Donna's First Time Hearing | Rory Gallagher | Tattoo'd Lady | Kathy And Donna Reaction

[@GoldArtAI4K]

Glad you found the best kept secret in music, Rory was the greatest guitar player, but never got the recognition he deserved.

[@josgulikers3104]

Well, in Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands and in Germany he had many fans and I am sure that almost every bluesrock lover knew his name and recognized him. In my humble opinion the adoration of some of the pop- and rockstars is far too exaggerated. Having said that, I attended 5 Rory Gallagher concerts, so at least I knew to appreciate him :-).

[@OmeNeil]

Rory Gallagher is an Irish legend. He was so good

[@spruce381]

Rory Gallagher was a fantastic Irish blues guitarist. Huge in Ireland. Love your reaction Donna and Kathy. ❤️👍🏽👍☘️

[@keithwatkins7908]

Thanks for the excellent reaction. Rory (RIP), a guitar great, a showman, backed by a brilliant band.

[@KathyLuluandDonna]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@steddie4514]

First saw him in '72 and have loved his music ever since. "Live in Europe" from about the same time is the best live album I've heard! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@markoliver630]

Rory was a great talent that rejected the big music industry. His brother was his manager. This is an earlier selection describing his early career playing at the fairs. R.I.P. you were one of a kind.

[@williambevins]

I was lucky enough to see Rory in concert twice. Best guitarist I've ever seen live. He put everything into his performances. He always preferred playing in small venues because he liked being closer to the audience. His fans really love him.

[@davidlightfoot8965]

Saw him the first time on this tour and many times after ,his bass player is still keeping his memory alive . Well worth seeing .

[@garyporter1702]

Rory is one of the greatest guitarist ever! I saw him 3 times, and he killed every show! Take a listen to 'Going To My Hometown', where he kills it on the mandolin, and perhaps 'Catfish Blues' from his days when he was 18 years old in a band called Taste! You'll love them both! The live videos are the best!

[@jeffreyflint6286]

Rory was soooooo great. A great guitarist that I love,love,love!!!!!!!!!

[@dedcowbowee]

Thanks James, Rory was one of a kind! Saw him n L.A. twice, best shows ever!

[@williambevins]

Did you see him in 92 when Slash came out for one of his encores to jam with him?

[@dedcowbowee]

@@williambevins No, in '78 I saw him at the Starwood in Hollywood, then at the Country Club in Reseda whenever "Jinxed" came out.. I wanted to see him again but I missed the next time or two he toured. I bet that would have been amazing!

[@williambevins]

@@dedcowbowee I was at that show at the Country Club. 82 I think. Saw him in L.A. again in 91 but I don't remember the venue. We saw Slash at the ticket window and later saw him in the VIP section. Rory brought Slash onstage for one of his encores and they jammed on a couple of Chuck Berry songs. As good as Slash is you can tell that Rory was the true master. It w as pretty awesome.

[@dedcowbowee]

@@williambevins Wow, what a show to see! Dates sound right, lol. That Country Club show was memorable.👍 I wanted to see him that time around, ('91)just didn't work out! I was working in a defense plant and was doing "mandatory overtime" seven days a week! No way i could have gone.😟I've seen Slash talk about that here on YT, nice to run into someone who was at the CC and Slash shows! Have you seen Brian May talk about meeting Rory?

[@williambevins]

@@dedcowbowee Yes, I've heard May talk about him. Also Alex Lifeson and The Edge all have talked about him in interviews. He influenced a lot of folks. Been a fan of Rory since the early 70s. I was devastated when he passed away.

[@bobot1981]

Rory! I gave the video a thumbs up even before I played it!

[@johnl6944]

One unsung hero of guitar slingers, I grew up listening to this dude. Great pick! Sorry Lulu had to miss this one.

[@chriso5374]

The greatest imo. Rory was much better known than people realize. Sold in excess of 30 million albums in the 70's. I saw him in Germany in 85 and 86.

[@masabuu88]

Good choice! “Walk on hot coals” “Million miles away” , too. He had a great influence on many musician, Brian May(Queen), Glenn Tipton(Judas Priest), others.

