Well sorry John but if you feel the need to call my dad's music career "tall tales" then I'll bite back.
FYI he did very well out of it for quite some years then when I came along and his music mates were dropping like flies through drug ODs, he chose a "normal" job. He still plays for fun and a bit of extra cash in hand.
Musical talent has not been inherited though. I am cr4p at any kind of musical intrument playing.
He left school at 16 to follow his bass playing career. Phil was two(ish) years older than him. Thin Lizzy toured in support of Arrival in 1970 (I think) – by which time Phil was 21ish and Dad was 19ish.