Rory Gallagher - The Music Makers Documentary 1973
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Director Bill Keating built a programme around following Rory through a day of his short 1972 Irish tour. At the centre of the programme is a recording of the concert Rory played in the Savoy Cinema in Limerick on May 11th 1972.
![Rory Gallagher. Barry Richards Rock Show, [1973]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/HSh_GZLdguQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Who else is smiling with tears in eyes?
Yeah I feel ya my fretboard brother.
I always do when I see and/or hear this talented, beautiful ❤️ wonderful man who I love 💕 forevermore.. Angel 😇 Rory. XOXO 😘😘😘🎸🎧🎺🌟☘️💚☘️🌹🔵🎸🎼🎹💕
Me
Glad I discovered Rory at 16 . 41 years ago. Absolute legend ❤️❤️
@@rockr5663 My timeline is very similar; I'm 60 and still feel the same as when I was a teenager
I miss him! He was my Guitar Hero! Almost 30 years since we lost him at the young age of 47. Great player and the most humble Rock Star ever!!! RIP Rory. Till I see you again my Friend
I miss him too
Saw Rory 3 times, a force of nature. Not enough superlatives to describe how good this guy is, Magician, Genius, Maestro..that'll do for starters. Such a humble modest man, like most people who are so talented, they don't realise it.☘
sO....ARE U A FAN?
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I suspect he realized it but didn't have time for it. He LOVED what he did and some good wiskey after didn't hurt none either.
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A true gentleman, eloquent both verbally & musically; modest; man of the people; no "star" antics or pretensions. I saw him only once 1972 Xmas-New Year concert , Dublin National Stadium. A terrible, unnecessary loss to Ireland and far beyond. World's greatest guitarist , ever, with a true, rich singing voice. R.I.P. Rory.
We were there together, you and me and the faithful, I was 19...
I absolutely love this piece of film. William Rory Gallagher was humble, genuine and was there for the pure love of his music. Thank you for posting this❤️⭐️👍
This man was a primal force on guitar, even as a vocalist. Not to forget the respective band, here Gerry Mcavoy on bass and Rod de'Ath on drums. Your'e still truely missed Mr. Rory Gallagher. RIP, sir.
Too 👍
Awful singer I thought but unlike many virtuoso singers, he sang with wild abandon and passion. Can't fault that. And there's nothing more to be said about his guitar playing. Extraordinary.
@@johnconway4833 awful ? you need to get off the dope
@@johnconway4833love Rorys voice❤
@chrisnaples2838 First time on the Internet, is it? That's what's known as a "different opinion." They're perfectly legal and can be held without having to resort to drug taking or slinging petty comments just because your own beliefs are so weakly held you feel threatened by the words of a stranger.
HE WAS SINGULAR .... THEN AND NOW !!!!!! HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO BE A STAR .... HE JUST LOVE WHAT HE DID I saw him backintheday at Fort Worth Texas .... I bought ALL of his records and wore them out!!!!! I would wear out his tapes when I had to travel and the hours and 1000 miles just passed! LOTTSA GREAT stars back then but only a few were truly singular .... Irland has a better name thanks to his GREAT work!!!!! He went straight for the jugular. That streak of BLUES in the blood ... not every musician has it but he did .... I still do .... THANK YOU SIR for what you gave us.
Rory our national treasure 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪
I'm not from Ireland, but I just wanna say that Rory was a global treasure!
@@zohairsaeed9167 yes!!
Up IE. and God Bless Rory.
also international
Rory made us all Irish.
I saw him twice live. I cried when he died. Rory was a genius.
When He Played He was in flow
@@grandpahumeh7217 Drunk or tripping. (too much alcohol) (messing with the kid)
Just discovered this video today on what would have been Rory’s 74th birthday. What a talent!!! No musicians like this anymore.
not true - plenty of great musicians
As a Texan with a lot of Irish in him....this is too awesome to be legal. 🇮🇪🎸✌️
So, as a Texan with a lot of Irish in him, who does your heart beat for concerning guitar players ? Rory or Stevie ? 😉
Damn
As a Brit with an Irish grand father from Limerick I feel the same.