[@lars-oleeifler4448]

A Million Miles Away live from The Ireland Tour

[@frankferderer8567]

(Walk On Hot Coals) same video concert PERFECT THX 🙏

[@dawnmoore4329]

Wonderful reaction to the legendary Rory Gallagher (pronounced Gall-a-her).This was a clip from the documentary "Irish Tour '74", recorded while Rory performed in Ireland, including Northern Ireland, during the Troubles, when no other artists would dare hold a show in Belfast. Fascinating story. Try checking out some later live pieces with clearer recordings, such as pieces from any Rockpalast show, the "Rock Goes to College" performance, the 1984 Belfast show, the 1977 Hammersmith Odeon show or the acoustic "Me and My Music" performance from the BBC. All have some great pieces. Please check out more from this incredibly talented musician, who was also a decent human as well.

[@JimmyRJump]

Seen Gallagher five or six times and had a mutual friend in Roland Van Campenhout (a Belgian Blues-rocker who knew Rory's brother well), through which I had the chance to chat with Rory; the first time as a snotty-nosed kid of fifteen at the 1976 Bilzen Jazz festival in Belgium. Talked with Rory again, backstage at the 1981 Reading Rock Festival in England, armed with some pints of Lager. Gallagher was one of the most friendly guys you could find. Very approachable and open for a chat about most things you can think of. Soft-spoken, witty, with a great sense of humor and a boy-ish charm that attracted quite a few people of the female variety. Though I never saw him take advantage of it, on the several occasions I met him. He also remembered me the second time we met, which made me like him even more. And to finish, Jimi Hendrix was once asked how it felt to be the best guitar player in the world, and Hendrix replied: "I don't know, you'd have to ask Rory Gallagher...".

[@tmznt]

I didn’t know about Rory Gallagher until a few years ago. What a talent! I was raised in the Detroit area in the 70’s and early 80’s and can’t ever recall hearing him on Detroit radio stations. I see why now reading some of the comments.

[@2011rumpelralf]

"Shin kicker" and "Shadow play" Live 79 Montreal !!!! Rory is a Irish Guitar-wizzard.

[@philipmulcahy7234]

One of my greatest regrets was never seeing Rory live, where I live in Ireland is about 40 minutes drive from where he lived, the man is a legend.

[@tigerspuds]

For a small island, Ireland has produced more than it's fair share of world class musicians.

[@gordonallen7638]

lrelands finest. Hendrix said he was the best guitarist he had ever seen .

[@robertclements4518]

No he didn’t!

[@robertclements4518]

@@jimmygrieves2909There is no proof that he ever said that.. no video, no audio, no newspaper or magazine transcripts.. believe me, I have hunted for years for the truth of this and drawn a blank every time.. it’s urban myth I’m afraid!

[@gerardvandooren2075]

Rory was Irish try shadow play or wayward child or Shin Kicker live the man was brilliant

[@julief7090]

One of the top guitarists ever! Multi-talented and every show was full of energy. He updated a lot of classic blues as well as wrote his own. Audio mixes from the 70s can be difficult. A Million Miles Away is a favorite, and live Bullfrog Blues shows off the talents of Lou Martin (keyboards), Gerry McAvoy (bass), and Rod D'Ath (drums). This is from the Irish Tour--and he was about the only performer that would go to Northern Ireland during the Troubles. His gear is going to auction October 2024, and there is a real movement to get his battered 61 Strat back to Cork City, Ireland. Some of my favorites are from his first album, and I'm not sure I've seen any of them live here on the KZbins--For the Last Time and I Fall Apart.

[@DesInDublin]

Endless great Rory music … I like his live BBC TV version of Bo Carters “all around man”😊

[@brianferris8668]

Ireland's greatest export. Rest Easy, Rory. 🙏

[@gustavopadilha7483]

Rory was a sublime musician, very personable, and a spectacular human being. This is the legendary documentary "Irish Tour 74" that was also released on CD. The history of the time makes it even more important. Look for information, and you will see everything I am writing. Hugs from Rio de Janeiro.

[@brianferris8668]

The greatest guitarist ever.

