The title track from his 1990 album reached number 97 on Billboards hot 100 charts in February 1991. You can really feel this song. It was co-written by Lou Reed. This was the only song that charted for Gary Moore as a solo artist. Gary Moore was a very underrated guitar player. The album features guest contributions from Albert King, Albert Collins and George Harrison. Gary Moore died on February 6, 2011.
From Songfacts.
This was the title track of Gary Moore’s multi-million selling album and was a return to the Blues music of his youth. Gary Moore explains, “I left Lizzy in 1980, and had a band called G-Force, then got into my solo thing. I found that when I was in my dressing room, warming up for a gig, I would be playing blues, so I felt I was getting a bit of a message from that. Around ’89, I started playing Blues again.”
Gary Moore talking about his 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar, which he bought in London in 1989: “I put it away because I was still doing hard rock at the time, and it wasn’t the right guitar for that. But when it came time to do ‘Still Got The Blues,’ I took it to the studio to test the room. The first day, we did ‘Still Got The Blues’ in one take, straight through; it was really a dramatic day; I’ll never forget it.” (Quotes from an interview with Vintage Guitar magazine.)
Still Got The Blues
Used to be so easy to give my heart away.
But I found out the hard way,
there’s a price you have to pay.
I found out that love was no friend of mine.
I should have known time after time.
So long, it was so long ago,
but I’ve still got the blues for you.
Used to be so easy to fall in love again.
But I found out the hard way,
it’s a road that leads to pain.
I found that love was more than just a game.
You’re playin’ to win, but you lose just the same.
So long, it was so long ago,
but I’ve still got the blues for you.
So many years since I’ve seen your face.
Here in my heart, there’s an empty space
where you used to be.
So long, it was so long ago,
but I’ve still got the blues for you.
Though the days come and go,
there is one thing I know.
I’ve still got the blues for you.
Songwriters: Gary Moore / Lou Reed






