@@andrewkelly8677 He's in the Irish Rock and Roll HOF which is more legit than what's in Cleveland. He probably didn't get enough exposure in the states to be considered. But his he's a "friggin' genius".
My friends and I were excited to see Deep Purple play at the old San Bernardino Swing Auditorium in 1973. The opening act was some new dude with a band named after him. Rory Gallagher from Ireland. Wow 🤩 We we’re blown away. We called for 3 encores and he inadvertently stole the show from DP and needless to say, my buddies and I became avid Rory fans. We had purchased quite a few of his albums. What an incredible talent he was.
Similar story. I was in (then) West Germany in ‘71 and a couple mates and I went out for some live music and beers in a small suburb of Stuttgart, at a little movie theater with a stage. I’d never heard of Rory. It was a intimate space with no more than 300 seats. Bought tickets at the door. These three guys came out and took the roof off. We were in shock. Amazingly, this video doesn’t truly convey the energy. Never before or since have I seen the likes to equal that musical experience.
As an Irish man I hold Rory Gallagher in the highest of Irish royalty ✌️ a true high king of Ireland and rock n roll long live Rory and the Irish Republic ✌️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
No effects pedals. No whammy bar. Just his old battered strat and pure passion from a man who loved his music and his audience so, so much. Thank you gods for allowing us to hear Mister Rory Gallagher.
I love all Rory's recordings, but that irish tour 74, what a record, a strat lesson, all you can do with a strat ! a true master, and he was never as good when live on the boards !
His guitar playing came directly from his heart. And Rory's heart was bigger than any player of his day, bigger than any lion that ever lived, bigger than the biggest heart that ever was.
Went to U of M back in '72. Saw a poster on campus that this dude was playing that night. Never heard of him. My friends and I got there early and planted ourselves front row center, literally a couple of feet away from him on stage. The energy and sheer force, take no prisoners, blow your brains out show he and the band performed that night exceeded anything I ever experience before and I'm old and saw a lot of the greats of that era...mind blowing stuff.
Rory was the man . Taste in my humble opinion were the ultimate three piece blues / rock power trio . Cream were,nt even close . No guitarist ever played blues /rock with he,s emotion and dexterity . Love the guy as much as Hendrix . Every gig l saw him play was brilliant .
Saw that show..I Live near Ann Arbor and Crysler arena was the best place for concerts until they built the Silver Dome in Pontiac..Rory also played at the Toledo Sports arena which was another great place for live concerts..I think you could see several bands on a single ticket for less than ten bucks back then..now days you have to take out a second mortgage to enjoy alive show
He used to come to my nearest city, Sheffield in England, every year. As soon as I was old enough, I went to see him & the band, every year. What a huge talent he had. So many years later, I still really miss him. Rory Gallagher, who art playing great blues in Heaven... You know the rest.
@@bart-d3208 Exactly! Few know Rory Gallagher! He liked to record his records always live. He liked the energy of the public. He recording without overdubbings! One of the best guitarists was wronged and forgotten. He drank a lot and died of hospital infection after the kidney transplantation. He was the only one to hold shows in Ireland in times of IRA attacks.
Pure Irish celt and Irish fighting spirit look at our Irish rugby 🏉 team. We were not born to have siestas. We never ever give up. So proud of this irishman. Humble and gifted
This is a lesson on pure music , should be played in all music schools. Reason no gimmicks no fancy crap no electronic gizmos. Just pure pure raw talent.
He may have become my all time favorite blues guitarist. That live version is just beyond amazing. Masterpiece while sweating profusely. The guitar becomes a medium of what he is feeling.
Rory was one of my guitar heroes (along with Jeff Beck and Mick Taylor). Rory was unique, down to earth, genuine. It was all about the music and performance. He is missed.
Was at this concert , stood 6 feet away in cork city hall ………what a night filmed by Tony Palmer 1974 Irish tour…………lost 3 pounds my god the city hall didn’t know what hit it people were stunned Rory and the lads were on fire 🔥. Magical !!!
I miss Rory so much.... Grew up with his music, so grateful I was able to see him perform at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw when I was a young teenager and get his autograph afterwards... He was on stage as overwhelming as the ocean hitting on the Irish Coast! will Love him and his supreme music for as long as I live.
Well either of you 2 woman marry me and we can own his autograph together. And in time am sure we well fall in love. this man is my hero from the first time I heard him 71 / 72..
@@tats5880 so sorry but.. I don't have the autograph anymore, same with the countless autographs of the great music heroes of the early 70's that I made a habit of collecting.. I had so many! all gone! I guess you should marry Pam then.
@@SuperPassionflower oh well, you win some you lose some. I can at least thank you for sharing a little bit of yourself. And you seem to a cool rock & roller. I myself still consider myself as a die hard hippie still with the hair to the middle of my back and now at 63 I can grow a beard. I guess the hippies are still alive in all 4 corners of the world. Just not as many.. but if I may ask one question? I don't want to make you feel bad, but how did you manage to lose all your autograph from rock & roll legends. Well Irene you take care and stay safe..
