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Ghost Blues & Beat Club Sessions DVD
September 1st, 2010
Release: 13/09/2010 This superb two disc DVD set tells for the first time the complete and fully authorised story of Rory Gallagher. Directed by Ian Thuillier, disc one “Ghost Blues” follows Rory’s life and career from his upbringing in Cork, his early days with a showband, the brief success of Taste and then his legendary solo career leading up to his health problems in later life and tragic death at the age of just 47. There are archive interviews, both audio and visual, with Rory and contributions from many of his friends and admirers including his brother Donal, Bob Geldof, The Edge, Cameron Crowe, Slash, Ronnie Drew, Bill Wyman, band members and many more. Disc two “The Beat Club Sessions” then shows what Rory Gallagher was really all about – [...]
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Ghost Blues & Beat Club Sessions DVD
September 1st, 2010
Release: 13/09/2010 This superb two disc DVD set tells for the first time the complete and fully authorised story of Rory Gallagher. Directed by Ian Thuillier, disc one “Ghost Blues” follows Rory’s life and [...]
The Beat Club Sessions CD
September 1st, 2010
Release: 13/09/2010 These previously unreleased live recordings by Rory Gallagher were made for the German TV series Beat Club. Recorded over three different appearances in the early seventies they capture Rory Gallagher in his e [...]
Part 1 of a Q&A with Donal and Daniel Gallagher
August 18th, 2010
1. Hi Donal & Daniel and welcome to the Forum,The first question that comes to my mind and i think will interest everybody onhere,when can we have the Taste Live at theIOW tapes on DVD? Everybody has been waiting for sooo long [...]
Rory Gallagher Tribute Festival in Japan 2010
August 18th, 2010
The first Rory Gallagher Japanese tribute! Date : September 19th, (Sun) 2010Place : SPACE WITH, Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japanour official tribute websiteEnglish : http://www.geocities.jp/rory_festival/e-index.htmlJapa [...]
Michael Crowley
August 6th, 2010
The sad news of Micheal Crowley's passing just reached me, a wonderful human being that I have had the pleasure to have known, since the time he provided Rory with his first small acoustic guitar, later of course Michael would mat [...]
Glasgow Tribute 2010 September 3rd & 4th
July 13th, 2010
Annual Rory Gallagher Glasgow Tribute to be held on 3rd & 4th of September. Jed Thomas Band / Dave McHugh Band Classic Grand Friday 3rd Sept Doors 6.30pm Show 7pm till 10.30pm Tickets £10.00 Defender / Again [...]
Ghost Blues Documentary
June 9th, 2010
To coincide with the 15th anniversary of Rory’s untimely passing RTE will be broadcasting an hour long edit of the documentary ‘Ghost Blues’, at 10.15pm on Thursday June 10th.* The documentary is a study [...]
Rory Statue Unveiled!
June 2nd, 2010
A fantastic early summer evening in Ballyshannon saw the beautiful Rory statue by David Annand unveiled to a fabulous gathering of Rory fans and the town people of Ballyshannon. Check the tribute gallery in the media section for m [...]
Rory Gallagher Statue Unveiling
May 28th, 2010
We cordially invite you to the unveiling of the Rory Gallagher Bronze Sculpture on Wednesday 2nd June 2010 at the Diamond, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal We would be pleased if you could attend this very special e [...]