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  • dont get me wrong i think joe bonamassa but i cant watch anyone else play a rory gallager song on it if it was a replica i wouldnt mind as much but knowing its the actually one hmmm!

  • Guys Joe knows what he sounds like, in nearly every interview he can't stress enough that the sound comes from the person, this is a tribute so take it for what it is and please stop complaining.

  • At least that guitar is out there doing what it does best instead of rotting away at some museum or in a vault.

  • banamassa a closet strat lover

  • great musician, but it hurts. Rory is with difficult to cover.

  • Joe Banamassa does not need to do tributes or any other kinda shit like that. He is a great talent so was Rory and Gary Moore, just get your act together Joe and be your own man and stop using other people's equipment

  • Joe is blues light. Vegas Blues. Sorry. He's got chops...but...not for me.

  • Should have put it in Jeff Beck's hands, he would have known what to do with it.

  • @6965UltraAire  Moron!!

  • I wish I was Joe!

  • @badmuts72 saddo

  • Felt a little sad and also a little wierd not seeing Rory behind his guitar-like a leg transplant or something? I think Joe is a dedicated and very hard working player and because of this and his positive attitude i hope he will be as influential as Rory to a new generation.Love,Rich.

  • Next time he shoulkd use an old Fender amp too...

  • Joe I love you man but that guitar just doesn't sound right played by anyone other than Rory!

  • Interesting to hear Rory's strat in other hands. Clearly the guitar had something of its own that comes alive in a good pair of hands. It sounds like Rory's strat. It sure doesn't sound like Rory though. Mr. Bonamassa is a fine player, but I don't see me running out to get his records. For me Rory is like food, sleep, drink, women, and music - an absolute necessity. There was the time before I was aware of Rory Gallagher and the time after. The time after is much better. Few do that for me.

  • anyone who can tab the bit at 3:18 would be a legend... B-D

  • Shame he's just not got the tone, it's damn close, I'll give him that, but he's just not got the same attitude Rory had..

  • Good to see Rory's gear going to a deserving player! RIP Rory!!!!

  • had the honor of seeing Mr Gallagher in '76

    remember it as if were yesterday...

  • i read that once the guitar fell out of an airplane and then the plane ran over it

    see fender custom shop version

    holy grail for sure

    stood right in front of him 3 nights in a row at the whisky in hollywood...'74 or so

  • thanks great memories, saw rory play that guitar on the defender tour in Bristol, great stuff!

  • Nice of Joe to play tribute to Rory by playing that guitar. Especially when he has so many signature guitars himself.  he is hellish good!

  • It was great to hear the Great Mans strat sing again. Joe knows what it means to hold it and it was played well.

  • First seen this Strat in 1976 when i was 15 at the Hammersmith Odeon....

    Only Joe is worthy of playing it again and i am sure Rory would be as

    honoured as i am sure Joe was...

  • All these Rory Gallagher and Rory guitar videos I've been watching lately make me want to trade in one of my Gibsons for Strat! Joe has an awesome sound here, not quite as wildly unchained as in some of the live performances of Rory's but great none the less. I'm sad and embarrassed to say that I have only recently discovered Rory's music but you know what? I haven't been able to put my guitar down since... Finally I am truly inspired again. Talk about the gold at the end of the rainbow man!

  • Its ok for him to play it. If Joe wasn't worthy it would have killed him instantly.

  • Rory´s Strat !!! Jesus .....

  • @MrAlex0262 It could have been Hendrix's Strat, Franks son has one of them he put back together.

  • first time I heard joe, sounds quite abit like Stevie ray Vaughn singing

  • You have no right to play that guitar

  • @messermithz Disagree dude, Joe's totally respectful of the guitar and its history. Besides the guitar should be played, not kept as a relic museum piece or sold to some collector. It wants to be played.

  • Where does it end? I don't know what else to say. I mean playing Albert Hall, Playing Rory's very own strat... Wow. Impact!

    As a huge admirer of Rory's music I had to see it to believe it and honestly I still don't. Rory's strat makes Fort Knox with all it's gold look like Disney Land! That's for sure. Lucky Joe B. no that just doesn't says it all. Extremely brilliantly lucky Joe B.

  • There is only one person in this generation of Guitarists that can pick up Rory's strat and do it true justice, and that person is Joe Bonamassa.

  • Personally i think Rory would be tickled. Go on Joe, play it like it's meant to be played,

  • Rory lives in Joe's hands ! THAT guitar to me, is worth more than a Stradivarius violin...Rory would like it, but probably not the suit or greased hair, not his style of dress...

