Rory Gallagher

Legendary Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher played the renowned Montreux Festival on five occasions spanning his breakthrough years in the mid seventies right up to the year before his tragic early death at the age of 47 in 1995

The film tells the story of Eire's seminal rock band Taste, formed in Cork, Ireland in 1966 by Rory Gallagher, Taste had a brief but influential career, releasing two studio albums in 1969 and 1970 and disbanding shortly after their legendary appearance at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival, which is the centrepiece of this film.

This stunning set includes everything Rory Gallagher filmed for the German Rockpalast TV series. Five complete concerts from Cologne (1976), Essen (1977), Loreley (1982), Wiesbaden (1979) and Cologne (1990) plus Jam Sessions from Wiesbaden (79) and Loreley (82). Also included for the first time is a 20 minute interview with Rory Gallagher from Cologne in 1976. This is the definitive edition of Rory Gallagher on Rockpalast.

Perhaps one of the most treasured blues guitarists over the past 30 years, Rory Gallagher made a number of appearances on Germany's famed Rockpalast show between 1976 and 1990. For the first time ever, all these performances are collected into 1 complete package, with 9 HOURS of Rory at his finest.

Ghost Blues follows the life and career of Rory Gallagher from his upbringing in Cork, his early days with a showband, the brief success of Taste and then his legendary solo career leading up to his health problems in later life and tragic death at the age of just 47. There are archive interviews, both audio and visual, with Rory and contributions from many of his friends and admirers including his brother Donal, Bob Geldof, The Edge, Cameron Crowe, Slash, Johnny Marr, James Dean Bradfield, Ronnie Drew, Bill Wyman, Martin Carthy, band members Ted McKenna and Gerry McAvoy and many more.

After an absence of some years from playing in his native city, Rory returns to perform for the first time at Cork's Opera House. Such was the occasion that Irish Television (RTE) had its cameras there to capture the homecoming. This DVD contains the concert originally released on VHS as "Messin' With The Kid - Live At The Cork Opera House", but now with superior audio. To compliment this landmark performance, a unique and highly personal "Rough Guide To Rory's Cork" has been compiled, showing locations, memorabilia and rare & unseen photographs - all supplemented with anecdotes. Plus, there's the "Big Guns" short documentary, a comprehensive discography and much more. TRACK LISTING 1. Continental Op 2. Tattoo'd Lady 3. Don't Start Me Talkin' 4. I Ain't No Saint 5. Follow Me 6. When My Baby She Left Me 7. Off The Handle 8. Out On The Western Plain 9. Wanted Blues 10. The Loop 11. Shadow Play 12. Messin' With The Kid 13. Loanshark Blues

Irish Tour '74 is a film which captures the artist, his music, the period and the place with perfection. Filmed in January 1974 at Belfast Ulster Hall, Dublin Carlton Cinema and Cork City Hall.

Rory Gallagher - voc, g / Gerry McAvoy - b / Rod de Ath - dr/ Lou Martin - Keyb Setlist: Acoustic Solo: 01 Pistol Slapper Blues 02 Too Much Alcohol 03 Out On The Western Plain 04 Bankers Blues 05 Rag Mama Rag 06 Nothing But The Devil 07 Pistol Slapper Blues Electric Band: 08 Goin' To My Hometown 09 I Take What I Want 10 Calling Card 11 Secret Agent 12 Do You Read Me 13 Bought And Sold 14 Country Mile 15 Jacknife Beat 16 Boogie

Rory Gallagher - voc, g Gerry McAvoy - b Brendan O'Neill - dr Mark Feltham - harm Geraint Watkins - keyb

Rory Gallagher - voc, g Gerry McAvoy - b Ted McKenna - dr

Rory Gallagher - Guitar, Vocals Gerry McAvoy - Bass Brendan O'Neill - Drums Ray Beavis - Saxophon Harold Casey - Saxophon John Cooke - Keyboards

Rory Rallagher is well known in Germany among fans of good rock music. His biggest strengths are 'live-shows'. He immediately brings energy into every venue. His trademarks are a worn looking Stratocaster, an old small amp and straight forward rock'n'roll, heavily blues influenced. No other musician will ever be as closely tied to the history of 'Rockpalast' as Gallagher. He started the first Rocknacht in the Grugahalle in Essen in 1977.

Director Bill Keating built a programme around following Rory through a day of his short 1972 Irish tour. At the center of the programme is a recording of the concert Rory played in the Savoy Cinema in Limerick on May 11th 1972.

A whistle-stop tour of rock from over the water, taking in some of the finest Irish rock offerings from the early 70s to the present day, as captured on a variety of BBC shows from The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops to Later... with Jools Holland.

These are the great ones that have shaped rock music. Twelve very different guitarists, each of whom have special skills and a unique playing technique are displaying the best of their ability here. This breathtaking collection comprises the entire spectrum of styles and paying techniques, offered by the most important rock guitarists. Starting with blues rock by Jack Bruse and Paul Kossof, the heavy metal sound of Tony Iommi or Mick Box up to the fabulous technical skills of Ritchie Blackmore and Jan Akkermans it is shown what matters with a true guitarist.

A set of great blues rock songs

Story of Irish popular music from 1950 to the present day told by the artists, songwriters, producers and executives who made it all happen. It tells of the dramatic evolution from a grey, conservative culture to a vibrant, colourful music scene which has an enormous popularity and influence completely out of proportion to the size of the country.

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