The Greatest guitar player of all time, The Great Rory Gallagher 

Thank you for your comment, Rory playing live was where he loved to be and it shows in his performance's, the ability to play old blues on a resonator then rock out some electric blues to take it up a gear to moonchild witch could be described as metal, and all in the same show, is just a amazing testimony to how great he was ❤

@Chiller11… thanks for someone finally dealing objectively with the “who’s the best guitarist” dilemma. Music is expansive. So many great players in so many different styles and types of music. It’s fair to debate about the topic I think and no matter the musical genre, there is a standard of technical ability a player should exceed to be considered “great”. After that it in the end it’s subjective and comes down to taste and preference in what one enjoys listening to. The more great players the better for all to appreciate them.

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Thank for watching, Rory was very loyal and grateful for his fans, and put them before everything else, he was a very rare man both in ability and values, A true Great

Thank you for watching and commenting, I never got to see Rory live, but love his old live shows, the world is a lesser place without him ❤

Rory's fans met more to him than money, it will be the best gig in the universe with all the Greatest on the same stage ❤ I think it sounds like heaven, just hope I can get a ticket 😂

Very true I think this is why Rory is considered Great by Great guitar players and not Music fans, he makes everything look so simple, until you try to replicate his playing and then you realise Just how Great he really was

I would love to play at the Rory Gallagher festival in Ballyshannon ❤

I totally agree that Rory was amazing, very creative and makes music that you can listen every in every mood you are. It’s always gives me the energy, the right feeling, the happiness, strength and you. The composition of his songs inspires you from the beginning to the end. Each note is a gift from the real naturally gifted passionate musician Rory Gallagher was. His soul, hart, voice were in totally deep harmony with his instruments and musicians he played with and that vibes were absorbed by his audience witch brings each gig in an atmosphere of maximum synchronicity with Rory and his band and his audience with an electrifying effect on all weather he played acoustic or electric, blues rock or folk. His way of playing was always authentic, full of emotion and energy, convinced and natural gifted, 100 %. I am from 1961 and know Rory since I was eleven years old and enjoy his music almost every day. Each time it gives me the right feeling. Rory’s music, voice and sound is timeless for me. It goes on forever and ever just like he sings this words in his exceptional beautiful song Tucson Arizona. In that song Rory feels the atmosphere, the energy, harmony, timelessness and greatness of the nature with we all know and bring this together in this incredible special perfect song. This song, the atmosphere Rory felt when he walked in the Arizona sun and subscribed and translate it in this musical masterpiece is the metaverse for the close harmony between him and his band on stage and his enthusiastic audience that always gives him great thanks and also asking for just another more song, it goes on forever and ever! Rory Gallagher exceptional gifted and unique!

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I played in bands with guitar player better than Rory Gallagher.

Thank you for watching, Rory was and still is The Greatest

@TheReveant888 You're welcome. I agree and Rory Will Always, Be The Greatest, 100%. He has NO competition. 👌🔥🎸🎶🌟💚🇮🇪💚🙏🕊✌️🤟

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Thank you for watching, All 3 are Great guitarist, I hope I can get a ticket for the big gig in the sky it will be music heaven

Thank you for watching the video, I've never been able to find the go ask Rory quote other than 2nd hand comments, but lots of things get said in press conferences that don't get written down, but I don't suppose it really matters as Rory's playing speaks for its self, His slide work, acoustic playing and song writing and performances all show a level of musicianship that Jimi just did not display, Jimi was far more influential due to the way he was marketed, But The Great Rory Gallagher was the far better guitarist, He was also the first person Muddy waters requested to play with on his London sessions ❤

@@TheReveant888 I can't see how the Purple line up would have worked. He was always prepared to change his own band lineups. He was his own man that way.

@@gab99 I think it would have worked short term, as Rory could work with anyone but ultimately like you say Rory was his own man, and led from the front and it would have been a waste to have him as a band member and not band leader ❤

Thank you for watching, Bet that was a great gig, Rory had Rush support him when they were starting out, the Rush once established returned the favour by inviting Rory on tour

@@TheReveant888 Great show !!! Yeah i Heard Rush and Rory helped each other out touring with each other

Thank you for watching and sharing you own account of Rory, Thats a great memory thank you

Thank you for watching and commenting, it would be nice to get Rory the recognition he deserves

@@TheReveant888 Donal & Daniel Gallagher have done a pretty good job keeping his legacy going, I don't think he's ever been as popular as he is now. Certainly more people are aware of him than at the time of his death.

Thank you for watching, I would have loved to have seen Rory and Alvin live both great players such energy and talent ❤

I saw Taste live at Woburn too, but in 1968. Jimi Hendrix was also on the bill.

@@jokermaan1 I missed that one 😞

@@TheReveant888 Alvin, Rory, Peter Green, Johnny Winter, Kim Simmonds my favorite guitarist. Cheers.

Thank you for watching, absolutely music is very subjective and the video is just my opinion, most music that people love is because of what was going on in there lives at the moment they hear the song, and the memories it brings back, that's why music is great, there are many great songs by artist that are not great a singer/player but the feelings it invokes in you make it a great song, Thank you for you comment

Thank you for Watching I never got to see Rory live but I'm sure I would have been even more in awe❤

@@TheReveant888 Watching Rory in concert was a fantastic experience he was my idol growing up and still is to this very day

Thank you for watching, I hope to one day visit and play at the Rory Gallagher festival, ❤

Thank you for watching, Its not a pissing contest but if it was Rory would win in my eyes, This is just my opinion, Rory was a humble person and that's part of the reason why I made the video, Rory just does not get the recognition he deserves as one of the Greats, So I made a bold statement to get the conversation going, Rory and his music have made me a better person and player, and he deserves to be at the top table with Hendrix and clapton etc, Thank you for your comment it did make me smile

