Rory Gallagher's Brother Donal talks about him.

Donal Gallagher talks about Rory, the song Philby and circumstances leeding to his illness and death.

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Music

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• Rory
• Gallagher
• Donal
• Taste

[nickkalisz]

what's the song that plays at 3:20

[Laffeylad]

"Follow Me" One of Rory's harder rock songs, enjoy his music!!

[indiebaby08]

heard rorys music for the first time last year im now 16 and have taken up guitar since hes a true inspiration i dont think he is mentioned enough in guitar magazines or count downs of the greatest guitar players and so on on music channels,im a cork girl myself and if I ask my friends some of whom play guitar if they know who rory gallagher is they look at me stupid its a shame his amazing talent should be well known of amoung all ages especially in his home town,his music has truly inspired me

[masonking12000]

I knew him for many years! There will never be another musician like Rory. He was very humble!

[BillMinworth]

@indiebaby08 I hope he inspires you as much as He inspires me and i'm 49! I shook his hand once outside the Birmingham odeon in 1991 on the Jinx tour. Johnny Marr of the Smiths is also a big fan but you wouldn't of guess now would you!, I guess we miss him so very much, I loved Him like a brother, one day I'll get to Cork and pay My respects.

andrewpurcellmusic

[RickManchester]

@niallf331 Rory was a quiet and humble man off stage. Although adored by women he was not a 'ladies man' by any stretch of the imagination. He didnt like, want or need flashy promotion or staging. All his posed photographs are simple band shots, a embarassed smile can be seen on his face when asked to do silly shots. There is no way Rory would have chosen to do a Shoot with women, I can only assume he did it out of politeness.

[niallf331]

@RickManchester why wouldnt he be?

[RickManchester]

Never seen the photo of the band draped in women!! Rory can't have been comfortable with this?

[missatomickitten]

Ar dheis de go raibh a anam

[VallandinghamMichael]

@indiebaby08 I saw him in 1976. He was great. Check out Peter Green as well. Another phenomenal blues guitarist.

[Guevaristas]

@AceHermes yes, it was 1980 when Rory played in new zealand. I even had the tour poster "Top Priority". He also appeared on TV for an interview.

Remember, this was at the hight of the post-punk disco era (or error). The interviewer asked Rory what his plans were if he were to retire, he stated that he would peobably be a session musician. I remember that question!

[AceHermes]

@Guevaristas I did too but I can't remember what year it was, do you recall?

[AceHermes]

Is it just me, but it sounds like Donal is basically saying he was killed by prescription drugs???? Or at least his liver died because of it.....but if that's true why didn't Donal sue the doctors??

[phil862007]

Rory is eternal we'll always have his music.RIP Brother