Eric Bell
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| Bell in 2005 | |
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| Birth name | Eric Robin Bell | 
| Born | 3 September 1947 England | 
| Origin | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 
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| Years active | 1966 – present | 
| Member of | Eric Bell Band | 
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Eric Robin Bell (born 3 September 1947) is a Northern Irish rock and blues musician, best known as a founding member and the original guitarist of the rock group Thin Lizzy, of which he was a member from 1969 to 1973. After his time in Thin Lizzy, he briefly fronted his own group before joining the Noel Redding Band in the mid-1970s. He has since released several solo albums and performs regularly with a blues-based trio, the Eric Bell Band.