The latest Rory Gallagher mentions on the World Wide Web:
Going To My Hometown Much of the talk about Rory Gallagher this month on the World Wide Web has been about the Irish festivals in honor of the irish guitar legend. This weekend the seventh annual festival in Ballyshannon, the birthplace of Rory Gallagher, commences. This festival has become the largest festival in Ireland, and this year’s festival will surely continue that proud tradition. “Hotlips & Chilli Fingers” featuring Chris Newman, “Shinkicker,” and the “DAVE McHUGH BAND” headline the festival. Over thirty performing acts will appear in Ballyshannon over the course of the 4-day event.
Cork Rocks for Rory Following in the wake of the 4-day Ballyshannon festival, it will be Cork’s turn to celebrate Rory’s music. While Ballyshannon is the birthplace of Rory Gallagher, Cork is where he grew up. The 2-day festival will be held on the 5th and 6th of June at the Triskel Arts Centre. Headlining the event will be “Remember Rory”, “Dave McHugh Band,” “Bullfrog Taste Express,” and “Remember Rory”.
Gig of the Week GoldenPlec.com has named the Ballyshannon Festival as the “Gig of the Week” in their most recent offering, beating out Beyonce at the O2 in Dublin for honors. Skylarkin talks about why he for one will be journeying to Ballyshannon over the weekend instead of going to see “Jay Z’s missus “.
Rock On Ballyshannon resident, Aideen, talks about the hordes of Rory fanatics that descend upon her town during the week of the festival.
The Beat Below the Street Journalist, Steve McGookin, talks about growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1970s, and the melting pot of musical influences that marked the embattled city. Steve talks a bit about seeing Rory Gallagher at the Ulster Hall during those times. “Another regular Belfast concert experience was Rory Gallagher, who was simply head and shoulders above every other guitar player I’d ever seen. He’d play the Ulster Hall every year between Christmas and New Year and his shows were always exhausting, exhilarating and inspiring.”
Here are a few Rory Gallagher mentions on the world wide web:
Rory Gallagher’s Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno, Vatican Astronomer, wrote about his recent visit to Cork and his admiration of legendary guitarist, Rory Gallagher in his blog. . Brother Guy is the author of the definitive beginner’s guide book to astronomy, Turn Left At Orion, and is the curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory. He recently gave a couple of lectures at the Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork, Ireland. Brother Guy is a huge fan of Rory’s and while in Cork he was able to take a walking tour of Gallagher’s favourite haunts. This is an interview conducted by Marcus Connaughton with Brother Guy at the Cork city Library. Brother Guy talks a bit about music and his first time seeing Rory Gallagher live with his band Taste.
Shaking Street Speaking of walking tours, David “Maño” writes about his Irish tour of Rory Gallagher’s Cork in his recent Spanish written blog. Some excellent pictures of Rory landmarks, such as Crowley’s Music Center, St Olivers Cemetery, Taste Cafe, and many more.
Bernie Plays Rory Former Whitesnake lead guitarist, Bernie Marsden, will be doing a one off Rory tribute gig at Telfords Warehouse on May 12, 2009. Bernie will be performing a mixture of Rorys best known works as well as some more obscure tracks. The Telfords gig will serve as a warm up for the bands forthcoming German tour.
The Next Rory Gallagher Who will be Ireland’s next great guitarist? RTÉ Young Peoples is looking for guitarists to take part in a brand new television series called ‘The Guitar’. You have until April 29th to upload a video of your guitar acumen for a chance to win a Fender Rory Gallagher Tribute Stratocaster. You must be 17 years of age or under with parental permission. The video should be no longer than 1 minute and a half and be no larger than 70MB. Email the application form to rte.the.guitar@gmail.com.
How to Play Like Blues Giant Rory Gallagher Gibson.com writes about the North American release of Live in Cork and talks a bit about Rory’s unique sound. “Many guitarists spend their lives on the trail of a sonic Holy Grail, but Gallagher discovered his signature instrument and amplifier early on. His battered, finish-skinned ’61 Fender Stratocaster is instantly recognizable to gear heads, and he usually ran it through a single Vox AC-30”– Ted Drozdowski. Interesting that the Gibson Guitar writer talks about Rory’s incredible sound on a Fender Strat. Of course, you can talk all you want about HOW to play like Rory Gallagher, it’s a completely different matter actually doing it.
Going To My Hometown Much of the talk about Rory Gallagher this month on the World Wide Web has been about the Irish festivals in honor of the irish guitar legend. This weekend the seventh annual festival in Ballyshannon, the birthplace of Rory Gallagher, commences. This festival has become the largest festival in Ireland, and this year’s festival will surely continue that proud tradition. “Hotlips & Chilli Fingers” featuring Chris Newman, “Shinkicker,” and the “DAVE McHUGH BAND” headline the festival. Over thirty performing acts will appear in Ballyshannon over the course of the 4-day event.
