Rory Gallagher's '61 Strat is one of the most iconic guitars of all time; said to be the first on Irish soil and the number one workhorse he made blues-rock history with. Now it's going up for auction ...

Eddie Van Halen is the guitarist most people think of when the word ‘Frankenstein’ is uttered in guitar circles, but Rory ...

Credit: Getty Images Rush were progressive-rock pioneers, but beneath the layers of mind-boggling time signature changes ... captured his imagination like Rory Gallagher did.

A statue of Irish rock and blues legend Rory Gallagher ... and the Pound." Gallagher performing with fellow Taste members John Wilson and Richard McCracken in the 1960s in Germany Last year ...

Rory Gallagher's 1961 ... it rarely left Gallagher's side. He later told Guitar Magazine: "It's also a good luck thing. It was stolen one time and it came back, it's kind of a lucky charm ...