In 1965 Rory formed Taste, the now legendary blues-rock trio, comprised of Eric Kitteringham on bass, Norman Damery on drums, and Gallagher on guitar, vocals, and, occasionally, saxophone.

“And somebody said that Slash from Guns N’ Roses was there and the bass player, Duff McKagan, and that they’d come to see Rory.

Joe Bonamassa pays tribute to Rory Gallagher at three gigs at the Marquee in Cork. The American guitarist looks forward to ...

Joe Bonamassa more than lived up to expectations at the Marquee as he took on the mighty task of playing a set of music from ...

The great Rory Gallagher, cited as an inspiration by players as diverse as Clapton, Brian May, Joe Satriani, Joe Bonamassa, Slash, Johnny Marr and The Edge, would have celebrated his birthday this ...

Eric Kitteringham (pictured above on the left), the original bass player with Rory Gallagher's Taste, passed away on May 7 after a battle with cancer.

Stunned by the sudden departure of Mick Taylor, The Rolling Stones spread the net far and wide in their search for a suitable replacement. One of the players high up on their list of possibles was ...

A statue of Irish rock and blues legend Rory Gallagher has been unveiled at Belfast's Ulster Hall. It is located outside the venue on Bedford Street where Gallagher played regularly throughout the ...

On This Day: Irish rock legend Rory Gallagher died in 1995 Rory Gallagher, born in Co Donegal and raised in Co Cork, is remembered as one of the best blues guitar players in the world.

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. Queen legend May said he took up the ...

And Rory said, ‘All right.’” “Rory gave me chapter and verse about how Slash was great and a brilliant player and then he said, ‘Oh, go and find the Gibson Melody Maker’ for him.