tell me how you feel about Rory Gallagher

[Walt]

I think he's quite the bees knees.
Just watched the "Ghost Blues" bio again.

Also why no movie? John Cusack could play him.

[Beef]

Honestly, for whatever reason I just never got into him. He's been on my list of people to come back to at some point though.

[Walt]

Honestly, for whatever reason I just never got into him. He's been on my list of people to come back to at some point though.

I was kind of the same way.
Around 2011 someone sent me a link to one of his live performances on YT. I had an epiphany of sorts and never looked back. Next to Hendrix, he's my favorite player.
Check out "Ghost Blues". Great doc.

[Walt]

Oh and if they do the movie, Viv Campbell could be the technical consultant and stand-in/guitar stuntman.

Im tellin ya....

[ajaxlepinski]

Rory Gallagher kicks ass!!! Way, way back, a friend turned me on to RG... it was so far back, that the cloths they're all wearing in this vid looked normal.
I love his slide playing. He really flows.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Jaodra7AY[/video]

[izzy]

Weirdest serendipitous wtf ... I was watchin' Rory vids just last night.

And it reminded me when I was a kid one of the dudes who hung out in our bong circle was a complete Rory fan boi and had an uncanny ability to play any Rory (and Joe Perry, Nugent, Zal Cleminson, Rod Price) lick. He was sick. He would listen to a song a couple times, grab a guitar and within a few minutes would have it nailed, and I'm not talking trivial little licks but long lines. I often wonder what became of him. He was a crazy guitar talent. And kinda weird.

tl;dr: Rory was amazing and influenced a lot of players, weird that he doesn't get mentioned very often.

[Walt]

Rory Gallagher kicks ass!!! Way, way back, a friend turned me on to RG... it was so far back, that the cloths they're all wearing in this vid looked normal.
I love his slide playing. He really flows.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Jaodra7AY[/video]

I knew I'd hear from you! Fuck. Yes! His slide playing is soooooo good!

Weirdest serendipitous wtf ... I was watchin' Rory vids just last night.

And it reminded me when I was a kid one of the dudes who hung out in our bong circle was a complete Rory fan boi and had an uncanny ability to play any Rory (and Joe Perry, Nugent, Zal Cleminson, Rod Price) lick. He was sick. He would listen to a song a couple times, grab a guitar and within a few minutes would have it nailed, and I'm not talking trivial little licks but long lines. I often wonder what became of him. He was a crazy guitar talent. And kinda weird.

tl;dr: Rory was amazing and influenced a lot of players, weird that he doesn't get mentioned very often.

Nice Cusack movie reference, too.

On topic: That's amazing about your friend! I've been learning some of Rory's stuff, but he flows much differently than me. I need a little more Celt or someting.
Honestly I think Rory could have been bigger, but he didn't want it, according to all I've heard.

shit

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B60x5K8wrzI[/video]

[Rampage]

Gallagher has always been one of those guitarists who I keep meaning to listen to, but forget to for some reason or another. I really need to just sit down and really listen to Live at Montreux all the way through one of these days.

[ajaxlepinski]

I knew I'd hear from you! Fuck. Yes! His slide playing is soooooo good!

Just checked out the RG website.
Here's the link to his Rig Rundown: http://www.rorygallagher.com/#/archives/amps

[Walt]

Thanks for the link.
Pretty cool site.
After watching a bunch of videos, looks like he managed to make his AC30 sound as full as the Stramps and Marshalls. Heard somewhere he used a rangemaster with the tone rolled back on his pickups to achieve the thickness. Check out the Live in Europe album from '72.
I also know he used that Tweed Bassman quite a bit. On some of the songs it sounds like he's running it simultaneously with one of the Brit amps.

[Walt]

Gallagher has always been one of those guitarists who I keep meaning to listen to, but forget to for some reason or another. I really need to just sit down and really listen to Live at Montreux all the way through one of these days.

YT has a bunch of it. He actually played Montreux quite a few times. The last being 1994 when his health was deteriorating.

[Rampage]

Gallagher has always been one of those guitarists who I keep meaning to listen to, but forget to for some reason or another. I really need to just sit down and really listen to Live at Montreux all the way through one of these days.

YT has a bunch of it. He actually played Montreux quite a few times. The last being 1994 when his health was deteriorating.

I actually have that DVD with a bunch of his Montreux appearances. Like I said, I have been meaning to give his stuff a shot for a while.

[Walt]

Gallagher has always been one of those guitarists who I keep meaning to listen to, but forget to for some reason or another. I really need to just sit down and really listen to Live at Montreux all the way through one of these days.

YT has a bunch of it. He actually played Montreux quite a few times. The last being 1994 when his health was deteriorating.

I actually have that DVD with a bunch of his Montreux appearances. Like I said, I have been meaning to give his stuff a shot for a while.

Well shit! What are ya waitin for?

[leftyaxeman]

I'm a huge Rory Gallagher fan. Totally underrated, should be mentioned in the same breath as Hendrix, Page, Beck, Townsend, Clapton, etc.

[Walt]

I'm a huge Rory Gallagher fan. Totally underrated, should be mentioned in the same breath as Hendrix, Page, Beck, Townsend, Clapton, etc.

Totally agree. His influence didn't stretch as far stateside as most of the English guys', but his talent is (at the very least) on par.

[Gasfoodlodger]

Real cool guitarist! I guess blues was his mother-tongue so to speak but I used to love his rock playing as well. 'Edged in Blue' ..kinda says it all about him. What a song!