REWRITING RORY

Rewriting Rory

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

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The Rory auction was one of the most emotional, exhausting, exhilarating times, with the best possible outcome for the Strat in a terrible situation. I knew that I wanted to capture the whole auction experience in an academic study and was delighted to get approval from my university to do this last year. The first of those studies has now been published with Rock Music Studies. Entitled “Doing Right by Rory”: Affective, Ritualized, and Ethical Practices at the 2024 Rory Gallagher Collection Auction, it looks at what made the Rory auction unique compared to other high-profile music auctions in recent years. Hope you enjoy it ☺️ Link in Story! On this day in 1989, Rory played the Kent Custom Open Air Bike Show, followed the next day by a blistering set at the Folkestone Jazz and Blues Festival. On this day in 2023, the incredible All Around Man – Live in London was released. On this day in 1986, Rory took to the stage at the Out in the Green Festival in St. Goarshausen. It was his second consecutive Out in the Green performance - he’d played the Dinkelsbühl leg of the festival just the day before. On this day in 1985, Rory made his record-breaking fifth appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Here's some weekend reading for you with the latest post in Rewriting Rory's 'Meeting with the G-Fans' series. This time, I speak with John Wainwright. Link in Story, as always! A spectacular photo of Rory, taken by Luca Guiotto at the Pistoia Blues Festival which lasted from 1-3 July in 1994. Today marks the 39th anniversary of Rory’s extraordinary Defender album. On this day in 1994, Rory performed at the Mühle Hunziken in Bern. The day after, he was interviewed by the Berner Agenda. Throughout June 1990, Rory had to cancel a number of preplanned festival gigs due to poor health, but he still found the time to serve as a judge for the Fender Young Guitarist Competition at Tower Records in London. More academic reading for those who might be interested 🫣 The second and final paper from my recent study on the Carol Clerk scrapbooks at Belfast's Oh Yeah! Music Centre has now been published with Popular Communication. It's available Open Access (I will put the link in my Story). Gordon wanted me to share this message with you all ❤️

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