God bless Horslips, these guys came up north and played an amazing gig in Belfast in 1974, during the troubles, when very few bands would come to play for us. They played at Queens Whitla Hall and united music lovers across the sectarian divide, bless 'em!
I would bet money Alex Lifeson from Rush got the idea for the riff from The Spirit of Radio from this. And I mean this as a compliment in both directions.
"An equally illustrious character from the early Irish myths is Nuadu of the Silver Arm, King of the Tuatha Dé Danann, whose arm was chopped off in the first battle of Moytura. He had a new silver arm made for him by the Tuatha Dé Danann healer, Dian Cecht. Thus he was able to take part in the second battle of Moytura (Mag Tuired) in which the Dananns were victorious against the Fomorians." Notice Charles' right hand during this song!!!!