"He was so raw and free and wild in the way he played, and that spirit was never tamed....
He remained true to himself. He was an example to us all"
(Gary Moore, Irish blues/rock guitarist)

Rory playing his battered but still beautiful 1961 Fender Stratocaster.
Look closely and you'll see the one remaining piece of lacquer on the top "horn".
The rest of the body was down to the bare wood.

Playing his heart out, as he always did.
"The Kid" on stage at Horten, Norway, in 1978.

Dragging every sweet note and harmonic from his trusty "Strat".

Somebody once asked Jimi Hendrix, back in the '60s: "What does it feel like to be the greatest guitarist in the world?".
Jimi replied: "Ask Rory Gallagher, man..."

Rory in his younger days, with that winning smile that says everything
about the personality of a gentle man and a truly gifted musician.

Playing at a venue far from here now, but the memories
of a true genius and his music will always be with us...

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