A Million Miles Away - Rory Gallagher

Live at the Interceltic Festival Lorient, October 20th 1994.

This is perhaps one of Rory's last ever performances of this song, he died 8 just months later. His sound is much heavier/dirtier in this period than previously. Personally I rather less distortion.

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Music

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• rock
• blues
• Rory
• Gallagher
• Million
• Miles
• Away
• Lorient

[Guevaristas]

saw him in 1980.

These last performances are really depressing. It's like all the energy is gone. Where is all the brilliant lead heard on Irish Tour 74? He looks ill, terrible, he was on meds at this stage.

Even living with all this he still played live, a true musician. He lived for the music right to the end.

LEGEND!

[padraig314]

Yeah, the last few concerts are heartbreaking alright

[hgustar]

This has to be my favorite Rory song as well. However the early version is the one I studied and although it's very polished, I think this one is much more soulful.

Now he has lived a life and has experienced the ups and downs. He seems a million miles away in this version. The blues are really ringing through.

Thank you for the posting. I've been looking for a later version for a long time now.

Heather.

[padraig314]

Thanks for the comment Heather, while he always gave it everything i agree that this version is a bit more heart-felt maybe, i don't like how heavy his sound became though, this is probably one of the last live performances of it

[triviumcunt]

man, he sure has changed over the years, so has the song.

[padraig314]

Yeah his sound got far heavier alright as he went on, i don't like it as much as the original but it is always good to see a musician constantly work his own material, even twenty years later.

[exquimer]

Gracias

[begijnenstraat]

Rory will never die !

Greetings from Antwerp

[dictator54]

if yu have had any freinds pass away from the liver it's truly amazin he's up there performing for it's a awful way to go he sure didn't deserve to leave that way he's truly a inspiration

[slutband2002]

sorry not to pull out any kind of a trump card on you chumps but the man, his guitar and his music works! He sails past any of you on this song and his music lives- I saw him several times live and built my guitar work on his as best I could - Rory is beyond your lame comments here - chumps

[jipeheu]

Jimi,Rory,Gary .....Putain ça doit être le pied la-haut !!!!!

[Youreabellsniff]

I love rory. But at 1.27 he definitely said "Vaginas Jumping"

[djconFFS]

@flairnatureboywoo Neil Young :o)

[fondofrory]

Even at the end of his life , rory stayed the BEST !

[rorygallagherchannel]

I can't bored Rory..I have watched a lot of different versions of his songs...

[natacroft1]

I agree, this one is much more soulful!

I need to listen to Rory, it is like getting fresh air when there is so much crap around