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 ...

Gerry McAvoy spent 20 years on the road with Rory Gallagher. Despite the hard work involved, he remembers those days with affection, writes Ed Power ...

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 ...

Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher's band Taste released their underrated self-titled debut on April 1, 1969.

Of all the entries in the Rory Gallagher discography-and it's lengthy despite his premature passing in 1995 at the age of forty-seven-none deserve the expanded treatment more than Irish Tour '74, ...

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.

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.