  • great to see the great Rory Gallaghers old Strat back out on the boards and hard to think of a better player to have it in his hands than the incomparable Joe Bonamassa

  • It's like a sword. Some people would like to destroy it and bury it with the warrior, some will keep it in a museum and some will like to carry it an use it. I really enjoyed seeing it played by Joe B.

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  • Guitars are built and meant to be played.. I hope mine are still played when I'm gone. I think it shows tremendous respect to Gallagher!

  • Wow, I really didn't want to like this video - there's nobody that can fill Rory's flannel shirt, and a guy in a crisp white shirt and suit behind that strat just looks wrong - but he did Rory justice here...nice work!

  • I dunno seems kinda wrong anyone else playing Rory's strat after he's gone.

  • I swear, listening to this is ......like......you can feel Rory smiling.

  • W00000000H00000000OOOOOOoooooo­ooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

    

  • I don´t think it´s a bad thing. Joe is possibly one of the best alive players right now, and the fact that the best player of the world consider an honour use rory´s strat just talks u about the huge legacy and influence of rory

  • rory came in at 57 in rolling stone's top 100 guitarists.joe didn't make the list.eddie van bertinelli finished eighth.how fucked up is that?

  • Rory was definitely one of the greats and I am sure he is looking down and thinking....yeah rip it up Joe on my old Strat. JB was a big fan of Rory's playing. Sounds damn good & wish I was there!

  • Is that really Rory's strat?

  • @Testacabeza Yes, Rory´s brother gave it Joe Bonamassa for this gig.

  • @Testacabeza yes its his famous worn guitar.

  • incroyable!!!!! c'est fabuleux!!!! ce  super-hyper-mega -guitariste , Mr Bonamassa qui joue avec la strato de Rory, bravo, bravo, bravo, bravo et merci 1000 fois Joe!!

  • 100% respect to both artists but seeing Rorys Strat played by someone else makes me feel a bit empty. It should have Rorys Strings on it covered in his DNA. Its like someone coming out wearing one of his Check Shirts.

  • It's not a fake. I was there when Sandi received it from the Gallagher family at the Hammersmith. The family lent it because they knew Joe would treat it with the greatest respect. Joe was humble with it and played it with great reverence. Maybe those Thomas' out there could do the same...

  • Respectfully - I disaprove strongly to Rory's Strat being lent to anyone.

  • @themarkgamble Have to agree Mark. Also, as much as Joe Bonamassa is an excellent guitarist I think there are better people to have lent the guitar to. However thats just me and I definitely dont want to play down any exposure Rory is getting.

  • @themarkgamble especially to bonamassa! Rory was raw but bonamassa is very much more technical and sharp. both good, but too different.

  • looks like john mayer's black one strat

  • @OMERTA011 um... john mayers "black one" is fake... this guitar is real... i think you worded this wrong... Johns black one looks like rory's strat

  • @Bluestouse86 he did go for relic feel and look, but didnt copy no one.. I know its fake.. I just said that the two guitars look alike..

  • WHat song is it?

  • @ThePurplejaguar ...Cradle Rock and When The Fire Hits The Sea!

  • @omegalast800 I know WTFHTS, and I was there and it was aweosme! I was just a little unsure of Rory's song's name.

  • @ThePurplejaguar

    Cradle Rock! One of many great tunes written and performed by Rory Gallagher. Check him out, there are a ton of Rory videos on YouTube. Check out the Irish Tour '74 vids in particular...

  • @ThePurplejaguar yup Cradle Rock from Rory Gallagher's live album Irish Tour 74...one of the greatest live albums ever

  • My girlfreind goes , james whos Joe Bonmassa?

    "We are no longer together"

  • @SirMuddyPaws yes sir!!! ha ha ha love it brother!! theres just some things a women can not get away with....sometimes the misses tryes to change my live at the royal hall joe bonamassa dvd I play almost daily while cruising in the car via in car dvd player........and I just give her the kick-ya-to the curb eyebrow raise of shame. works every time

  • its bill bailey on drums

  • @NataForHope

    haha! n greg Wallace on bass!

  • What an honor it must have been to play on that Strat! Great work!

  • sorry but I can't stand seeing this guitar been played by him or any of other players. It makes me sad.

  • O l Lilka zmielka.....*-* fave....

  • Rory was a true great. For me, it was a complete privilege to see Rory's iconic '64351' in the hands of Joe, another great in the making.

  • Great to see Joe playing a strat again. Especially my favorite Strat.

  • great video again Pete, wish we could have been there with you guys. Last time I saw that guitar was I guess about 30 years ago in Guildford Civic hall!

