Gordo biography of rory

Rory Gallagher is a hero and icon of rock music.

Rory Gallagher is the man who, without question, spearheaded and influenced the entire Irish rock movement.

He toured incessantly and sold over 30 million albums worldwide. 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 s 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.

In the late s he joined RTE as a radio producer. He delivered the Inaugural Rory Gallagher Memorial Lecture in November in Cork, and has compered and spoken at numerous tributes to the late guitarist in Ireland, Britain and Europe. Irish Gift. Mind, Body. True Crime. Featured Authors.

Rory Callum Sykes, popularly known as Rory Sykes was born on July 29, , and tragically passed away on January 8, , at just 32 years old.

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