Richard Hawley

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1074609


Documentary about the life and career of legendary blues guitarist Rory Gallagher, commemorating 15 years since the musician's untimely death.


This was on TV last night- very good

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Cheers for the link............love RG's stuff

think the programmes been taken off, doesn;t seem to work, shame cos i love Rory! his early stuff was fantastic. i loved that he'd go from full throtle electric blues to acoustic way before most bands went unplugged! 'Going to My Hometown' from the irish tour dvd is one of my faves. so powerfull and he plays mandolin on that one!
i got the Live At Montreux 4 dvd box set a while ago, it's fantastic. picked it up cheap too.

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He was a class act

A statue of him was unveiled in his birthplace last week as part of the Rory Gallagher annual festival in Ballyshannon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEh2_-pMVaE

skip to about 6mins in

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Wow, fantastic statue! been a long time coming though. i read an article in a guitar mag about all Rory's guitars, Donal takes them out to exhibitions, and they are all kept as they were, none have ever been played since Rory played them, even the strings are the same too.
bet theres load of players itching to have a go on them though!

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It's great!



Just had a look at the official site- really nicely done

The intro video is amazing

http://www.rorygallagher.com/

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One of my favourite ever guitarists. Fantastic that he is still so loved by so many. The RTE documentary can now be found on YouTube. Reminds me of Richard as the music to him was everything and all the rest is just bollocks.

15 years today. RIP

Here's an old photo of me visiting his grave

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The documentary will be out in full on DVD in September, RTE just showed and hour long edit. Fantastic watch. My dad was up at the festival and they actually interviewed him on the news and he got the chance to show off his Gallagher tattoo! Delighted with himself!

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Great!:)

Would like to see that tattoo

Must get the DVD when it comes out

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yes, i'll be getting the dvd too.

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I got him a tattoo voucher as, I think it was a Christmas or birthday present about 10 years ago, I think he's passed me out at this stage!

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Loved him since the days of Taste - all the guitarists in my school used to rave about him. I saw hm half a dozen times at the City Hall in the 70s. Hugely missed - one of the few "honest" guitarists....

Love the tattoo!

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http://www.rorygallagher.com/#/news/201 ... _remasters

Sony Music in association with Capo Music and Legacy are proud to re-issue the first six original Rory Gallagher albums in chronological release date order – “Rory Gallagher” (1971), “Deuce” (1971), “Live In Europe!” (1972), “Blueprint” (1973), “Tattoo” (1973) and “Irish Tour ’74” (1974). These seminal re-issued albums celebrate 40 years since the start of Rory’s solo career.

Re-mastered, Original Artwork, Liner Notes
CD (Digipack), Download & Vinyl
CD & DIGITAL AVAILABLE NOW - VINYL RELEASED FEB 20TH

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