REWRITING RORY

Rewriting Rory

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

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Well, I was going to wait until Friday, but I couldn't wait any longer to get this special blog post out. As some of you would have seen already, Dónal was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Open University on 12 March for his services to music. As an OU researcher, I was the person who nominated him for the award and I was delighted to attend the ceremony with him in Dublin. You can read a full report at the link in my bio. On this day in 1991, Rory played the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Our very own Dave Mangin was at this concert and shared some great memories back in 2022 for the Rewriting Rory blog. Wishing you all a Happy St Patrick’s Day! ☘️ Amid all the madness over the last few days, I've somehow managed to carve out a bit of time to put together a little review of the forthcoming Gallagher's Guitars book. You can check it out at the link in my story! Thanks a million to @irishrockmuseum for making me so welcome yesterday. An absolute pleasure to sign your copies of Rory Gallagher: The Later Years and get a private tour of the Rory collection 😍 Dublin, you've been good to me ❤️ 'Till the next time! What a fantastic day it's been today at Croke Park. It was such a pleasure to put together this application. So very well deserved. Delighted that Dónal now joins our OU family ❤️ Will write up more on this for RR in the weeks to come 😁 On this day in 1991, Rory played at the Roxy in Hollywood. Slash joined Rory on stage for an extended encore of ‘Bullfrog Blues’, which included a “terrific” rendition of Chuck Berry’s ‘Nadine’ and “Little Queenie”. According to Bill Holdship of Bay Area Music magazine, Rory ultimately came out on top and “outclassed” the young talent of Slash. Spectators were in agreement that it was Rory’s night and perhaps he himself felt it too because he left the show with “a big grin that reached everybody in the room.” Rory’s US tour hit Pepper’s in Huntington Beach, California on this day in 1991. This was the second date on Rory's 1991 US tour - his first time back in the country since 1985. As promised, Part 2 of this special birthday blog post has just gone live! 2 March is always a bittersweet day for me - a day to celebrate the birth of my hero, Rory, but also a day marked with sadness knowing he's no longer here to share it. Some great photos of Rory with Christy Moore and Mary Coughlan at the Hot Press Awards at the Waterfront in Dublin on this day in 1988, where he picked up Best Album for Defender. Rory also jammed with the houseband Hank Halfhead and the Rambling Turkeys, playing ‘Honky Tonk Woman’, ‘Close up the Honkytonks’, ‘Lost Highway’, ‘My Baby She Worships Me’ and ‘Hey Good Lookin’’ together. This wonderful photo of Rory with Gwyn Ashton was taken at The Old Lion Hotel in North Adelaide on this day in 1991, where Gwyn opened for Rory.

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