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Rory Gallagher: The Best of Rory Gallagher At The BBC

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by Doug Collette
March 15, 2026

The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC is actually a distillation of a 20-disc box, compact disc 15 of which is the second half of this compilation. And, like its larger counterpart, it serves as not only a retrospective on Gallagher's career as a whole (not just at the Beeb), but also reaffirmation of the guitarist's often breathless stage presence. Nephew Daniel Gallagher has now assumed the role of producer from his uncle Donal and his supervision ...

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Rory Gallagher: Calling Card

by Ian Patterson
August 6, 2024

Rory Gallagher Rory Gallagher: Calling Card Dearg Films/Strange Music LimitedDirector: Brian Reddin 2024 If street signs named after an artist are any indication of their cultural status then there is no doubting the importance of Rory Gallagher. Streets in at least three cities, including Paris, and a Dublin square, all bear the name of the Irish blues-rock guitarist who died aged 47 in 1995. The Ballyshannon-born, Cork-raised guitarist's enduring appeal can ...

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Rory Gallagher: I Wonder Who

by Ian Patterson
February 28, 2024

The blues was always close to Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher's heart. He covered tunes by Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Melvin Jackson, Otis Rush, Blind Boy Fuller, Rosco Gordon, Bo Carter, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Son House. He also recorded with Muddy Waters, Albert King and Albert Collins. This Muddy Waters song from the million-selling live album Irish Tour '74 (Polydor, 1974) finds Gallagher in the sort of blistering form that made him an inspiration to the likes of Brian ...

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Rory Gallagher: All Around Man: Live In London

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by Doug Collette
August 13, 2023

To the uninitiated, Rory Gallagher's All Around Man -Live in London may appear to be nothing more than a routine live release from the late Irish bluesman's archive. Even to fans who take only a cursory glance at the title and its contents, it could well seem to be a somewhat desultory effort in the wake of the deluxe anniversary box sets, the eponymous solo debut Rory Gallagher: 50th Anniversary Edition Box Set (Universal Music Enterprises, 2021) and Deuce: 50th ...

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Rory Gallagher: Deuce: 50th Anniversary Edition

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by Doug Collette
November 19, 2022

Since Rory Gallagher's untimely passing in 1995, there have been more than a few posthumous audio and video packages devoted to the prolific output of the late bluesman. And while most of them, supervised by family members as is this one, have been both historically exacting and passionate in devotion to their subject, none are more so than this Deuce: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the man's second solo album. With its nine and a half inch square ...

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Rory Gallagher: Rory Gallagher: 50th Anniversary Edition Box Set

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by Doug Collette
September 15, 2021

The 50th Anniversary Edition box set of Rory Gallagher's eponymous solo debut is an elaborate expansion upon the virtues at the heart of that 1971 record. In fact, as with brother Donal's prose recount of the album's history, each component of content enclosed in the glossy slipcase--its simple but striking graphic design itself replicating that of the record's original cover--illuminates the process of preparing, recording and promoting the record. As such, this classy, handsome package contains everything a fan would ...

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Rory Gallagher: Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77

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by Doug Collette
April 6, 2020

Check Shirt Wizard: Live in 1977 is yet another in a lengthy string of posthumous archival work devoted to Irish guitarist and songwriter Rory Gallagher. Like virtually all its predecessors in both audio and video configurations, including Live at Montreux (Eagle, 2006) and Notes From San Francisco (Eagle/Legacy, 2011), this double CD set (also available as three vinyl LPs with similarly variegated artwork, action photos and replications of press testimonials of the time) not only does justice to, but enhances ...