@@tats5880 It must have happened while cleaning out "stuff" (and I had so much stuff and much of it not even mine but from deceased -grand-parents..) before moving to "the next appartment".... I lost so much more in those processes... many pencil drawings I had made (from rock artists), short stories I wrote etc etc... It wasn't much of a bother, not until recent years I will admit.. now that I'm 64, I regret the losses....
68 here. Attended many of his concerts in the early seventies in Birmingham town hall prior to moving to The Netherlands. Saw him play in. Night Town, Rotterdam in the mid nighties. A few months later he passed away. Gutted ! One of my favourite musicians. A genius and humble !
I,m 67 . Got everything Rory did plus bootlegs and cassettes . The man was the greatest blues /rock guitarists ever and thats saying something with all the other greats theres been . Noone had Rory,s passion and virtuosity . He truly was a great among greats .Greatly missed .
His album Irish Tour 74 is one of the finest live albums( this cut is from that) y anyone. This video( also entitled Irish Tour 74) can be found online. Rock on!
Saw Rory live in concert in many different countries and he always put on a show that no others have done, pure artistry and always played to the audience with endless encores- a true legend!
Wow! what s great guitar player he was that sound going thru my head like a fright train just some straight guitar playing that doesn't stop, Iv'e heard some great guitar players in my 60 plus years but I keep coming back to hear Rory play. You can tell he just loved playing everyone that come to see him that drive he had and those hard licks just blows me away to this day.
This was a man who could make a guitar do anything he wanted it to. You realize that he's getting that wah-wah effect not from a pedal, but from his volume control on the guitar, right? I had the good fortune to see Rory perform in a tiny club in Philadelphia around 1979. Just a few years ago I also had the good fortune to visit his home city of Cork, and went into the public library, where a small but terrific music library has been set up in his honor. There was a sense of reverence about the place as people came in to borrow records, CDs, and DVDs about music. By the way, a very good documentary called Ghost Blues is a must-watch for any Rory Gallagher fans who haven't seen it. I never amounted to anything as a guitarist, but Rory Gallagher has been an inspiration to me for over 40 years. If I had to summarize why, I'd say it was his dedication to doing what was important to him as an artist and performer, rather than trying to cash in by riding along with pop trends.
@@danielpalmer5835 you mean 'swells' or 'violining' but yes, was going to make same point, basically people like him and gary moore, they were at both controls constantly, i play too and use them loads throughout a blues gig, its complex, like everything ffs lol, but... volume, also alters tone / cleaness of sound and level of distortion, tone makes more bass or treble, blues uses the changes in volume and thus tone a lot i guess, the actual, tone control, i touch twice, to make it bassier on two songs.. i could do the wah thing with it, i use vilioling a bit recently, with feed back and bends too.
I've spent a large chunk of this evening watching one of my guitar heroes, Stevie Ray Vaughan. And now I'm watching Rory. What a gig it would be if these two ever got to share a stage. The world could be a great place...
The Real Injustice Is That He Was Never Been Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame . And Rory Is A Master Class Guitar Player , Yet They Have So Many Shit Bands There . Why ? Because He Wrote About Them .... The Syndicate Don't Approve
Me and my brother Damian (R.I.P) both agreed Rory and his band put alot of sweat and effort in this whole live performance. Rory Gallagher passed his emotions and sheer talent with his trusty ol Fender.
There have been many great electric guitarists throughout history but Rory was my favourite just because I never ever saw anyone enjoy himself as much on stage. And it radiated out to his audience.
The intro to this song reminds me of "Mystic Eyes" by Them. I love the way he plays to the audience, but also with them. His expressions are pure joy; he's lovin' what he's doing.
I was so lucky to see Rory on "The Old Grey Whistle Test" back in the late 70's. I was only 15 at the time and it changed my whole life as a guitarist. I got to see him live in Melbourne on the Top Priority tour. He was taken far too early. We're so lucky to have so much great music and footage. Rory is one of the greatest that ever was and it should be more widely known.
Rory lived fast and furious... his music reflects that to this day. He loved his music, his audience his life. He crammed into five minutes on the stage what we others live in ten-twenty years.
Rory could have made 3 different songs out of most of his songs if he wanted to because of how many riffs each song held . If the record companies had their way they would have split his songs up into multiple singles. Rory wasn't into that stuff though. Take Mississippi Sheiks for example. There were so many different vibes and so many variables in that one number that,,, well,,, I digress.
I'm so glad there is so much video recordings of Rory. I know there are over a thousand hours, and I've watched some of them dozens of times. There is always one thing that embodies every moment of every video and that is love and respect. It goes both ways. Audiences loved Rory. He was able to unite Belfast even during the Troubles. There are only three people that have stopped fighting just by their presence. Louis Armstrong, Muhammed Ali, Pélé and Rory. That is some damn fine company to have.
Everybody hails Clapton & Hendrix. Rory is the most underrated of all guitarists, but he would have blown them all away....He just never cared about coming into the charts ! He had his own mind....
