Artist: Rory Gallagher
Birth Name: William Rory Gallagher
Born: March 2, 1948. Ballyshannon County, Donegal, Ireland.
Died: June 14, 1995 (Aged 47), London, England.
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Rock, Folk, Jazz
Occupations: Musician, Songwriter, Producer
Instruments: Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Mandolin, Sitar, Harmonica, Banjo Dobro, Saxophone.
Rory Gallagher was an Irish Blues Rock Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter. He was initially attracted to Skiffle after hearing Lonnie Donegan, and always covered Blues and Folk and playing songs of Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran with his greatest influences in Muddy Waters, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy. He began to learn to play Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, Alto Saxophone and Sitar. He formed Blues Rock Power Trio Band The Taste in 1966 and played supporting Cream at Royal Albert Hall farewell concert and the Blues Rock Supergroup Blind Faith on a tour of North America. After The Taste break-up, he started his solo career. His albums have sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide. He received a Liver Transplant and died in 1995 in London, England at the age of 47.
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Rock, Folk, Jazz
Label: Eat To The Beat
Rating: *****
Format: CD
Tracks:
Disc 1:
Taste:
From A Live FM Broadcast Of Top Gear, April 5, 1968:
1. Same Old Story (3:38)
2. Blister On The Moon (3:33)
3. Dual Carriageway Plain (3:16)
4. Norman Invasion (2:25)
From A Live FM Broadcast, October 25, 1968:
5. I'. Moving On (6:11)
6. Baby Please Don't Go/Bye Bye Bird (10;10)
7. Blister On The Moon (3:47)
8. Sugar Mama (7:42)
9. First Time I Met The Blues (7:30)
10. Catfish (9:18)
From A Live FM Broadcast, Top Gear, February 17 , 1969:
11. Moving On (2:24)
12. Sugar Mama (6:22)
13. Leaving Blues (4:19)
Disc 2:
Rory Gallagher:
From A Live FM Broadcast Of John Peel's Sunday Concert, October 12, 1971:
1. Maybe I Will (5:08)
2. I Could've Had Religion (9:25)
3. Crest Of A Wave (6:54)
4. Messin' With The Kid (5:37)
From A Live FM Broadcast Of BBC In Concert, January 13, 1972:
5. Used To Be (5:59)
6. Should've Learned My Lesson (6:33)
7. Out Of Mind (2:56)
From A Live FM Broadcast Of The Bob Harris Show July 10, 1972:
8. I Could've Had Religion (7:19)
9. The Cuckoo (3:32)
From A Live FM BroadcastOf BBC In Concert, July 13, 1972:
10. Pistol Slapper Blues (3:57)
11. The Cuckoo (4:32)
12. Going To My Hometown (8:07)
13. In Your Town (11:37)
Disc 3:
Rory Gallagher:
From A Live FM Broadcast, February 1, 1973:
1. Hands Up (5:43)
2. Walk On Hot Coals (9:20)
3. A Bottle Of Gin (3:49)
4. Race The Breeze (7:44)
5. Hoodoo Blues (8:14)
6. Bullfrog Blues (10:14)
From A Live FM Broadcast, June 20, 1974:
7. Tattoo'd Lady (5:27)
8. Stompin' Ground (5:19)
9. Who's That Coming? (5:48)
From A Live FM Broadcast Of The Saturday Rock Show, February 21, 1973:
10. Unmilitary Two Step (2:04)
11. If I Had A Reason (5:03)
From A Live FM Broadcast Of Tye Saturday Rock Show, December 5, 1973:
12. Cradle Rock (5:45)
13. A Million Miles Away (7:37)
Personnel:
Disc 1:
Taste:
Rory Gallagher: Guitar, Vocals, Saxophone, Harmonica
Richard McCracken: Bass
John Wilson: Drums
Disc 2:
Rory Gallagher:
Rory Gallgher: Guitar, Vocals
Gerry McAvoy: Bass
Wilgar Campbell: Drums
Disc 3:
Rory Gallagher:
Rory Gallgher: Guitar, Vocals
Gerry McAvoy: Bass
Lou Martin: Keyboards
Rod de'Ath: Drums
Transmission Impossible is a Radio Sessions by Taste and Rory Gallagher solo, released on September 16, 2022 by Eat To The Beat. Box Set 3 CD, For Fans of Rory Gallagher, and Music Collectors.
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