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Here are a few Rory Gallagher mentions on the world wide web:

• 32A  Janey Pictures proudly presents an award winning coming of age film, 32A, starring Ailish McCarthy as a 13-year old girl growing up in 1979 Ireland. Written and directed by Marian Quinn, 32A won the prestigious Tiernan McBride Award for screenwriting, and was last years winner of Best Feature Film at the Galway Film Fleadh. It is currently making the rounds at the international film festivals. The score was composed by internationally reknowned Irish guitarist, Gerry Leonard and includes among other songs from the 70’s, Rory Gallagher’s “I Fall Apart.” Putting popular music in a low budget independent film can be a daunting task:

  Another challenge we faced was having authentic music from the time…We were lucky with the Rory Gallagher track, I Fall Apart, his brother Donal was really supportive…– Marian Quinn

  The song is used in an emotional scene set at the legendary disco, “The Grove” in Dublin’s Northside.

• Ragnarok  RAGNAROK was a New Zealand prog-rock band formed in Auckland in 1974. They quickly established themselves as New Zealand’s top progressive band and featured one of the top female vocalists in Lea Maalfrid. They released 2 albums before falling out of favor, as did most progressive bands of the time. In 1977 they made one final tour of the southern provinces playing mostly cover tunes in an attempt to regain a measure of their former popularity. A bootleg of one of their live shows was released and contains a cover of Rory Gallagher’s “I Fall Apart”. As the singer introduces the song he confesses that he “rather feels like that himself.” It wasn’t much longer before the band in fact did “fall apart”. Have a listen to Ragnarok’s cover of I Fall Apart.
• Robin Sylvester  Current bass player for Bob Weir’s “Ratdog” is interviewed by Adam Perry for the Boulder Weekly. Robin worked with Rory as an engineer for Irish Tour ’74, and Adam Perry asks Robin about his time with Rory:
  

  What was it like performing and recording with Rory Gallagher? He seems like a mysterious figure in rock history who died too soon but will be discovered and appreciated more and more with time.

  Check out Robin’s reply HERE.

• Rod De’Ath  Another top ten list from the Classic Rock Music Blog. This time it’s the top ten most underrated rock drummers. Coming in second is the Rory Gallagher band’s drummer from June ’72 – May ’78, Rod De’Ath. Here’s what they had to say:
  

  Rory Gallagher’s live shows from the early 1970s are legendary. When he was on – which was almost always – no one could touch the Irishman for energy and charisma. Gallagher needed a band that could keep up with him, and drummer Rod D’Eath was the man swinging the sticks with a power that belied his spindly frame.

The Latest Rory Gallagher mentions on the World Wide Web:

• Event Horizon   Event Horizon is an exhibition of posters from past Ulster Hall performances, “as re-imagined by some of Belfast`s best and most promising designers in honor of the reopening of the Ulster Hall.” One participant was Hurson Ltd. whose entry into the exhibit was a redesigned poster of Rory Gallagher’s 1984 Ulster Hall concert. The poster was a unique minimalist approach with lines of every shade of blue you can imagine, a tribute to the ultimate “Blues” master, Rory Gallagher. Click on the picture to enlarge the image.
• Waveriders   The movie, Waveriders, is set to be released on DVD in September, and includes music by Rory Gallagher. “WAVERIDERS travels from Hawaii via California to Ireland to tell the epic story of the unlikely Irish roots of the global surfing phenomenon and today’s leading exponents of big wave surfing.” You would think that Rory’s “Crest of a Wave” would be the logical choice, however a live version of “In Your Town” got the nod.
• Wolfgang’s Vault   Rory Gallagher’s evening show at the Bottom Line on November 10, 1978 has been added to the Vault. Don’t miss this excellent quality live performance. Wolfgang’s Vault, named after San Francisco’s legendary concert promoter Bill Graham’s real name, Wolfgang Grajonca, is one of the largest repositories of recorded live music. The Vault mines the archives of the “King Biscuit Flower Hour” and “Bill Graham Presents” epic shows.