Unreal player
@@Tristan.Suba.44 ROY BURNED THE PATH .... STEVIE followed the burn marks and loved the blues much as he did. Not many names would I care to use in the same sentance but ............. BLUES is in the core .....
He once kicked my arse for 4 hours at the Irish Centre in Leeds. A force of nature.
The night I saw Rory live. Winterland S.F. Cal, January maybe February 1977. Rory opened for Blue Oyster Cult & Bob Seger. I was a newbie 15 year old guitar player who loved the blues so I was familiar with Rory and couldn't wait to see him live and man was I ever blown away. To this day I've never seen a video of his live shows that equal his performance that night. It was jaw dropping from the opening note until the end of his second encore. Second encore for a third bill opening act? Yep, he killed it that hard and it was like 'screw the other bands, this is what we came to see'! I seriously thought all those lighters were going to burn the joint down. It was like he was on a mission to put his imprint on everyone's brains forever, well mission accomplished, I can never forget that show even 40+ years later. Poor Bob Seger trying to follow Rory that night, actually felt kind of bad for him because he was quite good but the fans were drained and kind of gave him half-hearted applause. Same for Blue Oyster Cult, on any other night it would have been a mind blowing BOC show but Rory kind of put everyone in their proper place that night. The only other live performances that I've personally witnessed that equal that night were Clapton, Johnny Winter and SRV (who I each saw several times but only once played with that type of ferocity and energy). That's saying something folks.
Exactly 25 years I've lived in Cork. One of my first duties when I got here was to accompany my girlfriend at Rory's funeral. Took her for a coffee in Ballincollig afterwards. R.I.P. Rory. I still play music with the tech who fixed his amps.
How did your girlfriend know Rory? Awesome story.
I swear i saw Ozzy when i was in cork.. He was waiting outside a pub.. I think rory frequented.🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🌹🌹🌹🌹🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 i think they were best mates..
Great story but you left us handing, what about the girlfriend, come on tell us, please
saw Rory with this band in 1973 opening up for Deep Purple who were peaking at that time.
Rory and band blew the roof off the place driving the crowd into a frenzy chanting his name after doing 2 encores and making it difficult for DP that night.
before the show i didn't know who he was, the next day i bought everything he made and was a fan for life.
That was freakin awesome. Nobody can touch Rory Gallagher, guitar God. RIP Brother. Taken way too soon.
God Bless You Rory Gallagher!!.....I wish you were still around to show these youngsters what a good guitar tone sounds like!..Loved and Sorely missed!....God Bless You!
Irish Musician, American Instrument, British Amp. Done right.
I cry when it sinks in that he had to go so soon.
Both the drummer and bass player are awesome!
There will be a time in history that Rory will be acknowledged as one of the top ten blues rock guitarists of all time. This will be at a time when the past commercial critics will no longer be relevant and the body of work that Rory put out there will have stood the test of time.
What makes him SINGULAR is hard to define except the BLUES part of his identity, but he HARDCORE LOVED WHAT HE DID AND HE ESSENTIALLY GAVE IT AWAY WITH LOVE IN HIS HEART!!!!!!
Thank God for Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore & Phil Lynott
Totally agree. This trio was in a class of their own.
there is no god.
His hands could be as gentle as doves one moment and as powerful as lions the next moment. Killer!!!
The things we notice about Rory's talent.
Indeed!
I saw Rory Gallagher in concert in Adelaide in 1975. I had never heard of him until that day. The very next day I went out and bought the live double album Irish Tour 74'. Best concert I've ever been to. So much energy, talent, and great music wrapped up in one band, led by Rory ! Fantastic performer whom I'll never forget. RIP Rory.
Yeah, I saw him in Cork City Hall c. 1974 and , what a master, who's 4 fingers played a constantly evolving 'string quartet ' that came to him from The Divine ! Mozart apparently heard his works as complete and finished pieces but Rory was attuned to the same source and gave substance to the Divine ! I love to think that at least a few of the tracks on Irish Tour 74 were recorded in Cork and guess who was there ? Yeah, me me ME !
