REWRITING RORY

Rewriting Rory

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

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Always exciting to wake up to "new" old Rory footage having been uploaded to YouTube, especially when that footage is from Rory's later years! Huge thanks to my good friend @karenjoanna1969 for bringing this clip to my attention today - it comes from Rory's 1994 gig in Lyon (18 December) and shows him playing 'It's a Man's World/Mean Disposition'. The whole thing is 10 minutes of pure stunning blues, once again proving that Rory had certainly not "lost" it by this point in his career and was only getting better and better. That tone is absolutely exquisite. If you were at Rory's Ethiopia Benefit Concert at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh on 9 December 1984, I'd love to hear from you for a future blog post. Please DM here or email me over at rewritingrory@gmail.com Just a little light reading for the weekend here. A few months ago, I had the pleasure of doing a short interview with Jacques Stotzem about Rory's influence on his life and music: Happy Birthday to the Maestro of the Harp, Mark Feltham! A virtuoso harmonica player, a rock-solid force in the Rory Gallagher band and a true musical kindred spirit and friend to Rory. Wishing you a fantastic day filled with great music, sir! On this day in 1987, Rory played at the Hummingbird in Birmingham. He was joined by Tony Mcphee of the Groundhogs during the encore. To relive this powerful performance, head on over to Rewriting Rory where you can find a 90-minute bootleg video of the concert: On this day in 1987, Rory played the Hammersmith Odeon in London. The gig received extremely good reviews, including the following from Derek Oliver of Kerrang: Some great photos of Rory taken on this day at the Irish Centre in Leeds in 1987. Two years ago today saw the release of Rory Gallagher: The BBC Collection, a landmark boxset bringing together decades of Rory’s live sessions, concerts and broadcasts for the BBC. To mark the release of Defender, Rory and his band hit the road in October 1987 for a UK tour. On this day that year, they performed at the International 2 in Manchester. You can read a wonderful first-hand account of the show by fan John Christie - originally published in the Swiss fanzine Deuce and available on Rewriting Rory: Hope you've all had a good weekend. It's not from Rory's later years, but I just had to share it with you anyway. Please enjoy this 'new' 1979 radio interview, shared with me by Rob Phaneuf. It was recorded prior to Rory's performance at the Niederbayernhalle in Passau (4 Oct) for a US radio station. Link in Story, as always. Today marks two years since the release of Rory Gallagher: The Later Years. Wow, how time flies! A huge thank you to everybody who has bought a copy of the book, shared it with others, left reviews... I’m so delighted by how warmly it's been received. I wasn't planning to post this blog until tomorrow, but as so many people seem to have received Dónal's book already, here goes. My own review of Edged in Blue: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Odyssey with Rory Gallagher is now up on the Rewriting Rory website. Please note that it contains many spoilers, so you may want to hold off on reading it just yet. Link in Story, as always.

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