A German county court has ruled that the guitar intro to Gary Moore’s hit “Still Got The Blues” from 1991 is stolen. German musician Jürgen Winter had maintained that not Gary Moore but he himself had written the legendary guitar riff in 1974, more than 15 years before Gary released the song.
The court were faced with deciding whether Gary could have heard Jürgen’s song, as it had never been released on vinyl or cassette. It had however been played at concerts and was broadcast at least once on the radio. As Gary Moore had been in Germany at the time, the court ruled that it was possible that he had heard the song, and an expert for the court decided that it was possible that Gary could have remembered the melody all those years.
It was stressed that the court didnt think that it had been copied purposely, but that was irrelevant.
Now Gary has to proove how much he earned with this song…
If you want to judge for yourself, both songs are (at present) on youtube
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=hqudqHsrQaY
The Original from Jürgen Winter recorded in 1974. The song is over 12 minutes long, but you want to listen to the interesting passage that caused the controversy from 6 minutes 20 seconds
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx3yXUunEq8
Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore
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