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Rory Gallagher


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Not sure how many fans are out there, but to me this guy was damn good. Irish guitar blues at its best. His guitar work remind me of Stevie Ray Vaughan and I mean that as a complement to both of them. He was born two years after Clapton and 6 years before Stevie. This cat could play. Just curious if I am the only one. Shame he basically drank himself to death.

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Saw Taste at the Lake Eola bandshell in 69,Orlando. It was either them or Status Quo. Can barely remember the specifics but was good. A couple of years ago or around there he was featured in a magazine,front cover. Guitar magazine? Yes, pretty intense. Watch some of his stuff on youtube, Isle Of Wight. Decent slide player.

Intense!

Yes, underated. My friend is really into his music.

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Taste was a band to be heard. Only last couple of years then, I read a little about Rory. did not know him from atom. Like somehow but, I can dig it. He is an original sound musician, with a capital M. On the Tiles think name of one of album. Friend is always reminding me of his drinking. Guess he thinks I still drink. :rolleyes:

Song: What's going on?

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Saw Rory Gallagher live on many occasions when I lived in the UK as a teen, he was a real favorite among my friends. I have a few of his albums.

Interesting to know! Thanks

Power rock! Warning Label... :mellow:

Really? Nuf said for me, going there as Blasting Blondie is completed......

LOL, listening to Blondie?

Rory:

http://www.rorygallagher.com/#/media/images/taste

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Saw Rory Gallagher live on many occasions when I lived in the UK as a teen, he was a real favorite among my friends. I have a few of his albums.

Interesting to know! Thanks

Power rock! Warning Label... :mellow:

Really? Nuf said for me, going there as Blasting Blondie is completed......

LOL, listening to Blondie?

Rory:

http://www.rorygallagher.com/#/media/images/taste

Rory is like the brits George Throgood , and he is indeed great. thanx for the link...

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Saw Rory Gallagher live on many occasions when I lived in the UK as a teen, he was a real favorite among my friends. I have a few of his albums.

Interesting to know! Thanks

Power rock! Warning Label... :mellow:

Really? Nuf said for me, going there as Blasting Blondie is completed......

LOL, listening to Blondie?

Rory:

http://www.rorygallagher.com/#/media/images/taste

yes, self diagnosed as a wingnut with ALL music.

From my current tune of L. Boccherini: Complete Cello Sonatas to Avenged Sevenfold (Shepherd Of Fire) in a mouse click........

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Taste was a band to be heard. Only last couple of years then, I read a little about Rory. did not know him from atom. Like somehow but, I can dig it. He is an original sound musician, with a capital M. On the Tiles think name of one of album. Friend is always reminding me of his drinking. Guess he thinks I still drink. :rolleyes:

Song: What's going on?

https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?app=members&module=messaging&section=view&do=showConversation&topicID=29409&st=0#msg101678

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Guys, please! Rory Gallagher was an Irish musician, not a UK player. He was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, in northwest Ireland, but his hometown was Cork City, in the far south, and he was buried in County Cork.

Ballyshannon is in the Free State, as it used to be called, not in Northern Ireland, although it is close to the border.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Gallagher

Rory was indeed a great player.

If you want another great blues guitarist from the other side of that border, in Northern Ireland, sadly also dead, there's Gary Moore:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Moore

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Guys, please! Rory Gallagher was an Irish musician, not a UK player. He was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, in northwest Ireland, but his hometown was Cork City, in the far south, and he was buried in County Cork.

Ballyshannon is in the Free State, as it used to be called, not in Northern Ireland, although it is close to the border.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Gallagher

Rory was indeed a great player.

If you want another great blues guitarist from the other side of that border, in Northern Ireland, sadly also dead, there's Gary Moore:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Moore

I believe that is what JB stated...."Irish Blues".

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jacksonbart, you got it right, but BigStewMan referred to Rory as a Brit, and minermark posted "Rory is like the brits George Throgood".

I was listening. Did you see those other posts? Ireland has enough issues, without some of its best musicians being mistakenly identified as being British.

How would you like to see Bruce Springsteen being called a Canadian by an ill-informed fan from England? It would be just as ridiculous, and just as annoying.

Sorry about the political mention. I don't mean to start a debate. The original post was completely correct, but some of the posts by others were not.

We can all agree that Rory Gallagher was a great musician whose premature death was a tragic loss.

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