{"id":2713,"date":"2012-03-06T16:48:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T21:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2012-03-06T16:48:38","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T21:48:38","slug":"celebrating-blues-and-rock-guitar-with-rory-gallagher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/celebrating-blues-and-rock-guitar-with-rory-gallagher\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Blues And Rock Guitar With Rory Gallagher"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rory Gallagher is one of the great guitarists that is truly underappreciated in the music world. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the great guitarists that doesn’t get nearly enough attention, in my opinion, is Rory Gallagher.\u00a0 Gallagher was a great blues rock guitarist in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that came out of the music scene in Ireland.<\/p>\n

Gallagher was a powerhouse on stage who influenced some of the greatest guitarists in music including Jimi Hendrix.\u00a0 I put together a few videos in this post that I think you’ll enjoy.\u00a0 There’s even a great interview I came across with Gallagher in 1978 that some of the questions that we’re all interested in asking great guitarists like Gallagher.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy the Gallagher as much as I always have!<\/p>\n

I’d like to start off the post with the article I mentioned before with Rory Gallagher.\u00a0 Stefan Grossman, from GuitarPlayer conducted a great interview with Gallagher in which he asks about Gallagher’s history, influences, and gear.\u00a0 Find the entire interview at http:\/\/www.guitarplayer.com\/article\/gp-flashback-rory-gallagher-march-1978\/147744<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Blues is said to be a universal experience\u2014as Albert King once preached, \u201cEverybody understands the\u00a0blues\u201d\u2014and\u00a0Rory Gallagher is surely a case in point. Born in\u00a0Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, the first pieces Rory attempted to play were cowboy songs and Irish folk tunes on acoustic guitar beginning at age nine. American rock and rollers such as Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, and Chuck Berry had an early impression on Rory, though he discovered blues\u2014a la Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie\u2014by way of Lonnie Donegan\u2019s British skiffle hits.<\/p>\n

At 15, Gallagher joined the Fontana Show Band, which toured England and Ireland. The constant work helped refine Rory\u2019s playing, but the commercial nature of the repertoire caused him to look elsewhere for artistic satisfaction.\u00a0In 1965, Rory formed Taste, the now-legendary blues-rock trio comprised of Eric Kitteringham on bass, Norman Damery drums, and Gallagher on guitar, vocals, and, occasionally, saxophone. Though the power trio preceded Cream by several years, comparisons with the English supergroup were inevitable.<\/div>\n
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In 1969, the band signed with Polydor Records, but by 1970, the group had disbanded, and Rory pursued a solo career. To date, Gallagher has appeared on over 20 albums, either as leader or sideman, and has graced sessions featuring such notables as Muddy Waters, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Albert King. What Gallagher has to say about blues and rock and roll should be required reading for any aspiring guitarists, just as his many records and live performances should be required listening.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The first video I found for you features Rory Gallagher in rare form.\u00a0 Gallagher hits down with an acoustic guitar and plays some killer blues.\u00a0 Check it out at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z1zsRRt1FWE<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Rory Gallagher pulls out his electric in his next video.\u00a0 Hear and see him in this live performance from 1980 with his powerhouse blues rock trio at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=33Jaodra7AY<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Here is another video with Rory Gallagher and his band, this time he includes a keyboard player on stage.\u00a0 Check it out at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nsUKWFkmRu0<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The last video I will leave you with features Rory Gallagher tapping into more of his rock influence.\u00a0 Hear the hit song, “Moonchild,” at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gyHymAxUVrc<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Many fans have been pushing to include Rory Gallagher in the Rock n Roll Music Hall of Fame and for good reason.\u00a0 It’s easy to see how much influence Rory Gallagher had on many of the greatest guitarists in rock music.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed checking out Rory Gallagher, because I had a great time putting the post together for you.\u00a0 Stay tuned for more!<\/div>\n
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Griff<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the great guitarists that doesn’t get nearly enough attention, in my opinion, is Rory Gallagher.\u00a0 Gallagher was a great blues rock guitarist in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that came out of the music scene in Ireland. Gallagher was a powerhouse on stage who influenced some of the greatest guitarists in music including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluesguitarunleashed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}