ABOUT US
REWRITING RORY
Welcome!
We are Lauren Alex O’Hagan and Rayne Morales, two academic researchers and Rory Gallagher devotees, based in Cardiff (UK) and Sydney (Australia).
Email: rewritingrory@gmail.com
ABOUT RORY
Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. For over four decades, he pioneered the blues across the globe, performing more than 2,000 concerts, most notably in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Known for his dedicated and hard-working attitude, Rory actively shunned the trappings of the decadent rockstar and maintained an authentic, no sell-out image. To date, he has sold over 30 million records worldwide.
ABOUT THE BLOG
To date, the Rory Gallagher story has been overwhelmingly focused on his success in the 1970s, unfairly portraying the period after Jinx (1982) as one of decline and, in doing so, ignoring the many fantastic and exciting musical projects, performances and collaborations that Rory continued to pursue.
We were tired of this quite frankly wrong narrative that has been peddled for years, as well as the many insensitive or inaccurate comments that we often encountered about Rory during this period of his life. So, in November 2021, we decided to do something about it by setting up the Rewriting Rory blog, which draws attention to these overlooked last ten years of Rory’s career (1985-1995).
With our monthly blog posts, we aim to ‘rewrite’ Rory’s narrative by shining a positive light on his later performances and music and dispelling myths surrounding his life. Through new research and interviews, we seek to ensure that Rory’s story is rewritten into the deserved one, the definitive one, recognising, for the first time, his later-day achievements and demonstrating all that he continued to accomplish, despite his personal struggles.
We hope you enjoy our posts.
To find out more about how this blog came about, read Lauren’s story.
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