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Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) was an Irish blues/rock guitarist whose career took off in the mid-sixties with the legendary Taste, featuring his guitar and vocals, the jazz-tinged drumming of John Wilson and intricate bass playing of Richard McCracken. The band made two studio albums, Taste and On the Boards, and two live recordings of the band at its incendiary best, Live at Montreux and Live at the Isle of Wight, the latter appearing a long time after the band broke up, famously, at that same Isle of Wight festival.He went solo (dropping the band's name and hiring another bassist, Gerry McAvoy, and various drummers, the most notable being Rod De'Ath) and produced more than a dozen albums (not including many compilations by various record labels) with titles such as Rory Gallagher and Deuce from 1971, Blueprint and Tattoo from 1973, Irish Tour from 1974, 1975's Against the Grain featuring his old worn out looking Fender Strat on the cover, and Calling Card in 1976.
The release of Photo-Finish in 1978 introduced an increase of volume and power on all tracks which continued on his later albums. With his rugged vocals, guitar, bass and drums, you could say that Gallagher had that permanent garage-band sound, which would be no insult with his broad range of playing styles (no stranger to the acoustic guitar on his early albums) and a sound that evolved over an almost thirty year career.
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