"Laundromat", Rory Gallagher performs live at Montreux (1975)

[@garthosborn8400]

Holy crap! The rapid-fire palm muting is insane. Most people don't realize the enormous talent required to do that. Rory is my favourite guitarist. Period. The best. Ever.

[@radupopescu2370]

Amen to that!

[@catholiccowboy8545]

.. not sure if he's the best but at least he sings better than Clapton and a better songwriter.

[@JoaquínMortiz-l2l]

Rory was around 73 mames by The british rock press or Billboard the #1 guitar player ahead Clapton 🎉... And of course better with the slide

[@reederjulian2112]

​@@catholiccowboy8545yeah he's the best.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

@@reederjulian2112 One thing i really hate about R. Gallagher is these slow motion passages (3:36) that last forever, he invented that and I HATE it. When recorded his songs on a casette i always edited it out.

[@anthony9600]

I’m late to the Rory tribe, but if you could go back in time to see any gig by any guitarist put me in the front row of this show. I’d chose Rory over anyone. A performance for the ages

[@adrianrijkeboer2185]

The Fab Four rip Rory Rod Lou❤💋

[@JoaquínMortiz-l2l]

Just unique my music my héroes 🎉the good ones

[@doktoruzo]

Fabulous. Rory makes me smile

[@Gallagherfreak100]

Only one Rory. The best electric blues guitar player who ever lived. That's all I need to know.

[@leslieirvine1961]

Well Said.👍

[@Driver2616]

Now that’s a man that’s having fun while while expertly demonstrating his craft!

[@emmetnolan7081]

Our national treasure 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪……!!! Our Rory will never get old…….Grá buachaill as Erín tà tú go álainn.

[@joyceh2721]

Well said that man...❤️✌️👍Xx

[@JeanPee]

Saw Rory 8 times in Dublin

[@nicholasoppenheimer3647]

And it was all on the same night!!

[@Anonymous-gt9qp]

People talk about Clapton Page and Hendrix Rory was up there with all of them and a very humble human being

[@kelf114]

They looked up to Rory. He inspired each one.

[@reederjulian2112]

Rory is simply the best.

[@michaelthompson7341]

I think that they would agree.

[@tonetone7572]

saw Rory with this band in 1973. they opened up for Deep Purple and stole the show that night leaving the crowd in an absolute frenzy. that night i didn't know who he was but the next day i bought everything he made and was a fan for life.

[@eyesonyou99]

Saw them on the same tour. Middle act was Fleetwood Mac who were mediocre at best - before the more well known lineup. Yeah - San Diego Arena. He hit the ground running and slammed us into the back wall of the place. I just remember after deep purple finished I couldn’t hear for 4 days. Years later I took a hearing test for a job and learned I lost 3% of my hearing at the top. Guessing it was from that night. We learned about about him after that.

[@babbalouie3074]

Was heartbreaking to learn of Rory's death back in the day. Had been a fan and always grateful for the many guitar licks I learned from his albums. In the '70s and '80s was in a band that we named Ballyshannon. That was long before the internet existed. Many people would ask where the name Ballyshannon came from or meant? Simple....That is where Rory was from. We made a point to introduce as many people here in the U.S. to his music as we could.

[@Rorysstrat57]

It's the craziest place I've ever been. Rory is on the roll, no one can come close to him ❤ Rory On Everyone ❤

[@jonbona876]

Rory has been my inspiration for years. I have spent more than a decade trying to emulate him, I am nowhere near as good, but orders of magnitude better for trying

[@navan2528]

Outstanding performance

[@SuperPassionflower]

sigh... taking me straight back to my teenage years... Concertgebouw Amsterdam where he played more than once and I was there... front row

[@kelf114]

I got to see him in 1985. I could not believe he was coming to a club in my little town. I took a friend who had never heard of Rory before. We got a table right in front. Rory played over a couple hours, just jamming away. My friend was amazed. Rory got a new fan that night. After the show, he came out to greet his fans. I even got to shake his hand! It was a night I'll never forget.

[@michelhille8107]

Der beste Blues/Rock Gitarrist 🎸 aller Zeiten. Phänomenal. Auch die Band Lou, Gerry und Rod sind Extraklasse. R.I.P❤

[@eska9832]

Timeless hammer-like blues rock. I love this guy. Rory forever! The green whirlwind!

