Description: RORY GALLAGHER His LIfe & Times by Marcus Connaughton (2012). Hard covers bound in black cloth with excellent dust jacket . Published by Collins Press in Ireland . Beautifully illustrated throughout with photos of Rory - some never before published - and rock ephemera including concert tickets, posters, magazine covers, guitars etc etc. RORY GALLAGHER (1948-1995) is a hero and icon of rock music. He inspired guitar players from The Edge to Johnny Marr, Slash to Gary Moore, Johnny Fean to Philip Donnelly, Declan Sinnott to Brian May. He toured incessantly and sold over 30 million albums worldwide. In 1963, at the age of fifteen, Rory bought his trademark Fender Stratocaster. He discovered the blues when pop magazines and radio were scarce in Ireland and later won the Melody Maker Guitarist of the Year in 1972. ahead of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Acknowledged as one of the world's leading guitarists, he collaborated with his boyhood hero Muddy Waters, and played with Jerry Lee Lewis, Albert King and Lonnie Donegan. In this compelling biography, contemporaries, fellow musicians, film maker Tony Palmer and Taste drummer John Wilson tell stories about Rory from his meteoric rise in the late 1960s with Taste to his remarkable solo career. This is a compelling testament to the musical life of a shy and retiring working-class hero, distinguished by his checked shirts and his astounding dexterity on acoustic and electric guitar - the guitarist and blues man who blazed a trail for others to follow.
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Book Title: Rory Gallagher His Life and Times
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Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
Publisher: The Collins Press
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
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Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Biography
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Era: 1970s
Author: Marcus Connaughton
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Time Period Manufactured: 2010-2019
Topic: Rock Music, Biography
Country/Region of Manufacture: Ireland
Unit Quantity: 1
Item Weight: 700 g
Number of Pages: 181