Thank you for watching, all great players but Rory had something a little more special

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Thank you for watching, and thank you for your comment, hopefully if we keep talking about Rory we can get him the recognition he deserves ❤

Thank you for watching and commenting, It is of course my opinion and to me Rory is the greatest, but as you say there are many great known and unknown players of a similar ability that just don't get a mention, I think Rory would have been waisted in the stones or deep purple as he led from the front and was a band leader not a member, Love the account about your friend and Rory's strings thank you for sharing

Cried like a. Baby the day he died absolutely gutted. Total legend

Thank you for watching, He most definitely is

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Loved what you said about Rory..I'm lucky enough to have a shirt he wore on stage and a t-shirt from his last 2 tours . the May one in 94 until Xmas . and the January 95 one.. his brother Donal gave me.. hope you do more Rory stuff

Thank you for your kind words, two of Rory's t-shirts WOW that's a great memory

Thank you for watching, that must have been a good night, He was a real gent

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Thank you for watching, I can't find the Jimi comment anywhere on paper or tape, but Jimi said it about a lot of different players when asked the question, To meet Rory wow, it must be very nice to have them memory's to look back on, Rory to me is such a great player that does not get the credit he deserves, Thank you for your comment ❤

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Thank you for watching and commenting, one of my goals is to visit Ballyshannon and play at the Rory Gallagher festival, I hope you get to make your trip to Ireland thank you ❤

Thank you, Baby. I'm glad you found it interesting, I would have loved to have seen Rory in person. He was a one-off ❤️

Thank you for watching, Knopfler is another great that just doesn't get enough recognition ❤

I think the performance of Rory was part of the rot setting in, with fast guitar playing in boring songs. A million well played very fluid melodic guitar licks won't save a very boring song. A boring song is a boring song. While Jimi's set was plagued with equipment problems. its really all about the music. I can't imagine spending the time i have in my life i have listened to Hendrix listening to the plain songs of Rory. Great guitar player but music is more than about fretting a fret board. Rory cannot touch Hendrix. Rory was an exceptionally fluid guitarist but the scope of his imagination was limited. Jimi reinvented music and invented many genres. Rory merely a follower/disciple, similar to Page, Blackmore, etc. None are in Hendrix's realm. The next great guitarist after Hendrix was John McLaughlin, who then advanced music further. From McLaughlin, there are the student disciple followers like Holdsworth. Then the next great was Van Halen and all of his 1980s disciples. Rory remained a 1960s throwback, similar to Jimmy Page. These guys were still trying to play 1960s music better while the greater guitar players left them behind in the hippy smoke & dust.

​@BarbarraBay wrong guess again. hendrix's songs & playin was bloated crap.no. soul in his playing. dead druggie who used way too many effects

@@yb-rk5oh obviously no idea

@BarbarraBay hendrix copied earl hooker & everyone he saw on the chitlin' circuit. played sloppy & overrated. only reason he is praised is that he died young.

@@BarbarraBay moonchild, I rest my case

I'm not sure I think its because Rory was a well established artist who had been playing the circuit for a few years, and Brian just getting started, but they were both kids only 18 -19 at the time Brian is talking about

Rory was gigging full time at 16. At the time Brian met him, Rory probably had 4 or 5 years on him.

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Thank you for watching, Personally I don't see Guitarist and music as in competition, but that's not how most guitarists see each other, I once heard it described as gunfighters sizing each other up to see who is the fastest on the draw etc, and the record companies media love a vote on who is the best, it helps sell records and merch, I love both Jimi and Rory in equal measure, and have studied and learned lots form both and many others, to make me the player I am today, I am better than I was but still have a lot to learn, My video is simply my opinion and I felt that Rory shows far more ability than Jimi across the board, But Jimi has had far more impact, is this simply because of marketing and management, Jimi himself was desperate to develop his music in his own way, and was held back by management to make songs that were more commercial, he never really got make the music he wanted, Rory on the other hand had after Taste didn't allow himself to be caught in this trap, He was his own man, and because of this the record companies didn't push or promote Rory's work in the way it should have been promoted, hence why he is less well known, Its a shame Jimi and Rory never played together as that really would have been a sight to behold as they would have bounced of each other like atoms, I made the video to make people think about a great guitarist that never got the recognition he deserves, And like Jimi did I made a bold statement that I believe in my opinion is just, and rattled a few feathers to get The Great Rory Gallagher some attention due, Thank you for your comments

@bobk5......consider your self special. the host of this video and most of these commenters don't get it or pretend not to get it. As you said, Jimi was a genius. nuff said!

@@modernmangoman6476 Thank you for watching, not been called special for a long time, so Ill take it thank you for your comment 😘

@@modernmangoman6476 personally I don’t think anyone has or ever will come close to Jimi and he only had around 4 years in the limelight.

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Thank you for watching, Rory's music make my heart smile unlike any other guitarist I have watched or listened to, I started getting into to Rory after I heard he had passed in1995 so sadly never got to see him in person, but there are some great videos of him that life my soul every time I watch them, Thank you for your comment

Thank you for watching, for me its Rory, but both are great

Thank you for watching and commenting, I have Just checked him out, and boy can he play Great, thank you for the recommendation I shall enjoy watching his music.

@@TheReveant888 love your passion, best wishes 😎

Thank you for watching, i'm glad you enjoyed my video I'm the Revenant, BadAss BluesMan Rock Guitarist Singer songwriter RU-vidr, who are you ?

@@TheReveant888 You tuber? Lol.

There's no such thing as the greatest of anything when you are speaking subjectively. Rory is absolutely great... but so are many others.

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Thank you for Watching and commenting I hope that you young Rory can play like his namesake ❤

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