[@alstone5257]

The first song of Rory's, I ever performed live. I am now 67 years old, and when I performed this song I was 17, Rory Gallagher was one of my major influences .

[@patpagano]

i learned walk on hot coals yesterday. He's brilliant and i am glad i am old enough now to appreciate this legend

[@yoona969]

I was same age played same song , in 73’ on a Strat / Marshall 100 watt head thru 4x 12 square cab and thru a WEM copycat for the overdrive Valve creaminess , At the “Dotted Line club “ / Johannesburg / South Africa / a week after Trevor Rabin had performed with “ Freedoms Children “ the week before , and we brought the house down , ……. And I thought I was destined for greatness ! We all know who Trevor Rabin is - ………. 🥺such are the dreams of mice and men 😀

[@reederjulian2112]

Keep playing brother.

[@reederjulian2112]

​@@yoona969with a set up like that in 73 you were greatness whether anyone knew it or not.

[@mickclarkeband]

Fabulous performance - Rory, Gerry, Lou and Rod. fabulous.

[@willdaberby7908]

What a bass line !

[@franciskralovec3326]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 unsung genius. Goddamn that’s hot. 😎😎😎😎

[@harrygaul4475]

Laundromat blues..Irish Tour 74

[@franciskralovec3326]

He’s just messing around with improv licks... damn. Genius.

[@pagescott2623]

This song is my life right now, lol.

[@davidbarker5652]

Rory in his prime here... what a legend! Proud to have met him backstage a few years after this..

[@alejandramarquez235]

Brilliant as usual. It's grand we have the recorded concerts and songs at least. Thanks a million Rory and everyone in the staff that keep his music going.

[@sneekerman]

Rory is definitely one of most underrated guitarists ever. Another one that I have always enjoyed is Tommy Bolin. Two guys who never have gotten the respect that they rightfully deserve.

[@juliewillard1367]

Neither did Alvin Lee

[@emmetnolan7081]

I agree ☝🏾 wholeheartedly brothers.

[@redpaolo]

Just unbeatable. No one comes close to this man.

[@mahesh29950]

Hendrix to page .. Clapton or beatles' ..all are overrated compared to Rory

[@robertcooper411]

Too right!

[@reederjulian2112]

Very true!

[@gualtierostanganini714]

Grande rip❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dohicks]

"What do you think of that..." simply the best!

[@dervaig99]

No, no two shows were the same. I have a recording from Glasgow in the 70's where he plays with harmonics in the quiet phase and it is utterly magic! Did you ever see a guitarist who was so much one with his guitar?

[@chris48oconnor]

And it was ALWAYS the same guitar.

[@rolfbessin6459]

Rory in his prime, music like this will stay forever, stay tuned, rock Rory

[@ramspace]

Rory is fully rated. No doubt there.

[@666weberson]

Rock in Roll raíz porra 👊🏼🤟🏼

[@TomGuerra1]

Thank you Rory.

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Never heard this played by the ‘classic’ four-piece line-up, only by the three-piece of the early 70s. I saw him in ‘74 and ‘77, and it wasn’t part of his set on either occasion. Great version, highlighting Rory’s underrated skill as an accompanist- something he never got to do in the three-piece! Btw, the ‘R’ in ‘RtB’ stands for Rory…

[@dexterdunn5198]

WOW! Only a Strat could take that kind of punishment and still sound reasonably good! What a genius!!! Rory! I love you, man!

[@rolfbessin6459]

One of rorys dynamics, no one does it better

[@joyceh2721]

MAGIC ❤️✌️

[@ericklapptschon5607]

Genius.

[@cherokee592]

breathtaking, after all these years. and it will stay, forever

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

Genius!

[@marcwage]

The best Guitarplayer for ever.

[@bannork]

The fire, the energy.

[@69zenos1]

I will bet my bottom dollar that NO 2 SHOWS were ever the same. How fun that must have been for the band!!!!

[@petercousins3703]

You’re absolutely correct, Rory had a residency at the ultimate rock venue, the Marquee, and as you say, always something we had never seen or heard.. the man was a natural rocker

[@Testacabeza]

Wow, what an intense and explosive version! So different from the record.

