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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    The guitarists that i enjoy the most and listen to the most would be.. Rory Gallagher Roy Buchanan Freddie King Albert King Buddy Guy Billy Gibbons Gary Moore Brian 'Robbo' Robertson Peter Green Paul Kossoff Alvin Lee Leslie West There are loads n loads more but that would be my top 12..Not...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    Rory never really got the full recognition that he deserved, but i think that was mainly due to the fact of Rory shunning the limelight and not getting involved in all that showbiz nonsense..Rory steadfastly refused to release singles and he wouldn't appear on trendy pop music shows such as Top...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    hi E-Z, not sure if you have seen this before. its from Rorys rockier era..it was in 1980 on a Tyne-Tees TV music show called 'Alright Now.'...Billy Connolly introducing Rory at the start of the clip, and sitting next to Connolly is Zep drummer John Bonham. this was one of Bonham's last ever TV...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    yes, i am a fan of Rorys rockier albums in late 70s and early 80s.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    i can only remember 'Bassics'..don't think i ever heard of another album.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    yes, the author of that book on Rory you mention was from a guy named Jean-Noel Coghe..i have also read it..There is another book on Rory from an Irish guy named Marcus Connaughton, but the book wasn't that detailed, lots of pics if i remember.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    Rory in Zurich in 1980...Souped Up Ford...he was a great slide player...the energy from Rory and the band is just off the scale here..BRILLIANT...This is how i best remember him, not just a superb bluesman but a real kick ass rock n roller too...Souped Up Ford is another of my fave Rory songs...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    hi E-Z, have you read Gerry McAvoys book titled 'Riding Shotgun'?...its a very good read...the book was first published about 20 years ago.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    American guitarist Tony Spinner with his tribute track to Rory which is titled 'Checkered Shirt Wizard.'...very good track with a lot of Rory's old songs mentioned in the lyrics....How many of Rory's song titles can you dig out from these lyrics?
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    fair play to this young man with his cover of Rory's 'Shadow Play.'...his 2 solo's are very good..i'm sure Rory would have been proud.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    Rory was the ultimate live performer, i have never seen anyone with as much energy has him on stage...I saw Clapton once at the Royal Albert Hall, he was brilliant to listen to, but to watch he was a complete snooze fest, he just stood there...Rory was all over the stage, so much...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    oops, sorry,,,i have already posted this live version of 'Moonchild'...ah well, worth a listen again its BRILLIANT..
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    . Rory and his 'Moonchild'...one of my all time fave songs of his...this was always brilliant when he played it live,,RORY RORY RORY...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    https://bridgehouse.bandcamp.com/album/bassics some info about Gerry's album 'Bassics.'...if you scroll down it will give you some details.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    Rory's long serving bass player Gerry McAvoy put this album out in 1980, titled 'Bassics'...Side A was tracks recorded in the studio, and this excellent blues number was from side B which was recorded from a pub in Canning Town in London..Rory wasn't in the recording studio at the time and he...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=engine+the+more+i+drink+the+better+she+looks Birkenhead boogie band 'Engine'...The more i drink the better she looks.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dumpys+rusty+nuts Dumpys Rusty Nuts - Boxhill or Bust.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    yeah!..Dumpys Rusty Nuts, that brilliant South London biker band...i saw them a couple of times in Birkenhead, Wirral at the old Stairways hard rock night club..they played there regularly..Stairways was a brilliant rocking out club/venue...and if you take a look at the list of bands on at that...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    i saw Rory a couple of times in London in the late 80s....one of them was at the Mean Fiddler in Harlseden in NW London..The Mean Fiddler were having a week of Irish rock music and Rory kicked off the week as the main act..it was being sponsored by Ryan Air..Gerry McAvoy fell of the stage that...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    i saw Rory mainly in Liverpool and Manchester, i originally come from the Wirral just across from the Mersey..also saw him in London a few times...really wish i had been born a decade earlier, then i would have seen him in his absolute prime.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    thats it..nice one....Rory finished about midnight and with Mildenhall being in the middle of nowhere and no chance of any public transport i spent the night under a tree with a few other fans waiting for the sun to come up and public transport to start up, thankfully it was a warmish dry night.
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    hi Nai, i posted a load of Rory songs in the 'Music News' thread a couple of weeks back 'Remembering Rory.'...i see that next week Joe Bonamassa is playing 3 nights on the bounce in Cork, he is playing all Rory songs,,i wonder if he will be allowed to play Rorys old strat?...also about a month...
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    Rory Gallagher (Official Thread)

    i was living in Hong Kong when he died...i had no idea that he had become seriously ill, his illness was kept pretty quiet and not many knew about it...i only found out that he had passed away about 3 or 4 weeks after his death..there was no internet then, and living in HK i couldn't really keep...
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    Remembering Rory

    and nothing could ever beat Rory with those 'Bullfrog Blues.' recorded live at The Hammersmith Odeon in old London Town...This is how i best remember him, and this is the best ever live version of Bullfrog ever..SUPERB! MAGNIFIQUE! AMAZING!

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