott and Downey, including "The Rocker" which became a live favourite throughout the band's career. He also composed one song on his own, "Ray Gun", from their first album, Thin Lizzy.

Eric Bell (disambiguation)

Eric Bell is an Irish musician; lead guitarist for Thin Lizzy.

Eric Bell may also refer to:

Eric Bell (footballer, born 1922)

Eric Bell (13 February 1922 – 2004) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers.

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Eric Bell (footballer, born 1929)

Eric Bell (27 November 1929 – 22 July 2012) was an English football wing half who played in the 1950s. He only played for one club, Bolton Wanderers, for the whole of his senior career, and made over 100 Football League appearances for them.

He played for Bolton in the 1953 FA Cup Final but was injured during the game. However he still managed to score, and put Bolton 3–1 up, although they eventually lost to Blackpool 4–3.

Despite success at club level, he failed to receive a call-up for the England national team.

On 22 July 2012 Eric Bell died at the age of 82 after battling with Alzheimer's disease.

Honours

As a player

Bolton Wanderers

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Eric Bell (baseball)

Eric Alvin Bell (October 27, 1963), is a retired professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1985-1993. He played for the Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, and Houston Astros.

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