[@fanderory6422]

Yes wonderfull version.

[@oeokosko]

Always different from the album versions.

[@THESTYLEMAN1]

That’s why Rory is so revered after all this time as he played how he felt at that exact time.

[@leslieirvine1961]

Rory Lead And All Others Followed After Him. 👏🔥🎸🎶🌟💚🇮🇪💚🙏🕊✌️🤟

[@JoaquínMortiz-l2l]

Amazing

[@chrisashby9307]

Soooooo good!!!!

[@pattiimusic]

Love Rory's laundromat tune!!!!

[@robertlong4363]

Rorys playing Electrifying the Audience

[@DarrellLancaster-l5q]

That guy could crush it

[@rowanvilla]

one of the first rory tunes i heard, brill

[@Bluesrainbluesrainbow]

💕Rory Gallagher performs live at Montreux (1975)💕

[@terrybarton1604]

Rory G,da man!!!!

[@cookmoore3736]

Great performance variation! Great creativity. Like a very underrated performance of a song he did with Taste at the Isle, I'm discovering more of his playful aggressive Nature! :D

[@spacetruckin7420]

never ever heard the legend Mr Magic Rory with an organ player before, u live on Rory

[@bid84]

Think that’s a Fender Rhodes piano

[@navan2528]

Mr Lou Martin on keyboards

[@eb3be66]

This is amazing,thank you for uploading.....!!!

[@fanderory6422]

A mon avis la meilleur version.

[@electric-lee144]

Everyone should know by know The first solo was just the warm up and he was about to get started

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very good...................................

[@fanderory6422]

Plus de 46000 vues et seulement 315 like!!!! Je ne comprends pas.

[@MrTortureneverstops1]

Oui, bizarre !

[@marcogiani2601]

I'm on the toilet while listening to it, shit got intense...

[@bid84]

Muddy Waters would be more appropriate

[@pauledeneau1616]

Spin cycle on 'supersonic'. This is what a rock god looks like and plays like! As noted by another fan, Hendrix also changed up the 'look'..getting rid of the suits and pompadours.

[@MarArraes]

🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@eugenporembschi8]

Yessssssssssss ...A great chitarist .Hendrix'Bro.....!!!!!!!!!

[@Ludwig_Cox]

Full guitar lesson on this song available on my channel!

[@sonjadietz5297]

Heute, 2. 3 . 2019 würde Rory 71 Jahre alt. RIP

[@chrismcgeady2174]

He also lived in Derry

[@quarrydawg]

Glasgow? The man was born in Ballyshannon, Donegal and was raised in cork free of the crown.

[@navan2528]

He never seen it that way, thankfully

[@danielosullivan3110]

Sure looks like Lou is wearing a Rush Tshirt!❤️

[@richeaton5752]

Not until 5:10 before Lou's piano comes into the mix... grrrr

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Where's the the Gong? Did it fall out of the truck?

[@JoaquínMortiz-l2l]

The Irish was a lot better than the english but the recordings were not. Rory was ahed of Eric

[@lucagorini9062]

Io non mi spiego perché tutti ricordano jimi Hendrix e solo gli appassionati di lui...mah

[@jottailirik9581]

I totally agree

[@DrJekyllandMrHyde1810]

κοιτα πως καβλωνει ο τυπαρας στην εισαγωγη!

[@christophasbock2608]

Robert Plant and Jimmy Page have a child ?

[@mahesh29950]

He was father of plant and page

[@thornil2231]

Rory and Roy Buchanan should have stopped using all those effects pedals...

[@emo7274]

same as usual off the chain.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

One thing i really hate about R. Gallagher is these slow motion passages (3:36) that last forever, he invented that and I HATE it. When recorded his songs on a casette i always edited it out.

[@dazmccormick8620]

That's the beauty from the craftsmen at work. I would listen to the section again and try to focus on how well the band really works on the spot (live), while Rory comes up with that little goldmine of a riff during his solo. You can see how chuffed Rory and the band get when something magic happens, especially how they figure out what to do and how well they timed everyone stopping at the same beat. The 3:36 you are on about is you are actually skipping the best part of the creativity. Thank you.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

@@dazmccormick8620 Not so much "beauty" when it's done too often on many songs.