“On the last US tour, after a gig in Texas in 1968, Eric came to me and ... you’ll have to ask Rory Gallagher”), Gallagher hadn't followed Clapton's road to commercial triumph.

This was on the ’69 tour, and Rory was trying to track him down in New York. “In the end I think Eric Clapton provided a number for John, but Rory didn’t connect with him on that tour – it ...

Rory Gallagher was slated to join Cream — the revolutionary power trio featuring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker — after Clapton announced his departure from the group in 1968 ...

This purported response is one Clapton is extremely unlikely to have ... 2013 post in which Hendrix was reported as saying of Rory Gallagher: Rory was the best. Walk on hot coals from Irish ...

The blues was always close to Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher's heart. He covered tunes by Lead ... blistering form that made him an inspiration to the likes of Brian May, Eric Clapton, Alex Lifeson, ...

LEGENDARY Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher is heralded as an inspiration in a new TV film — by world-beating talents Brian May, Eric Clapton and Johnny Marr. He said: “One of the reasons I do ...

It was December 1974, at a party Robert Stigwood was throwing for Eric Clapton, and Jagger was dumbfounded ... "He knew Steve would never stay in the background." Then there was Rory Gallagher, a ...

Instruments belonging to the world-famous blues guitarist Rory Gallagher have been brought back to life in his birthplace of Ballyshannon, Co Donegal.

Recruited with McCracken after Gallagher broke up the original Taste, featuring fellow Corkonians Eric ... Clapton or Joe Soap on the gig or 20 people or 20,000 – and that was the way Rory ...

While there I purchased two LPs for our listening pleasure, Eric Clapton's 461 Ocean Boulevard (RSO, 1974) and Rory Gallagher's Irish Tour '74 (Polydor). I had just started listening to the blues and ...

Relatives of Rory Gallagher said it was a great day ... was championed by artists including John Lennon and Eric Clapton. Gallagher's albums have sold more than 30 million copies globally and ...