[@stevedotwood]

This is from his Irish Tour album. It's one of the best live albums ever. Listen to that sound and the energy. I own that album. Rory was never interested in Rock or Pop status, but he was the real thing.

[@richardhowell6123]

Thank you Ladies ......Bad Penny.

[@dedcowbowee]

"Brute force And Ignorance" by Rory Gallagher!🙏

[@llusk6375]

Lou Martin on keys 😊

[@lazarus550]

Ladies your infectious banter keeps me tuned to you Despite some of the bands that are unflicted on you. Loved Rory from his days with Taste. A master guitarist died way too young.

[@donepearce]

Those two microphones - one was for the live sound, and they taped another to it just for the recording. They would not normally be like that. And duct tape *IS* for everything.

[@bobot1981]

More Rory? How about Sinner Boy from the Isle of Wight.

[@alexfletcher5192]

Somehow simultaneously rock and Irish folk (a trick that Thin Lizzy seemed to manage as well), Rory had been playing guitar since the age of 9 and was more about the road than the fame. He was never going to hang out in Hollywood if he could avoid it. Gone too soon.

[@Andrew-m5p4s]

Angus was great, but Rory was on another level

[@damonhines8187]

I was introduced to Rory's music by an old schoolmate, also the sax player in our first band, whose father was from the same county in Ireland. It's pronounced Gal-a-her, btw, the guy who announced them gets it right, I usually forget. 'Bullfrog Blues' is generally my first thought when I hear his name. I saw him numerous times in the 70s in Toronto. Great entertainer, musician. In 1976 I bought a guitar amp from a guy who used to live with Lou Martin, Rory's keyboardist, Rory gave it to him, it was destroyed in a fire later that year along with most of my belongings. Anyway, great performance, cool reaction, though the difficulty understanding the words may just have been his enunciation, y'know, the bluesy, southern inflections adopted by many artists involved in the worldwide popularization of music from America that America had dismissed and marginalized as "race music". Watched an old Black Sabbath video of 'War Pigs' yesterday that also had two mics(mikes =microphones) joined with electrical tape, as here, not duct tape. Maybe one mic for a TV, radio or other separate feed. It's fine, even if it looks odd, it was representative of solutions to fit the situation at the time. ✌🏼😊🎶❤🍁❤️✨️🕊 Rest In Peace, Rory 🇮🇪 🎸🎵

[@tonic8945]

Bullfrog blues is a good idea for your next look at the most underrated guitarist of all time. ❤

[@markoliver630]

Check out Shadow Play The live version. Full Tilt Boogie.

[@williambevins]

Live at Montreax, 79. Great version.

[@gerardvandooren2075]

to me still the best guitarist ever an reporter once asked Jimmy Hendrix How does it feel to be best guitarist Jimmy answered i don,t know ask Rory Rory made his old Fender live .R.I. P. also Jimmy .

[@terrymurray9818]

You should react to rorys shin kicker it's awesome ❤❤❤❤

[@waynepollitt7653]

Guitar genius

[@musicguy694]

Jimi Hendrix was asked how he felt being the best guitar player. He said ask Rory.

[@tomfulton3394]

Dig deeper into his live stuff and try some of his acoustic stuff

[@prog2303]

Walk on Hot Coals from the same tour is by far the best of the double album

[@stevelinnane8237]

Tattoo’d Lady Lyrics [Verse 1] Tattoo'd Lady Bearded baby They're my family When I was lonely Something told me, where I could always be [Verse 2] Where I could Wish for pennies If you got any You'd meet me down At the shooting gallery You know I'm a Fair ground baby Wonder what made me Fall for the pearly queen

[@markv1113]

You REALLY need to check out BAD PENNY. Total banger!

[@tomoleary7935]

Kathy - Donna :- Duct tape ladies - You simply haven't a clue ...... 'nuff said !

[@KathyLuluandDonna]

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[@runedahl1477]

Jimmy Hendrix was once asked by a journalist how it felt to be the best guitarist in the world. Hendrix answered that he didn’t know and that they had to ask Rory Gallagher that question. You don’t see it so well in the video but that guitar he is using is used a lot. It looks like it has been found on a dumpster. If I remember correctly that guitar will be auctioned off in October this year. It is one of the most recognizable guitars there is and will cost the one that buys it more than a million dollars.

