Jazz Articles about Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher: Big Guns

by Doug Collette
August 28, 2005

Rory Gallagher Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory Gallagher Sony/BMG/Legacy 2005

Rory Gallagher is the unsung hero of contemporary blues-rock guitar. Unlike his peers who compromised their loyalty to the genre for the sake of commercial acceptance( Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page for example) the feisty Irishman wouldn't allow any singles to be culled from his albums. In contrast to the stylistic jazz-rock leaps of Jeff Beck, Gallagher remained a steadfast ...