{"id":301,"date":"2009-04-25T19:37:52","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T19:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadowplays.com\/blog\/?p=301"},"modified":"2009-04-25T23:53:38","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T23:53:38","slug":"rory-gallagher-around-the-web-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowplays.com\/blog\/?p=301","title":{"rendered":"Rory Gallagher Around the Web &#8212; April 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/shadowplays.com\/blog\/?p=301\" data-text=\"Rory Gallagher Around the Web -- April 2009\" data-count=\"horizontal\">Tweet<\/a><p>Here are a few Rory Gallagher mentions on the world wide web:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/brotherguy.livejournal.com\/10260.html\"><strong>Rory Gallagher&#8217;s Astronomer<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brother Guy Consolmagno, Vatican Astronomer, wrote about his recent visit to Cork and his admiration of legendary guitarist, Rory Gallagher in his blog. <br \/>  . <br \/> <object width=\"340\" height=\"285\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 28px 3px 0;\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XaAtZp_OX3E&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XaAtZp_OX3E&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"340\" height=\"285\"><\/embed><\/object>Brother Guy is the author of the definitive beginner&#8217;s guide book to astronomy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/us\/catalogue\/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521781909\"><strong>Turn Left At Orion<\/strong><\/a>, 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&#8217;s and while in Cork he was able to take a walking tour of Gallagher&#8217;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.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shakingstreet.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/viaje-cork-con-rory-gallagher.html\"><strong>Shaking Street<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Speaking of walking tours, David &#8220;Ma\u00f1o&#8221; writes about his Irish tour of Rory Gallagher&#8217;s Cork in his recent Spanish written blog.  Some excellent pictures of Rory landmarks, such as Crowley&#8217;s Music Center, St Olivers Cemetery, Taste Cafe, and many more.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telfordswarehousechester.com\/2009\/05\/12\/bernie-plays-rory\/\"><strong>Bernie Plays Rory<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/tv\/ttv\/theguitar\/\"><strong>The Next Rory Gallagher<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Who will be Ireland&#8217;s next great guitarist?  RT\u00c9 Young Peoples is looking for guitarists to take part in a brand new television series called &#8216;The Guitar&#8217;.  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 <a href=\"mailto:rte.the.guitar@gmail.com\">rte.the.guitar@gmail.com<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibson.com\/en-us\/Lifestyle\/ProductSpotlight\/Tone-Tips\/roy-gallagher-331\/\"><strong>How to Play Like Blues Giant Rory Gallagher<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gibson.com writes about the North American release of <i>Live in Cork<\/i> and talks a bit about Rory&#8217;s unique sound.  <i>&#8220;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 \u201961 Fender Stratocaster is instantly recognizable to gear heads, and he usually ran it through a single Vox AC-30&#8221;&#8211; Ted Drozdowski.<\/i>  Interesting that the Gibson Guitar writer talks about Rory&#8217;s incredible sound on a <strong>Fender<\/strong> Strat.  Of course, you can talk all you want about <strong>HOW<\/strong> to play like Rory Gallagher, it&#8217;s a completely different matter actually doing it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TweetHere are a few Rory Gallagher mentions on the world wide web: Rory Gallagher&#8217;s Astronomer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brother Guy Consolmagno, Vatican Astronomer, wrote about his recent visit to Cork and his admiration of legendary guitarist, Rory Gallagher in his blog. . 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