[@jameswagoner3309]

That is because Rory Gallagher was voted by other musicians in Melody Maker magazine, as the world's best rock guitarist for a few years in a row. It looks like Jimi Hendrix was snubbed I guess....

[@runedahl1477]

@@jameswagoner3309 I think Hendrix was just being sarcastic. All these voting about who is best guitar player is just a bunch of baloney. I saw that Taylor Swift was voted number eight in one of these votings. With all respect to Taylor Swift and her music I think I can come up with at least 100 guitarist that are better than her. Usually the ones that are listed are famous persons but famous is not the same as being the best. Let me give you one example. Have you ever heard of Danny Gatton? Probably not. He was also called “The Humbler” because a lot of more famous musicians walked off stage with red faces after having had a gig with him and understood that he had outperformed them. Unfortunately he committed suicide when he was on the bring of real fame so the big audiences never hear of. Hendrix was brilliant and innovative but there are so many others that are the same and play a different category of music.

[@williambevins]

Rory had a rare blood type which was acidic and his sweat caused the paint to come off his Strat. That's what gave it the beat up look.

[@runedahl1477]

@@williambevins I know that his sweating was the reason why the guitar looked so beat up but still he must have played on it for thousands of hours. I did not know that he had a special blood type. A guitar sounds better the more you play on it and it starts to loosen after more than 1000 hours. I heard about a guy that inherited a crap brand guitar from an uncle that passed away. This uncle had been a lifelong member of the Salvation Army and had used the guitar for probably 30 years or so. It sounded lovely on the typical Salvation Army cords like D,G,E,A and C, but if you tried to play more advanced jazz chords you could clearly hear that this was not a top of the line guitar.

[@williambevins]

@@runedahl1477 The first time I saw him he had the old strat with him and he also had a second white strat that he played. Years later when I saw him again he still had the old strat but this time he had a telecaster as his second guitar. I think he uses different tunings and that's why he switched guitars. You are right. The old strat sounded phenomenal live.

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

Up the Irish🤘

[@kennethkuehl4270]

Think this is from the Irish Tour 74 film.

[@terrymurray9818]

Rory often went down into the audience and play in-between them special guy

[@tomjohnston1220]

There are subtitles.

[@kashifali3145]

Season 14 and 15

[@paulmcateer1595]

Check out “Souped up Ford”!

[@notedrockhistorian4382]

I sat right next to the stage in a small club when I saw Linda Ronstadt and I did touch her.

[@Reviresco2]

Definitely a microphone issue. Still a good performance.

[@Driver2616]

The second “g” is silent in the ancient Irish name Gallagher. So when you say the name, it sounds phonetically as “Galla her”…..

[@clivegrant4225]

Jimi Hendrix rated Rory Gallagher as the best guitarist ever. He should know.

[@robertclements4518]

No he didn’t!

[@clivegrant4225]

@@robertclements4518 pretty sure he did (as stated by others on here)

[@robertclements4518]

@@clivegrant4225There is absolutely no documented evidence the Jimi ever said it.., believe me, I have trawled the internet, early videos, magazine and newspaper articles since the sixties.. and., zilch, nada, nothing… others may claim he said it but they have no proof either.. but.. if he had done he wouldn’t have been wrong..Rory was amongst the best there is.. even today!

[@paulhughes2317]

Pronounced Gallaher - the G is silent as i Hughes.

[@Renegade1127]

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[@VFLPlus]

Sound. Yeah, problem one is his voice is too low in the mix. Problem two is Rory’s habit of cutting off the end of words. And stepping away from the mic just before ending a line of lyrics. It’s not your ears Kathy. Shame as he has a lovely voice. And the words are indeed very interesting. About working in a fairground. Great line about a police chief and a garter and wearing it like a crown. Best heard in the studio version. His truly mega song all over KZbin is A Million Miles Away. Masterpiece.

[@jameswagoner3309]

I also made a priority request for A Million Miles Away.... maybe we will hear it soon

[@jameswagoner3309]

You are welcome, ladies.