My favorite album " 74 Irish tour "
I drove all the way from Rolla Missouri on Route 66 to Lil Rock to buy my beloved high quality vinyl copies. My favorite live LP next to Live at Leeds by the Who at their zeneth with Keith Moon on drums and Enwistle giving world class lessons on playing a bass live in action and Get Yer Ya Yas Out by the Stones
Incredible footage. What a nice down-to-earth guy he was. His legacy lives on. Thanks for posting this.
Agree totally, and his legacy does indeed live on 🤘🏻
I'm in awe of this talent and the man himself , so down to warth no ego pure humble.
His Cork is coming out in this interview ... The word legend is bandied about an awful lot ... but this man .. he was truly a legend. God rest you boy.
I love it when it subtley slips into his singing - far from lowly - he's "like an Irish King..." God bless & keep Rory Gallagher always 🌿🎸🌹
This is wonderful! What on earth is wrong with the currently 17 people who downvoted this? What in the world is there to dislike about live footage and a glimpse into the life of one of the greatest rockers of all time? 🤦🏻♂️
Yes it’s great that this doco is up for all to see. However as good as some of the footage is, it’s annoying that many of the visual clips don’t match the audio, particularly during guitar solos. I get it: it’s rare footage and it’s better to have something rather than nothing, but it’s disconcerting to hear one part of a song and see Rory’s fingers playing a different part of the song. It’s not all the time in this footage, but enough to cheapen the overall product.
@@MisterWade74the audio probably was awful in the original video so they dubbed it over. Unless things are mic'd up, you couldn't really get a decent sound especially back then
@@michelebella677nah, the audio sounds fine and the AV synching is good for the vocal bits. They just seem to have taken random visual clips of guitar solos and put that to the actual audio of the solos. You see it a lot in music videos.
I was fortunate enough to see "Rory" three times in concert in Glasgow, even named my dog after him, what a legend he was, R.I.P. dear man
A rock and roll artist who gave so much to his audience and drew from such a deep place within his soul is a very hard thing to find. Humans will be listening to Rory Gallagher hundreds of years from now, just as they will listen to Bach, Mozart and John Lee Hooker.
So I woke up this morning and got ready for work. A bit nippy out here in San Diego so I threw on my old flannel shirt. Sat down for a cup of morning wake up juice and pulled up UA-cam to kill a few moments and BAM! This video popped up. Miss you RORY!
Interesting for this former teen (Northern California) to see all these Irish kindred cohort teenagers enjoying this show. We also really appreciated Rory playing for us in San Francisco in the 70s.
Robin MacDonald ... Ya. Cow Palace. Really great set
10 posto tog talenta da mi je
No other guitar player can give me shivers up my spine ,tears in my eyes start my feet tapping like the start of a guitar solo or phrasing in his songs than Rory G.
As he's been described by Brian May, Johnny Marr etc. A Magician.
When I’m feeling low down and dirty rotten bad, I turn on a Rory Gallagher tune or two...or three. Leads to a feeling of euphoria and a strong desire for a nip of Irish whiskey.
Rory was so intense! I always get inspired watching him.
I never will forget his concert in Cologne in October 1979. I was 16 years old, "Top Priority" was the new Album, and Rory Gallagher was so great!
God bless you, thank you Rory Gallagher and may you rest in peace
I still treasure my picture with him in Derry in about 1969, Embassy Ballroom.
should post it
His bassist once said that playing with Rory was." a nightmare " because one couldn't ever know or even guess where he " was going next". . , I'm convinced Rory didn't know either because he was actually channeling a Divine Mind in which there were zero rules other than Commandment 1. No rules, just follow your gut, your fingers will figure out what they do, all by themselves , just trust and love and go with whatever, wherever your fingers decide to go ! Mr Gallagher isn't merely a hero, he IS a Heroic God ! I love you Rory, you left behind your genius on vinyl !
Divinely inspired...and I don't do religion. Go figure.
