Eric Robin Bell (born 3 September 1947 in East Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish rock and blues musician, best known as a founder member and the original guitarist of the rock group Thin Lizzy.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.