How did so many pedestrian guitar wankers (eg, Pat Travers, Frank Marino) catch on with the “cool” kids in my high school yet I never heard them talk about Rory Gallagher? I was only aware of him through occasional references in actually cool magazines, like Trouser Press, that only aspiring rock nerds like my teenage self ever read?
I don’t how much mileage I’d ever get simply listening to this guy, but any time I click on a video performance of him I’m rocking like Danny DeVito’s character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He’s more than a shin kicker, I tell you. Mach schau, Rory, mach schau!
And let us not forget to send Mad props to his bassist’s stance and so many other delights in this clip!