Once, somewhere in London, a then young girl I knew had gone to London ( as a lot of Irish students such as myself did ) with a bunch of her fellow students to earn a few quid for her next year at College . They used to go out for a beer and fun every weekend and one week one of them saw an ad for a music venue and the act on this particular night was someone with an Irish name and this girl had heard of this guy, he was supposed to be famous as a guitarist so she suggested to her pals that they go and see this Rory Gallagher ! The venue was only 2 bus rides away from where they lived so they shrugged their shoulders and agreed they " might as well " go if only to see what all the fuss about this guy was about ! Ireland was a deeply conservative Catholic country where priests were at least as powerful as politicians and the regular music on radio was mostly the mind-poison fondly called " country and Irish", I kid you not !
Marie told me about the gig and her terrifying experience as she watched this apparently famous rock guitarist ::
When we got there the noise was blistering even from outside ! At the door were a few guys in the queue and we paid our 10 pounds entrance fee and went in despite the noise. Yer man was on stage playing his 'heavy metal and in the audience the guys were jumping on the tables and dancing to the tuneless noise. We were kinda pushed forward towards the obvious maniac who was torturing his guitar on the wee stage but I turned to see my pals but I I couldn't bcos the crowd was all moving towards the stage and though nobody was pushing me from behind we were all moving towards the stage as though we were trying to hear better though at times it sounded like this so-called famous Irish guitarist was playing a few hundred jet engines ! I kept moving forward with the crowd even though I didn't want to and, nearly deaf, I could feel the edge of the stage pressing against my chest but the pressure from behind was still growing though nobody seemed to be pressing behind me and then it was getting really hard to breathe and, Leonard, I started to panic when I couldn't breathe at all and I was crying and I dirtied myself because I I couldn't shout for help and I managed to look up at the noise guitarist and he was about 3 yards from me and then hre looked at me and I thought he was in love with me and I was crying because he loved me and I can't breathe and Im going to die .. .. .. "
R.G. is centre stage when he sees someone with blond hair and a very red face just beside the stage and he knows this person is in trouble and crying for his help but his fingers won't stop and he walks the short distance over to her, still playing, and kneels down in front of her and screams as loudly as he can " Grab my fuckin jacket !" She reaches up with both her hands and grabs my jacket and hangs on as I pull her up on to the stage and she's able to walk with me to the side of the stage and then I go back to work ".
Rory kept playing and shit-scaring the bassist during the entire stretch of about 10 minutes of his saving a stranger's life and all I can write now, right now, is God Bless you, Rory and Marie.
I know no more than this about this drama but I will happily give my phone number to anyone who loves Rory as much as I do !
Leonard McCormack
That is an odd a description of a Rory show I have ever come across. But that ending said it all. The true measure of the man's character. Glad it all worked out in the end! 🎸🇨🇮☮️
I refuse to disagree with you
Yeah I read the bassist’s autobiography and it was a good read. As for him saying, “…one couldn’t ever know or even guess where he was going next…”, well - not to be cynical - but I’d suggest that after chord I would be chord IV, then I, then IV, then I, then V, IV, I, turnaround on V then start again. That’d be a good guess.
I saw him in St Louis in 1979, what a show!
St Louis show in 1979 was at The Kiel Opera House on Dec. 7. I saw him 4 days later in Minneapolis suburbs at a small club.
@@markstang4593 we saw him open for Fleetwood Mac and Deep Purple, May 5 1973, Wichita KS. I was a kid and didn't know who he was and told my friends I thought he was a solo acoustic guy..... WRONG! He blew up the place! They played maybe six songs. I remembered "Laundromat" and saw it on his first LP and grabbed it in Colorado. It was one of my fondest stoned out rock and roll memories. They played the entire DSOTM over the PA as well and it had been out two months.
Legends never die
I got to see him in San Diego in 73. I loved him and his music is still the best! What a showman!Too young to leave us
LOVE this man!!! R.I.P. :'(
What an absolute treat of a video. Watching Rory put every ounce of his energy into every note he plays is just wonderful. Thank you sincerely for the up-load.
Big Deal, Heard much Better Guitarists Playing.
Was bright flash at the time. Alot of unrelatable guitars out there now.
@@mattwhite9823 You don't know Rory very well then.
...,just the Man walking out onto the stage..just his walking out onto the stage!!....was enough to END other lesser acts...and I should properly say ACTS..because compared to RORY..they were just faking anyways!
@@mattwhite9823 Maybe you have a tin ear.
He's the best EVER.
