Gallagher was born to Daniel and Monica Gallagher in Ballyshannon County Donegal Ireland in 1948, His father was employed by the Irish Electricity Supply Board, who were constructing Cathaleen's Fall hydroelectric power station on the Erne River above the town, He played the accordion and sang with the Tír Chonaill Céilí Band in County Donegal. His mother sang and acted with the Abbey Players in Ballyshannon, The main theatre of the Abbey Arts Centre where she used to perform was renamed the Rory Gallagher Theatre in 2005. In 1949 the family moved to Derry City, where Gallagher's younger brother Dónal was born later that year, Dónal would act as Gallagher's manager throughout most of his career. In 1956 Gallagher, his mother and his brother moved to Cork, where Gallagher attended North Monastery School. Gallagher displayed musical aptitude at an early age, He taught himself how to play the ukulele and received a guitar from his parents at age nine. He began performing at minor functions and won a cash prize in a talent contest when he was twelve that he used to buy a new guitar. Three years later in 1963 he purchased a 1961 Fender Stratocaster for £100, This guitar became his primary instrument and was most associated with him during his career. Having completed a musical apprenticeship in the showbands and influenced by the increasing popularity of beat groups during the early 1960s, Gallagher formed The Taste which was later renamed simply Taste, a blues rock and R&B power trio in 1966. Initially the band was composed of Gallagher and two Cork musicians Eric Kitteringham and Norman Damery. However by 1968 they were replaced with two musicians from Belfast, featuring Gallagher on guitar and vocals, drummer John Wilson and bassist Richard McCracken. Performing extensively in the UK, the group played regularly at the Marquee Club, supporting both Cream at their Royal Albert Hall farewell concert and the blues supergroup Blind Faith on a tour of North America. Managed by Eddie Kennedy, the trio released the albums Taste and On the Boards, and two live recordings Live Taste and Live at the Isle of Wight.
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