REWRITING RORY

Rewriting Rory

Shining a positive light on the later years of Rory Gallagher’s career

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Delighted to share the second post in the 'One Song, Many Lives' series, today focusing on 'Tattoo'd Lady'. Link in bio. Some great photos of Rory on stage in Budapest on this day in 1985, taken by Vaida Janos. You can listen to a bootleg of the concert here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntWwH0Enz0s On this day in 1985, Rory kicked off the Hungarian leg of his Eastern European tour, starting with a concert in Pecs. The concert was photographed by Ferenc Kálmándy who I interviewed back in 2022. This photo of Rory with his head back is Ferenc’s very favourite. “When I look at the photo, I can just hear the music,” he said, “And it shows Rory playing with such joy.” A little reminder that you've got just over three weeks to contribute to the special post for Rory's birthday. In case you missed the original post, here are the details again: Rory's groundbreaking tour of Hungary and Yugoslavia continued on this day in 1985, with a stop in Novi Sad. Following the gig, he made the long journey to Sarajevo, arriving in the early hours of the morning. Despite his exhaustion from a hectic week on the road, he dutifully attended an important press engagement. Some fantastic photos of Rory on stage at the U Hall Pionir in Belgrade on this day in 1985. Rory’s ambitious tour took him across six dates in what is now Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia (Maribor, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade, Novi Sad and Sarajevo), as well as four dates in Hungary (Pécs, Budapest, Miskolc and Debrecen). Already thinking ahead to this year’s blog post for Rory’s birthday on 2 March, and I’ve set myself a rather ambitious challenge: compiling a list of favourite Rory guitar solos, as chosen by you. I'm delighted to share the news that, to date, Rory Gallagher: The Later Years has raised £1,500 for Music Minds Matter. Thank you so much to everybody who has purchased a copy! Today marks the bittersweet anniversary of Rory’s final performance, which took place at Nighttown in Rotterdam in 1995. The show was sadly cut short as Rory’s health deteriorated. As his brother Dónal later reflected, “It’s painful that such a dedicated artist had to say goodbye to the stage in this way.” I wanted to share something today that is a little different from the typical Rewriting Rory content – something that also neatly brings to a close the loose trilogy of ‘Christmas’ posts I’ve been sharing over the past few weeks. Some great photos of Rory performing at Harmonie in Leeuwarden on this day in 1995. These are possibly the final photographs of Rory taken on stage, capturing him doing what he did best - spreading joy to hundreds of fans with his wonderful music. A great photo of Rory performing at the Paradiso Club in Amsterdam on this day in 1995 (photo by Corne Botts). Rory was supported by the Martin Hutchinson Band.

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