How talented he was🎸🎼🎼❤
Rory King of the White mans Blues we love and miss him so bad!! so real so kind and so full of soul beyond belief !!!
Rory babe. Forever young. 🥰 Rod was amazing doing this the first time with Rory and Gerry on stage!
Yeh I rate Rod as one of his best drummers, unique technique, another great musician who met with a sad end RIP
An irreplaceable guitar great, one of the best of all time.
Fifty years since I first saw you at Mothers in B’ham ... once seen never forgotten ... thanks man
Mothers 😊
This man was a great person and one of the best guitar players there lived. He made such awesome music, R.I.P. Rory Gallagher.
I'm so glad, that I was in one of His awesome concerts in my hometown in the 70s . One of the best live Guitarists i've ever Seen ********
God rest the soul of Rod de'Ath, Rory's drummer 18 June 1950 - 01 August 2014. What a jam is goin' on up yonder!!!
His tone and vibrato is just incredible
concerts in the 70,s were a great head banging night,great times.15 and touring with a show band.can you imagine that today.modern times suck
In the early 70's it was for me Rory Gallagher and and Alvin Lee!
Humble, great personality and a genius guitar player.
You were the best Rory.
Saw him in Sydney Australia, what a showman and entertainer, guitarman. loveed him. Go Rory.
Caught him in Chicago a few years after this. He inspired many. He checked out too early. I caught his band last year with Davy Knowles standing in for Rory.
Moved to the Netherlands in the mid seventies and was fortunate to see one of his last concerts in Rotterdam in the mid 90’s. Sadly he passed away shortly afterwards !
Eargasm at 5 minutes 44 seconds, one of Rory's greatest solo's ever! I listen to his music every day and I'm still heartbroken that he was taken from us so young. Rory's music lives forever! 💚🎸☘🎸💚
What a loss, what a talent. Dam shame .We are all robbed of an amazing talent.
Been a huge FAN since I heard SOUPED UP FORD in 1974, R.I.P. RORY and GARY, GOD BLESS
The genius in his lumberjack shirt - grounded - so down to earth with the most heavenly sound. Glad I found this, reckon this goes back to 'Taste' of which I have the LP. Lucky ain't I!
So glad I got to see him twice in the early 70s
Wooo,! a force of nature
love all the smoking in the audience ! different times.
fuck that....glad times have changed for the better
To short! This Concert! And his live! Rip Rory!
Just had the 25th anniversary of Rory’s passing, June 14, 2020 and I still remember where I was when I heard the news. Been a fan for over 45 years and saw The Master a couple of times in my youth. Sadly missed by the Blues genre and I’m sure many a blues player have used some of Rory’s techniques in some way. R.I.P.
Rory passed away on June 14th, 1995.. Not June 5th.. I just thought you'd want to know the correct date. I love Rory forevermore.. the superb, wonderful, amazingly talented Liam Rory Gallagher.. Angel Rory.
A true guitar legend. Walking down Patricks Hill to hit Crowley's Music for another Fender!
As a teenager growing up in the 60s/70s listening and dancing to the best bands breaking through was absolutely fantastic. Rory had a big
"underground following ' back then until he launched Taste on us.
He became the musicians' musician. A guitar god. We miss you Rory. Thank you.
This is such a beautiful documentary. Truly captures Rory's Irish spirit and pride in his country. So grateful for all the surviving Rory footage that we have. His legacy lives on xxx
Man and guitar become one!!!
Rock In Peace Rory!!!!!!
Natural talent..so gifted LOVE RORY..
He seemed such a nice guy R.I.P rory.
Check out what Brain May thinks of Rory Gallagher.
He only had another 22 years after this was shot. Dear Rory, I wish you were still with us. I feel blessed to have seen him 3 times at the height of his powers in the early/mid 70s and to have met him once. A very very humble and nice fella who is sorely missed.
Great video. Good raw talent. The only problem with this, and the video of Taste that followed it for me, is that it hardly ever occurred to the camera man to focus on Rory's hands. Great to hear him talk, though. One of life's unassuming gentlemen. For Rory it was all about the music.
