Me and Rory Gallagher
If I’m honest, he was a big guitar hero of mine, way back in the day. I was an introverted, plaid shirt-wearing blues-rock fan in my early teens, and Rory was raw and exciting! ‘Irish Tour (fill in the year)’ - I had them on vinyl, played them loads.
That was until Punk/New Wave happened.
1976 was year zero in London, and a breathtaking blast of Punk energy swept in, and swept me away with it.
Course, I was still desperately shy, but by 1983 I was working as a tape-op in a big recording studio in London. We did a steady stream of James Bond film soundtracks, some big bands, but also plenty of library music, and ads - jingles.
I was booked to do another jingle, plugging in mics, ‘scratching round’ (checking they worked), and making sure the session ran smoothly - in my fairly unskilled way. It was a five-piece band, musicians booked separately by an agent.
As the start time approached, I noticed a Fender Stratocaster lying on a chair in the guitar booth, and this strat had been through a rough time! Beaten to hell, hardly any paint on it…
As I went out to the control room, into the live room came Rory Gallagher.
He looked at me as we passed in the doorway. I think it’s fair to say he didn’t look well, in some ways similar to his guitar. He was quite overweight too, and from what I’ve heard since, was going through a rough time of his own.
But I recognised him.
He could probably have used a couple of minutes of gushing hero-worship, but that would’ve involved me speaking to another human being, so I said nothing.
He was a star guitar player, incredibly talented, very hard-working, and doing whatever was needed to pay the bills.
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