Latest about Rory Gallagher
This week's essential guitar tracks: from Smashing Pumpkins' shredding metal turn to solos from the son of a session legend
All the guitar-driven songs you need to hear this week
Hear unreleased Rory Gallagher track Continental Op – a rampaging live performance from the Stratocaster great's previously undocumented period
A new Rory Gallagher live album, All Around Man – Live In London, is on the way and it features 23 unreleased recordings
Dom Martin: “You got beat up for playing guitar where I came from, so it was always very insular learning how to play”
Meet the Belfast-born heir to legendary Irish guitar hero Rory Gallagher
Learn Rory Gallagher’s soloing techniques
These two in-depth solos take a whistle-stop tour of the Irish guitar hero's signature style
Watch Johnny Marr play Rory Gallagher’s iconic 1961 Fender Stratocaster
Marr – who described Gallagher’s 1971 album Deuce as “a complete turning point” for him as a player – ran the instantly recognizable instrument through Rory’s Fender Bassman amp
Learn the blues-rock, acoustic fingerstyle and slide guitar approaches of the legendary Rory Gallagher
The following examples will take you deep into the classic blues and rock stylings of the Irish guitar legend, and show how he augmented blues with traditional Celtic influences
Rory Gallagher's legendary Deuce album set for 50th anniversary remaster, deluxe reissue
The box set edition of the hugely influential LP will feature more than two dozen previously unreleased alternate takes and recordings from multiple live radio sessions
Rory Gallagher bassist Gerry McAvoy remembers making the great bluesman's debut album
“Rory was experimenting with everything – he loved folk, he loved jazz, he loved blues... And pop elements would creep in there as well”