It’s possibly because some of the visuals didn’t match the audio, particularly during solos. They’ve used “creative editing” in several places in this doco.
One from the best ever and Thank you very much to sending this Gread Video i am Fan since Beginning from this Gread Band ever Gread Band ever.
incroyable guitariste... un des plus grands... qui nous a offert un rock eternel... on ne toubliera jamais rory
You don't need no pill, you don't need no doctor...the only thing you really need is Rory Gallagher and his band! ❤
We got ourselves a mention in local paper for going mental at a Rory gig , demontfort hall Leicester, what a gig , will love him forever
Brill. His band mates were pretty awesome too 😊 love Gerry McEvoy's bass playing and the way he bopped his head up and down.
That solo by De'Ath as well - electric! Pretty next- level stuff in general actually considering it was his first time joining the side.
It brings back memories from when I first saw him in Newcastle in 1973.
A great man, influenced great players, I was lucky to see him many times , Rory's music is there forever
Wish he was still around love ya Rory
Fond memories of him playing in the city hall in Cork.
It continues to amaze me that when the names of the 'great and the good' are bandied about in guitar circles, very little mention is made of Rory Gallagher yet he is incontrovertibly part of that discussion that includes Hendrix, Beck, Page, Clapton, Gilmour, Blackmore et al. Probably the finest blues guitarist most of you have never heard.
What an amazing, stormin' version of the Freddy King song 'Tore Down', absolutely brilliant. Have heard this by Freddy, Clapton and a few other bands but this is very different and IMHO vastly superior.
Rare to see this line up. Rod De'Ath did join Rory's band shortly after this gig and just after the group was expanded to a four piece, with the addition of keyboard player Lou Martin. They both joined from the British band Killing Floor.
Rory's 25th anniversary is on Sunday 14th June 2020. I miss his gigs so much.
So glad that this was recorded...
Lovely to see this again. Fantastic Rory and his band.
Play more From Rory i love that guy so much he was Unique RORY!!!
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Amazing musician. Had the great good fortune of hearing him at the 1970 Isle of wight festival.
I was just in cork. And my family are from Cork also, It was a special moment for me to be there. I could feel Rory´s presence somehow in those streets of Cork. I went to his grave also
A legend amongst legends. I saw him surrounded by Kasmirian smoke at the Capitol Theatre in 1977. Five-star Celtic virtuoso.
Einer der besten. RIP
Chicago loves Rory!!
So honored to share a birthday with this incredible man
I saw him at the old Colonial Tavern on Yonge St in Toronto (I believe it was the Colonial it was kind of a blur 😉) early '70s and it has stuck with me I was so in awe! Thanks for the upload nice to see this again..
Alannah Ryane
So agreed🎸🎸☘☘☘
Allanah Ryane, you were so fortunate. Apparently he played a week @the Colonial, also El Mocambo and Exhibition Stadium. I only learned of him recently. I live in Toronto and went to the Colonial a lot.
@@MoroccanMelody Thanks for the confirmation! Always nice to share memories! Was the colonial the one with the revolving stage? That's what I remember sitting close up front transfixed! I was at the Place Pigalle a lot,Heaven disco, Yorkville coffee houses, Bluenote etc
@@AlannahRyane Hi The revolving stage was the Forum at Ontario Place. The Colonial in its day was a great spot for jazz and blues artists. Sadly now there are so few venues to play in Toronto. I worked as a lounge/cover band singer in those days and used to go to Le Coq d'Or on a Saturday for the jams. Nice to hear your memories of Rory. All the best. 🥰
@@MoroccanMelody LOL I thought wait I wasn't that out of it? I looked it up, it was the floor that revolved around the stage! I remembered something was spinning. I also remember BB king my memories are coming back now thanks Loved the d'or!
I miss listening to Rory. It has been many years. What a pleasure hearing him again. A real treat to see the old videos as well.
I saw Rory at UofM in Miami fl in 72, great show , the man was magical… listen to his music all the time, every chance I get I forward is legacy!
Saw Taste twice Rory Gallagher trio twice and once in New Zealand. Loved every minute. Really Great Bands
As Teenagers we use to play the Air Guitar to Rory's Playing. It felt good but didn't do Him justice