Rory Gallagher Tatoo'd Lady 74' Irish Tour

Rory Gallagher Tatoo'd Lady performing in Ireland 1974
Special thanks to chrisgoulis for the video

Tatoo'd Lady Lyrics:

Tattoo'd Lady,
Bearded baby,
They're my family.
When I was lonely,
Something told me, where,
I could always be.

Where I could,
Wish for pennies,
If we had any.
You'd meet me down,
At the shooting gallery.

Yes I'm a,
Fair ground baby.
Wonder what made me,
Fall for the pearly queen.

I spent my youth,
Under canvas roof,
As I roamed from town to town.

I'm not fooling,
When I say I got no schoolin',
Never like the class bell sound.

From the caravan,
I hear the fairground band,
Sounding good as they can be.

You know I can't be found,
But if you look around,
Tomorrow we'll be gone by dawn.
Alright...

Now hear it on the loud speaker say,
The fire eater is a real fine sight to see,
Yeah he's a death cheater,
Some kind of central heater,
Be sure to save a seat for me.

Let me tell you 'bout wicked Sadie,
She's no baby,
The law came,
And tried to close her sideshow down.
But soon she had the D.A. cheering,
The police chief wearing,
Her garter for a crown.

I spent my youth,
Under canvas roof,
As I roamed from town to town.

I'm not fooling,
When I say I got no schoolin',
Never like the school bell sound.

From the caravan,
I hear the fairground band,
Sounding good as they can be.

You know I can't be found,
But if you look around,
Tomorrow we'll be gone by dawn.
Yeahh...

Tattoo'd Lady,
Bearded baby,
They're my family.

When I was lonely,
Something told me, where,
I could always be.

Where I could,
Wish for pennies,
If we had any.
You'd meet me down,
At the shooting gallery.
Tattoo'd lady........



Rory's Stratocaster
Gallagher was always associated with his well-worn sunburst 1961 Stratocaster, which his brother Donal has officially retired. It was reputedly the first in Ireland, ordered by a showband member who changed his mind about the colour. Gallagher bought it for just shy of £100 at Crowley's Music Store on Cork's McCurtain Street. The guitar was extensively modified by Gallagher. The tuning pegs, for a start, are odd (5 Sperzels and one Gotoh) and all of these have been found to be replacements. Secondly, it is thought that the nut has been replaced and interchanged a number of times. Thirdly, the scratchplate was changed during Gallagher's time with Taste. Another change was the pickups of which none are original. The final modification was that of the wiring. Gallagher disconnected the bottom tone pot and rewired so he had just a master tone control along with the master volume control. He also installed a 5-way selector switch in place of the vintage 3-way one. The most notable effect that years of touring have had is the almost complete removal of the guitar's sunburst finish, partly through being left out in the rain in a ditch for days after being stolen. Other quirks include a 'hump' in the scratch plate which moves the neck pickup closer to the neck on the bass side and a replacement of all of the pickups, though this replacement was due to damage rather than a perception of a tonal inadequacy. Reproductions of the guitar have recently been sold by Fender, though with smaller frets and lower action than the original.

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[pallisandreas]

if god takes these guys like rory with him so early, then I don't need your god.

[gatorcarter]

Rolling Stone is a fag rag. Those wankers obviously never heard of Rory.

[rherbert57]

The man could play the fuck out of his guitar, and not a bad singer either. Tell your friends!

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

saw him live in New Zealand in 1980 in the Dunedin town hall in fact. Brilliant

[waterfoxj]

then and now who could compare

[guitarlvr88]

@MasterGodfather97 Wasn't any chromatic tuners back then....sure he could tune by ear, but what a pro......used his harp to be sure!

[MasterGodfather97]

love that he tunes with a harmonica.

[J2BXE1]

Rory, a gift from above

That last solo, from 8.16 to the end: speechless!!!

[abdounnour]

thanks to bring me back to my 14 years old!!!

[76skelton]

yeah i totally agree with mukoudakuniko,when translated the message says "thats the best 9 mins and 56 seconds ive ever had in my life"oooooshh

[v00d00spirit]

WTF 2 dislikes.???

TOSSERS

[BLUFISH61]

an amazing and priceless record of life from the past