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Rory Gallagher

Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
edited March 2010 in Other Music
I've never seen anyone mention Rory on here before.
So today, on the occasion of what would have been his 62nd birthday, I felt I should honour this superb guitarist. He's Up there With Hendrix and Clapton and Page imo, and it's a crying shame he was taken away so young.

Here's a couple of tastes (no pun intended) of the master at work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO701fdkLDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bcg-ZiHFdI
I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    Bad Penny is my favorite..im just getting crazy when i listen it!!!!he was so great!!!
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Rory is FANTASTIC!
  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    I've read that Brian May credits Rory for his guitar playing sound with Queen .
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    There was a thread a while back.

    My husband and I are BIG Rory fans from way back. My husband actually saw Taste open for Blind Faith and then saw him with his other band several times. I only got to see him once, in 79. Tremendous artist and it's criminal that he's so unknown.

    There's a Rory festival every year in Cork and a friend of my husband's has gone every year for about 5 years now.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    whoprincess wrote:
    There was a thread a while back.

    My husband and I are BIG Rory fans from way back. My husband actually saw Taste open for Blind Faith and then saw him with his other band several times. I only got to see him once, in 79. Tremendous artist and it's criminal that he's so unknown.

    There's a Rory festival every year in Cork and a friend of my husband's has gone every year for about 5 years now.
    I know!!! At least here in Ireland he's well known. He has a little area in Temple Bar named after him. I thought Roryfest was in Donegal? Maybe I'm mistaken though. It would make a lot more sense to have it in Cork.
    I'll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    whoprincess wrote:
    There was a thread a while back.

    My husband and I are BIG Rory fans from way back. My husband actually saw Taste open for Blind Faith and then saw him with his other band several times. I only got to see him once, in 79. Tremendous artist and it's criminal that he's so unknown.

    There's a Rory festival every year in Cork and a friend of my husband's has gone every year for about 5 years now.
    I know!!! At least here in Ireland he's well known. He has a little area in Temple Bar named after him. I thought Roryfest was in Donegal? Maybe I'm mistaken though. It would make a lot more sense to have it in Cork.
    :oops:
    You're right, it's not in Cork. I was thinking there are so many Rory "landmarks" in Cork but I remembered when I saw your post.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • BrokenGlassBrokenGlass Posts: 298
    I am a huge Rory fan. He was a great inspiration, a phenomenal guitar player and songwriter, and put on one helluva show. I was lucky enough to see him at The Tomorrow Club in Youngstown, Ohio in the early 70's and made my way to stage front. I actually got to touch the headstock of his famous Strat when he was running across the stage pointing it into the crowd like a machine gun! He got so worked up during the show that he was literally running circles around the stage, behind the amps and drum kit, back out to the front (something I've seen McCready do as well, by the way!) After the show, I asked a roadie for one of his picks and he picked one up off the floor for me. In typical modest Rory fashion, it was not personalized, just a pink Ernie Ball medium. I treasure it.
    Also saw Rory at the Civic Arena (now Mellon Arena) in Pittsburgh, opening for Foghat! He never got the respect he deserved. Some of my favorite Rory tunes:
    I Fall Apart
    A Million Miles Away
    Tatoo'd Lady
    Souped Up Ford
    Jacknife Beat
    Admit It
    I Wonder Who (Irish Tour '74 version)
    Messing with the Kid
    Bullfrog Blues

    I could go on and on.... :mrgreen:
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    He's been mentioned a few times, what a rinser! bad penny!
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