Rory was one of the very best blues/rock guitarists of our time..I first heard this song on a compilation album and have been a fan ever since..the first recording of his I ever bought was his " Live " album on 8-track..I wore that out listening to it in my 1973 Levi AMC Gremlin..I was just heart broken the day I heard of his passing..his brother Liam continues to keep his memory alive by releasing material he worked on while he was still with us..the way he attacked a song was just pure genius and to this day very few came close to his style of playing the blues..Gary Moore is about the only artist out there that is even remotely comparable to Rory..miss them both
I discovered Rory in the early 70's and couldn't get enough of his music. I saw hime 3 times in Montreal (we smoked up with him and the band backstage once!). His music was pure and from the heart; nothing phony about him.
I seen this guy & his band live in Australia back in mid seventies, blew my mind, unbelievable, loved him ever since, a true professional rock guitarists. Rock on Rory Gallagher.
In '72 saw R.G. in Harrisburg, Pa. with Savoy Brown and Tower of Power, this was one that always stuck with me, he never got the due he deserved, along with Roy Buchanon
A-men...add Alvin Lee, Jan Akkerman, Peter Green, Ritchie Blackmore, Leslie West, Glenn Campbell, Johnny Marr, Roy Clark, Pepe Romero, Lindsey Buckingham... and then, my own personal "Best Guitarist" list is complete...
Rory was a wonderful player, and I am recalling the day I bought both Blueprint, and Calling Card a long LONG time ago...Then I bought the ticket, and SAW him....Wow! He was both an influence on my playing, and definitely one of the best performers I ever witnessed!
Rory doesn't just play music. He lives, breathes, feels and oozes it from the depth of his soul. Quiet freaky really and not an ounce of ego from all accounts
The late great Rory , a Blues man to the end , never sold out or comprimised he,s music , one of the great musicians and a master showman and man of the people . Saw you so many times Mr. G and you were the best .R.I.P.
Back in our younger days, in old London town when we were young our parents would send us to college gigs to see Rory Gallagher and his boys and get the education to last us a life time from this MASTER, been in his classroom was the very best thing that could happen, we came away knowing things which we have used all through our lives. When you have some spare time click on to RU-vid and watch this human hurricane in action, The Master Musician Rory Gallagher and his boys going to town at full speed, shin kick going crazy suffering from the bullfrog blues and shadow playing at full pelt. What other person would walk on hot coals then thank his audience a million. Rory Gallagher that's who. How fantastic and brilliant it this. It is also beautiful to look at, it is the concord of the open road. If you need a backup driver just give me a call. I have only 1 condition, do not ask me to sharp turn when going at full blast.
@@friesiamans1966 Hi! Firstly, I was referring to the poster's name (tck roofing), which might be the name of his company. Just like you appear to be into cows (Friesian cows). Anyway, "roofing" is working on roofs, generally speaking. Roofs are the covers they put on top of houses to stop the rain, snow and German bombs getting in. Roofers were very busy in the 1940s.
@@Ndlanding well, of course i know what a roof is, german bombs or not, haha, but i thought there might be a sort of slang meaning to it that i didn´t know yet - well i´m more into friesians as my ancestors instead of the cows, in honoring memory of the hard work and the countless lives they gave to make the area here at the north sea coast and the moors inhabitable - but i also like the black and white cows, yessss - thanx anyway... :-)
Got everything Rory ever put out ! Saw him backing the Who at the Omni in atlanta ! Rory set out by himself with a mandoline and play going to my home town ! Sounded like a full band with him setting on a stool destroying that mandoline ! Hes in top five of all time great guitarist ever !!!👍👍👍👍
If i could play at 1/10 of his skill I'd live a happy life.. absolutely incredible to watch and hear. He is one with his instrument.. a master of his trade. Edit: also have to say the drummer is amazing as well. The way he was able to change with Rory as the song progressed, seemed like he had to be a little creative and quick with it too
I saw Rory Gallagher in the 70's at Leicester De Montford hall....he ripped the place up with his energy and skillful play. Excellent night. So sad he died so young with all that talent.
Being Irish, you can see and feel the angst that particularly his live shows brought out in his audience. The 70's was a very rough time for the Irish people, with the whole religious and IRA stuff going on, blood in their streets. Rory got on stage and the people just rocked out and loved the energy. He bonded with his audience to a degree that still captures our attention to this day. He'd do shows where he literally walked out into the crowd still playing, with sweaty people hanging onto him and just played his guts out. Rory was a phenom and i don't know any other guitarist who has ever been able to create that unique formula of music, performance and raw emotion that he did.
The Belfast shows - as I understand it - were a big, big deal. Nobody - no big names anyway - would go there to play except Rory. Even for this tour they could not bring in the full recording rig because they could not get it insured, so the recording quality is not at the level of the other shows. With the box set release you can finally hear the whole show
The guitar and man are one. It's putty in his! Molds the most beautiful sounds, sliding his hand up and down the volume (someone please correct me, maybe it was a wawa peddle), he makes the guitar bleed. I just discovered Rory 5 years ago. One great value of this most vast wasteland. So happy to grow up in the 70s and 80s, and discovering the blues, initially on vinyl. Just listen to the music without any distractions. It had your full attention.
