“And ultimately, ‘Emerald’ was great fun because it ... “The Irish melodies were something I had to learn when I joined Thin Lizzy,” he says. “I never knew there was such a thing ...

Thin Lizzy's The Acoustic Sessions debuts inside the top 10 on a pair of charts in the U.K. this week, and it misses out on a third by just a few spaces.

John Sykes, the electrifying guitarist who rocked the world in legendary bands Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, has died at 65.