  • It was a great gig, Joe played Rory's guitar beautifully... it was a privelage to be there and hear it.. Thanks Phil

  • That iconic Strat looks and sounds pretty good on Joe. I was at the Friday Apollo show and I had a permanent grin plastered across my face for the 2+ hours he was onstage. Without doubt the best gig I've seen since Lynyrd Skynyrd blew the Stones offstage at Knebworth in '76.

  • great performance by a great musician-i saw saturdays show and think Joe is just getting better and better; i saw Rory perform this song on a number of occasions and have no doubt whatsoever he would be delighted with Joe's performance and a great guitar like that should be played by a real great

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  • Great video once again Pete! There really is only one person in whose hands that instrument could sing its sweetest song, and that was Rory. But it is great to see it in action once again, and no one better than Joe to play it, since unfortunately it can't be Rory.

  • :) !!!!!!

  • Another excellent Omegalast800 video. I would have loved to see Rory G. Nice to see Joe B. getting his guitar to sing again. :)

  • I was very fortunate to see Rory live twice in the early '70s in a small club. There will never be another like him; someone that great and original is never repeated. I have seen Joe at least 15 times in both small clubs and at the Royal Albert Hall. There also will never be another like him; someone that great and original is never repeated. So lets just stand and applaud the great ones of the past and the present. Fabulous music and skill should always be appreciated.

  • Hard to imagine how touching this must be. And whatever guitar, they are ment to be played. thx for sharing this.

  • Brilliant to see this Guitar doing what it does best, Not behind Glass!

    And what a player as-well, Truly respectful!

  • A great tribute !!

  • Joe Bonamassa has not done maliciously, he wanted it out of honor to Rory Gallagher. I think the person who owns such a Rory Lady, it should play in his private area!

  • I find it sad that on Rory´s cost profit made. In fact taken the industry-maker to earn a fortune. Everyone wants the most orginal Rory Gallagher Stratocaster. Only Rory turns around in his grave, his Lady is locked in a glass box, staring at everyone. And then says that cold-hearted industry that we can make it even more and makes a copy. It would be as if the beloved partner of a doll is made so that may also have other that pleasure!

  • I'm pretty sure Rory would approve..guitars are meant to be played. Rory would not want to see his strat become a museum exhibit when it could still sing.

    Good job Joe....and the Beth Hart cd is blinding.. 4 days to record?? Took me that long to get the cellaphane off it !!

  • Rory is one of Joe's biggest heroes....playing Rory's strat was a huge honour for him. I was there.....it sounded awesome....thanks Pete for capturing it :))

  • great playing by Joe, and what a legend to honour Rory, he really does bring that sound back but with a Bonamassa twist!....do i detect the body of the guitar has been given a coat of cellulose to protect it?...looks shiny compared to the older videos of Rory playing?

  • "My Profile picture is of the true master of that guitar.. the last two night all I did was to try do that guitars legacy a small bit of justice.. Rory was one of the best of all time and the privilege of playing that guitar is truly a life changing experience .. Thank you Donal and Dan Gallagher.." Joe Bonamassa.

  • PLEASE! ...if you cant post a comment respectful to both Rory and Joe then don't bother! ...Thanks!

  • @omegalast800 I do agree completely, I heard Jeff Beck say in any interview that he copied everything he possibly could from Rory then I was able to borrow one of his albums. I had never heard such playing before with the exception of Hendrix, Rory was in a class by himself.

  • joe bonamassas voice getting better everytime

  • whaaaaaaaaaaaaat JB on a Strat YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!

  • man, i am glad they didnt give it to Jack White...

  • Oh no!!! My haert bleeds! 

  • It's very strange to see anybody else holding a Rory's guitar, maybe i'm wrong but I emotional. I like Joe music but Rory's guitar is too much for me to watch

  • @8897pk

    I'm feelin' ya bro..

  • Crap!

    

  • @shirtcreek .......Idiot.......back to your Moms basement for more turns at Donkey Kong....

  • @MrBlsplr51 What kind of a reply is that?...............obviously your a yank that know nothing of music or talent judging by the crock of sh1te you up-loaded (DSCN1934)....wtf is that all about?! NOT music, that's for sure lol

  • OH NO LO PUEDO CREER ES LA MISMISIMA GUITARRA DE RORY GALLAGHER (PRESTADA POR DONALD GALLAGHER) MIS OJOS LLORAN...!!!

  • Incredible! Even though Joe is playing it, it stills sounds like itself! Like when Rory had it! That Strat really has a sound of its own! :)

    I'm not a huge fan of Joe Bonamassa, but it's nice that one of the "new" guys are giving credit to Rory! By doing so he might be able to turn new people into Rory!

