REWRITING RORY

Shining a positive light on the later years (1985-1995) of Rory Gallagher’s career

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  • Book Announcement – Rory Gallagher: The Later Years

    Book Announcement – Rory Gallagher: The Later Years

    Rory Gallagher: The Later Years By Lauren Alex O’Hagan and Rayne Morales Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) was a trailblazing Irish blues-rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Over four decades, he pioneered his unique style of music across the globe, building his reputation through electrifying live performances. Known for his dedicated and hard-working attitude, Gallagher actively shunned the… Read more

  • Photographers #12: Odile Noël

    Photographers #12: Odile Noël

    Originally born in Paris, Odile Noël moved to Britain in 1969. According to her website, Odile got her first big break when she was taken on as a secretary by Larry Westland who was beginning to organise music events. In 1975, she obtained her first camera as a Christmas present and swiftly started to take photographs,… Read more

  • Rory at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, 20 March 1991

    Rory at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, 20 March 1991

    On this day in 1991, Rory gave a barnstorming performance at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. This was the 11th date on his US tour (the first since 1985) and part of a broader international tour that had taken in Japan and Australia previously. Despite Rory’s six-year break from touring the country, he was welcomed… Read more

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To mark National Crime Reading Month and the launch of the Open University's Crime Fiction season, Lauren will be giving a talk about Kickback City on 7 June. The video will be uploaded to the Rewriting Rory YouTube channel on the day for all those who might want to watch. More details on the crimereading.com website! We are delighted to finally announce the release of our book about Rory Gallagher. ‘Rory Gallagher: The Later Years’ will be published with WP Wymer on 4 October 2024 and is now available for preorder on their website (link in our bio!) ❤️ And the celebrations continue! On this day in 1982, the wonderful Jinx album was released. Today we celebrate the 34th anniversary of one of @rorygallagherofficial's greatest albums: Fresh Evidence. "I don't think Bela and Rory had met before that encounter. Bob Dylan was on the bill, and he had planned to cover a track Rory had done on Live In Europe [1972] called I Could've Had Religion, which was one of Dylan's favourites. He'd asked Rory to play it that night, Dylan had decided to open the show and then Rory was on later. It had been a possibility that Dylan would come on, so Rory sort of indicated to the side and actually it was Bela Fleck that walked on with a banjo! The intro of Amazing Grace is a bit like Duelling Banjos, it's like them finding their pitch, then it warms up and gets into Walkin' Blues. Then the confidence was there. I've never heard Rory do Blue Moon of Kentucky in my life, that night he just went into it, he was obviously loving it so much. That was absolutely impromptu, they'd never even tuned up together. Rory was doing Walkin' Blues since the early Taste days." On this day in 1986, Rory appeared on the Paul Jones Rhythm 'n Blues Show on BBC Radio 2. Here's a little audio clip of his fantastic live version of Off the Handle. Check out our latest interview with photographer Odile Noël who took some wonderful photos of @rorygallagher at the Nomis Studios in 1989. Link in bio. On this day in 1989, Rory kicked off Irish Rock Week at the Mean Fiddler in London - a whole seven nights in April featuring the “cream” of Ireland’s new talent. Lauren has just had her latest academic piece on @rorygallagherofficial published with Ethnomusicology Forum. If you'd like to have a read, then check out the link in our Story. It is about her 2022 'pilgrimage' to Cork and the various sites of memorialisation around the city, and is entitled 'Walkin’ Blues: Exploring the Semiotic Musicscape of Rory Gallagher’s Cork City'

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