Overview
Rory Gallagher is a hero and icon of rock music. He inspired guitar players from The Edge to Johnny Marr, Slash to Gary Moore, Johnny Fean to Philip Donnelly, Declan Sinnott to Brian May. He toured incessantly and sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Acknowledged as one of the world's leading guitarists, he collaborated with his boyhood hero Muddy Waters, and played with Jerry Lee Lewis, Albert King and Lonnie Donegan. In this compelling biography, contemporaries, fellow musicians, film maker Tony Palmer and Taste drummer John Wilson tell stories about Rory from his meteoric rise in the late 1960s with Taste to his remarkable solo career. This is a compelling testament to the musical life of a shy and retiring working-class hero, distinguished by his checked shirts and his astounding dexterity on acoustic and electric guitar - the guitarist and blues man who blazed a trail for others to follow.
Full Product Details
Author: Marcus Connaughton
Publisher: The Collins Press
Imprint: The Collins Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 19.90cm
Weight: 0.438kg
ISBN: 9781848893184
ISBN 10: 1848893183
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 20 March 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
It is a wonderful work, and I am grateful to have some of my conversation with Rory live on in your pages. Jas Obrecht, former editor of Guitar Player Beautifully presented. The Archive The best-looking book on Rory so far. Record Collector magazine Lavish production ... in-depth study. Books Ireland Essential reading for Gallagher fans old and new [...] Encyclopaedic chronicle. Irish News One of 7 books you should own [...] Marcus makes the case with passion. Belfast Telegraph A long time coming. The Irish Times Not just a great read ... also a beautiful production. Evening Echo A must for Gallagher fans and musical nostalgists of every hue. Irish Examiner At its best in capturing the heady swirl of Gallagher's early days. Irish Independent Handsomely produced. RTE Guide Music Book of the Fortnight ... impressively detailed. Hot Press Comprehensive and authoritative. Donegal News Alive with photographs. Southern Star
Not just a great read ... also a beautiful production. * Evening Echo * A long time coming. * The Irish Times * One of 7 books you should own [ - ] Marcus makes the case with passion. * Belfast Telegraph * Essential reading for Gallagher fans old and new [ - ] Encyclopaedic chronicle. * Irish News * Lavish production ... in-depth study. * Books Ireland * The best-looking book on Rory so far. * Record Collector magazine * Beautifully presented. * The Archive * A must for Gallagher fans and musical nostalgists of every hue. * Irish Examiner * At its best in capturing the heady swirl of Gallagher's early days. * Irish Independent * Handsomely produced. * RTE Guide * Music Book of the Fortnight ... impressively detailed. * Hot Press * Comprehensive and authoritative. * Donegal News * Alive with photographs. * Southern Star * is a wonderful work, and I am grateful to have some of my conversation with Rory live on in your pages. * Jas Obrecht, former editor of Guitar Player *
Author Information
MARCUS CONNAUGHTON is a veteran of the Irish record industry. In the late 1980s he joined RTE as a radio producer. Over the past twenty-plus years, he has produced a wide range of programming from the Metal Show on 2FM to Bluestime on RTE Radio 1, and currently presents and produces Seascapes. He delivered the Inaugural Rory Gallagher Memorial Lecture in November 1995 in Cork, and has compered and spoken at numerous tributes to the late guitarist in Ireland, Britain and Europe.
