Rory Gallagher

[El Gordo]

Allegedly, when someone asked Jimi Hendrix how it felt to be the best guitar player in the world, he replied..."I don't know -- ask Rory Gallagher."

The name of the great RG has cropped up a couple of times recently. In one of Sweder's posts a couple of days ago, and then again on Radio 4's Front Row this evening, which had an affectionate piece on him. Worth listening to.

He was someone I'd all but forgotten about, though he'd been a big name in my teens and twenties. He never became a household name but was always well known in the guitar-playing community and among metal heads generally. Gallagher was always regarded as one of those "must see" gigs, but sadly I never made it before he died in 1995.



Great accoustic player too: