Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away

The story

A feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wild man. Told extensively through the words of Lynott himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet and the dreamer.

Cast & crew

Carl ShaabanPhil Lynott

Huey LewisSelf

James HetfieldSelf

Adam ClaytonSelf

Eric BellSelf

Phil LynottSelf (archive footage)

Suzi QuatroSelf

Midge UreSelf

Caroline Crowther

Caroline CrowtherSelf (as Caroline Taraskevics)

Sarah Lynott

Sarah LynottSelf

Cathleen Lynott

Cathleen LynottSelf

Monica Lynott

Monica LynottSelf