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		<title>The Selling of Rory Gallagher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Rory Gallagher "School of Rock" would be a great way to honor the man, but I'm happy with just about anything that will bring attention, and hopefully sustained interest in the Irish Blues Master.]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=1309</link>
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		<title>Stagestruck 74 &#8212; A tribute to Rory Gallagher by Bat Kinane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of particular interest to fans of Rory Gallagher is a track called, "Stagestruck 74,"  a song honoring the late, great Irish legend.  The song tells the story of a Irish lad of 17 going off to see his hero, Rory Gallagher in concert.   From it's Rory inspired opening riff to heartfelt middle solo, Bat does an admirable job capturing the mood, the excitement, and most importantly, the sound of going to see a Rory Gallagher concert in the early 70's.]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=1271</link>
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		<title>Rory Gallagher on the Dave Fanning Show &#8212; February 16, 1988</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of interest to me was when Fanning asked Rory about who comes to a Rory Gallagher concert now:  is he still relevant to the younger generation, to the audience of a U2?  Fanning has been a huge supporter of U2.   His very first "Fanning Session" on RTE Radio 2 was with the young four-piece Dublin band and his friendship with, and support of the band continues to this day.]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=1214</link>
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		<title>Rory Gallagher&#8217;s &#8216;Bad Penny&#8217; &#8212; Turning Up Again and Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Grand Theft Parsons", a movie about the death of  Gram Parsons (former member of The Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers), and the off the wall attempt by his road manager to kidnap his corpse and cremate him at Joshua Tree State Park.  The film stars Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate and features among other songs, the Rory Gallagher classic, <em>Bad Penny,</em>]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=1157</link>
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		<title>Dictionary of Irish Biography:  Gallagher and Lynott</title>
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Rory Gallagher and Phil Lynott are two of the musicians included in the pages of the newly released Dictionary of Irish Biography.   Published last November, the 9-volume Dictionary is edited by James McGuire and James Quinn, and contains 9,700 biographies of Irish men and women who made their mark on the world.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=1129</link>
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		<title>Jacques Stotzem:  Playing Rory Gallagher Unplugged</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Belgium guitarist Jacques Stotzem creates a fingerstyle landscape both intriguingly familiar and absolutely unique. A stylistic chameleon whose original compositions delve into blues, jazz, folk and even rock &#038; roll]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=1081</link>
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		<title>Treating the Strat as an Acoustic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I try to get a volume where my Strat still responds like an acoustic instrument.  You know, if you hit the string you'll get a hard note, and if you pick quite gently, you can get a soft tone.]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=1061</link>
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		<title>10 Things You Gotta Do to Play Like:  Rory Gallagher</title>
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11. Live in Bizzaro World, &#8216;cuz you&#8217;ll never, ever truly play like the G-man!

  In the April 2008 issue of Guitar Player magazine, Rory was featured in their &#8220;10 Things You Gotta Do to Play Like&#8221; column.  They forgot one: you can&#8217;t really play like the G-man he was one of a kind. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=1045</link>
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		<title>Yannis Petridis&#8217; &#8220;Rock Club&#8221; radio interview of Rory Gallagher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Yannis Petridis is a pioneer of Greek Rock &#8216;n Roll Radio and the founding father and former editor of the popular &#8220;Rock &#038; Pop&#8221; music magazine.  His radio show is the longest running radio music program in Greece.   Although it has undergone several name changes in its historic run, from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=1014</link>
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		<title>What is your best memory of Rory Gallagher?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were soaking wet and our eyes were watering and we were all literally trembling. The gig itself had been great by the way. But it was very frightening. I just didn't want to die in a football pitch in Greece, not even knowing what was happening ]]></description>
		<link>http://shadowplays.com/blog/?p=629</link>
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