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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.
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  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.

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