Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

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Legendary British skiffle singer, Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line....Rory playing guitar here.

 

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All this political stuff surrounding Ed Sheeran currently about he hasn't come out and supported the Palestinian's cause and now Ed is being 'cancelled' by his support acts and even his own backing musician's in a north American tour makes me wonder what Rory would have made of this situation?. Rory was 'never' political and stayed 'neutral' when it came to the 'Northern Ireland question' during the 1970s & 1980s and who's side did he take when he was asked on a few occasions in interviews which is how I liked it. I wanted to hear his music and NOT his political views.

 

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All this political stuff surrounding Ed Sheeran currently about he hasn't come out and supported the Palestinian's cause and now Ed is being 'cancelled' by his support acts and even his own backing musician's in a north American tour makes me wonder what Rory would have made of this situation?. Rory was 'never' political and stayed 'neutral' when it came to the 'Northern Ireland question' during the 1970s & 1980s and who's side did he take when he was asked on a few occasions in interviews which is how I liked it. I wanted to hear his music and NOT his political views.

hi E-Z, there was a piece in Gerry McAvoys book 'Riding Shotgun' where he mentions Rory being on the same bill as Jethro Tull, i think it might have been over in the States somewhere and Ian Anderson was going on about the troubles in Northern Ireland and he said to Gerry, 'When are you guys gonna sort out all that trouble over there in Northern Ireland?' Gerry, who comes from Belfast, responded by saying, 'We are not political, we are just musicians wanting to play music.' But Anderson wouldn't let up and went into a bit of a rant about the troubles,. i have no idea if he was expecting an answer from Gerry but Gerry said that it got to the point where he was getting fed up with it all and said he felt like grabbing hold of Anderson's flute and ramming it up Anderson's ass, just to shut him up, lol.. BTW, i think i might have mentioned this elsewhere on the forum, a new book on Rory being published at the end of this month, the author of the book being Rory's brother Donal...Title of book is 'Edged in Blue, A Rock and Roll Odyssey with Rory Gallagher.'

 

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But Anderson wouldn't let up and went into a bit of a rant about the troubles,. i have no idea if he was expecting an answer from Gerry but Gerry said that it got to the point where he was getting fed up with it all and said he felt like grabbing hold of Anderson's flute and ramming it up Anderson's ass, just to shut him up . . .

I'm sure that wasn't the first time someone wanted to ram Anderson's flute up his arse. He had a deserved reputation as a real arsehole.