  • Don't go away without hearing the real McCoy. Never to be duplicated.

    /watch?v=dlLjKAUYrko

  • @spr30 You said a mouthful. Actually, I think the strat was fast asleep. The ONLY other guitarist who could have woken that srat up, would have been Peter Greene, circa 1968.

  • two of the greatest guitarist in my lifetime....

  • Joe would you marry me?

  • this is fantastic!

    my favorite guitarists!

  • Normally I'd have said "sacrilege"! But, Joe's such a great player and it's about time that old strat saw some action again. Rory would laugh at all this attention though! :)

  • @GuitarPlayerGeo So true! Joe deserves the honour, he's always given Rory the respect he's due and been very vocal about it

  • Can't believe it , it's so moving  !!! Mercie .

  • This is awesome absolutely awesome! It's great to see THAT guitar played again, it has such a sweet tone. And it begs the question?..........Why oh why did Joe give up on Stratocasters?

    Rory LEGEND!

  • Both of these guys have influenced how I look at playing the guitar. To see Joe wielding that strat and playing that song is bittersweet. Rory is still here, but I will never have the opportunity to see him play.

  • I agree with Bronzmusic

  • strat sounds unreal as it always did... i bet rory's proud its being used and adored and he is being adored aswell.

  • Oh my.that's Rory's Strato!!!no one can play like Rory!!! i miss him everyday!!

  • Oh Boy!! Rory would be delighted to see his faithful Strat being brought back to life, as I am sure Dónal is and I sincerely hope that Dónal was able to see the live performance - wonderful stuff :D

  • Brilliant work Pete, thanks so much!

  • This is a fantastic thing! It doesn't really sound like Rory, it sounds like Joe so lets not be silly. This strat screamed and sang in a certain way in the arms of its master and it has never sounded the same since he left it behind.

  • a fine job in his own right, but as good as Joe is, as well as how great it is to hear that one of a kind Strat again after so long, there will never be another Rory Gallagher. Rory's style can never be duplicated. not even close. great video none the less. obviously Joe was honored.

  • @92bluestrat ---I totally agree and could not have said it better!!!!

    Here's what Joe wrote on his Facebook after the show: "Thank you Donal and Dan for one of the greatest guitar experiences of my life." [Donal is Rory's brother and Daniel is Donal's son.]

  • That sound! It's the guitar! There's more "Rory" here than when Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Eric Johnson played Jimi's Woodstock Strat.

  • What's the second song he plays?

    Oh, and this is proof that Joe needs to get back onto a Strat!

  • @stefk123 It`s " When the fire hits the sea" from the album "Black Rock"

  • Awesome job Pete!! Wish I were there to share it with you all! Joe just keeps getting better! How is that possible? And Tal Bergman is my favorite drummer~~he just brings it every time~~gotta love him!

  • What a privilege for Joe Bonamassa, to think of the music that poured out of Rory's soul through that guitar, you can almost hear Rory coming out of it, his DNA is soaked in it, next thing to sacred, thanks to Rory's brothers Donal and I believe he said Dan for letting Joe play Rory's strat, quite a treat for any Rory fan and of Joe's.

  • @fv1967 ---Donal is Rory's brother and Dan is Donal's son.

  • @peachhead3 Thanks, I knew Donal is Rory's brother, wasn't sure who Daniel was at first but then realized he had a lot do with the recovery of Rory's unreleased album which recently was released as Notes From San Francisco, the second live disc I think is amazing.

  • Wowwwwwwwwwwwww.......nice to see and hear Rory's Strat again......bit different but who cares!! 

  • Two masterpieces are together!!! Thanx for posting this!

  • Did you get him playing the 3 Rory Gallagher Numbers?? - Post them please!!

  • The views are mounting up!!

  • When I saw this video's thumbnail I literally said to myself "No shit.....". Pardon the language, but this is amazing for several reasons. Its Rory's STRAT! and a rare glimpe to see Joe back on a strat is also fantastic.

  • Joe is only the second person to play this amazing guitar after Rory passed away, the first was Bernie Marsden :) Thank you for this - Amazing!

  • @RoryWeb2011 <3<3<3<3<3!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Amazing is right!!! Rory would be so proud!!

  • ...thanks for all kind comments...the pleasure is all mine...but its so nice to share! :)

  • @omegalast800

    haha didn't realise you were there last night! It was so good wasn't it:)

  • So awesome! Thank you!

  • Oh My,

    Thank You my Friend.

    Made my weekend.

    RockinRon

  • Epic! Thanks so much for capturing this unique performance. 

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