Advantages: Great music, superb musicianship Disadvantages: Some editing and picture quality not five-star
...Ever since I saw Rory and an early Taste (with Norman Damery and Eric Kitteringham) at the Woburn Abbey Festival in 1968, when, in my opinion, he absolutely blew an off-form Jimi Hendrix off the stage, I followed his career avidly, as I did those of Eric Clapton, Peter Green, BB King, Otis Rush and many other great blues players. I saw him play nearly 40 times and while I do not claim to have known him well, he always remembered my name, shared many ... ...which starts the DVD has Rory showcasing several of his favourite numbers and giving Blind Boy Fuller and others a mention, a timely reminder of what a champion he was of the black musicians, especially the country blues players. Pistol Slapper Blues, played on his beloved National Steel (which Blind Boy Fuller himself used), is absolutely great, fast, accurate and funny, and as good as the version on the brilliant "Live in Europe" album. He used ...
TomThatch 20.08.2006
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broadcast the whole night on Germany's first programme channel, radio and at the same time via Eurovision to the whole of Europe. Rory Gallagher, ex Taste, came as...
Music / Performing Arts, Comedy - Director: Trevor Nunn, Geoffrey Posner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, Parental Guidance - Starring: Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, Jim Broadbent
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