Rory Gallagher: His Life and Timesby Marcus ConnaughtonFormat: hardcover, NewPublisher: The Collins Press Date of publication: 2012-09-17 Shipped From: Ireland (Expected Delivery Times) RRP: €19.99 Price: €11.85 You Save: €8.14 Free Delivery Worldwide Click here to see reviews for this item Description: Signed by the author. 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 ISBN: 9781848891531.In-Stock: 26 Weight: 12206g Subject Keywords: XMAS12, ISBN: 9781848891531, General,Reference ISBN: 9781848891531 Genre: General Non fiction (Reference Aids & Directories) |
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