Our brand new Facebook group page ;-)
TO YOUR ATTENTION DEAR VISITOR!
This web site was created on October 26th, 2024 by an old, faithful and diehard fan of Rory Gallagher. so it is the first ever French, bilingual English/French, web site a tribute dedicated to the too short life of our dear Rory.
THIS WEB SITE GOT (unfortunately) NO CONTACT WITH RORY GALLAGHER PRODUCTION
Thrusday 21st, August 2025 / jeudi 21 août 2025
Une sélection des plus belles photos de Rory trouvées sur Internet. Elles sont issues d'une stricte sélection ne conservant que celles comportant une bonne qualité et ne sont donc pas ma propriété et, si leurs auteurs se manifestent pour que je les retire, ce sera fait immédiatement !
These beautiful images from Rory were found in the "four corners" of the Internet. They are the result of a strict selection process, retaining only those with good quality and are therefore not my property. If their authors come forward to have them removed, it will be done immediately!
Vendredi 24 Octobre 2025 / Friday October 24th, 2025
Le talentueux Lawrence Jones nous propose une seconde reprise de Rory Gallagher : ''Follow Me'' (après l'excellente précédemment publiée le 19 septembre de cette même année: ''Bad Penny''). Cette fois, seul petit regret, nous n'entendons pas la voix de Rory dans un sorte de duo virtuel...
The talented Lawrence Jones offers us a second cover of Rory Gallagher: ''Follow Me'' (after the excellent previously released on September 19 of the same year: ''Bad Penny''). This time, the only small regret is that we don't hear Rory's voice in a sort of virtual duet...
Samedi 6 septembre 2025
Très mauvaise nouvelle : la page Facebook www.facebook.com/rorygallagher.fr a été suspendue le 6 septembre 2025... Au prétexte qu'elle constituait une ''usurpation d'identité'' ! Je pensais pourtant avoir rempli tous les critères pour qu'il n'y ai pas de confusion expliquant qu'elle n'était que celle d'un vieux fan... La gestion de nos actes par des robots ne fait que commencer. Des robots qui circulent sur les pages Facebook ont donc décidé arbitrairement de bloquer la page sans aucune intervention humaine, j'imagine, car il n'y avait pas la moindre confusion possible, ce site n'était qu'un hommage à Rory Gallagher... Sur aucun des posts publiés depuis près d'un an on peut me taxer de m'être substituer à l'artiste. Curieusement, cette ''page groupe'' ne subie pas (pour le moment ?) cette même censure inadmissible et injuste. Je vous invite donc amis visiteurs à consulter régulièrement mon site Internet sur lequel, heureusement, ce type de blocage ne peut intervenir.
Very bad news: the Facebook page www.facebook.com/rorygallagher.fr was suspended on September 6, 2025... On the grounds that it constituted "identity theft"! I thought I had met all the criteria to avoid confusion about it being just that of an old fan... Robots managing our actions is just beginning and gives a small glimpse of what the future will be like. Fortunately, the website www.RoryGallagher.fr CANNOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS CENSORSHIP, WHICH IS AS UNACCEPTABLE AS IT IS UNJUSTIFIED
So it seems that I no longer have control over my own FB page... ;-( https://www.facebook.com/rorygallagher.fr that was blocked on September 6th with the reason: ''identity theft''. Robots that circulate on Facebook pages therefore arbitrarily decided to block the page without any human intervention I imagine because there was not the slightest possible confusion, this site was only a tribute to Rory Gallagher... On none of the posts published for almost a year can I be accused of having substituted myself for the artist. Curiously, this ''group page'' is not subject (for the moment?) to this same unacceptable and unfair censorship. I therefore invite you, my friends visitors, to regularly consult my website on which, fortunately, this type of censorship cannot occur.
Alors, pour me consoler de cette triste situation, je suis allé voir les statistiques du site qui un an après sa création (à quelques jours près), approche des 2000 visiteurs différents ayant consultés les pages à près de 6000 reprises.
So, to console myself from this sad situation, I went to look at the site's statistics which, a year after its creation (give or take a few days), are approaching 2,000 different visitors having consulted the pages almost 6,000 times.
Photo by Julien Behal Photography
16 octobre 2025 - October 16, 2025
Ce fut un grand moment d'émotion lorsque Dónal Gallagher, le frère de Rory, prononça un petit discours devant cette Fender Stratocaster légendaire de 1961. Bien sûr, pour lui, c'était bien plus qu'une simple guitare, on le sentait dans sa voix pleine d'émotion.
Permettez-moi de vous exprimer, cher Dónal, au nom de tous les fans de Rory, à quel point il est émouvant pour nous de revoir cette guitare en Irlande, au Musée national d'Irlande de Dublin.
It was a very emotional moment when Rory's brother, Dónal Gallagher, gave a short speech in front of this historic 1961 Fender Stratocaster. Of course, for him, it was much more than just a guitar, you could feel it in his emotional voice.
Let me express to you, dear Dónal, on behalf of all Rory fans, how moving it is for us to see this guitar again in Ireland, at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.
A great virtual duo / un super duo virtuel
Le guitariste de Blues-Rock britannique Laurence Jones dévoile un nouveau single spécial, incluant un extrait de ''Bad Penny'' de Rory Gallagher. Ce morceau s'inspire directement de l'enregistrement studio original de Gallagher, permettant à l'une des voix les plus influentes du genre de résonner dans un contexte inédit. En tissant son propre talent artistique autour de la performance intemporelle de Gallagher, Jones crée un pont entre passé et présent, rappelant aux auditeurs l'éternité de la musique de Gallagher. version audio
UK based blues rock guitarist Laurence Jones has unveiled a special new single featuring a sample of Rory Gallagher’s “Bad Penny.” The track draws directly from Gallagher’s original studio recording, allowing one of the genre’s most influential voices to resonate in a fresh setting. By weaving his own artistry around Gallagher’s timeless performance, Jones creates a bridge between past and present, reminding listeners just how enduring Gallagher’s music remains. audio version
19 Septembre 2025 / september 19th, 2025
Annoncé aujourd'hui sur le site officiel de Rory : un second duo, cette fois sur la base de ''Follow me'' devrait être dévoilé courant octobre !
Announced today on Rory's official website: a second duo this time based on Follow me should be unveiled during October!
Rory primarily played his world-famous '61 Fender Stratocaster, but occasionally he also used other guitars from his incredible collection. This is the case in these photos, hence the creation of this special page dedicated to... "other guitars."
Monday, September 1st, 2025
Rory played a lot of his world famous Fender Stratocaster '61 but, sometimes, he use some other from his unbelievable collection of guitars. This is the case on this picture that may open the creation of a special page dedicated to... ''others guitars''!
He plays on a 1957 Supro. This Supro is yet another homage to the American blues guitarists who first captured Rory’s imagination. According to the book ''Palmtrees, Señoritas... and Rocket Ships!'', Mark Makin’s comprehensive reference book on Nationals, Supros and related guitar brands, Rory’s example appears to be the second iteration of the Dual-Tone, which first appeared in 1954. This updated version, which went on.
Lundi 1er septembre 2025
Rory a beaucoup joué de sa mondialement célèbre Fender Stratocaster '61 mais, parfois, il utilisait aussi d'autres guitares de son incroyable collection de guitares. C'est le cas sur cette photo qui pourrait ouvrir la création d'une page spéciale dédiée aux... ''autres guitares''.
Il joue sur une Supro de 1957. Cette Supro est un autre hommage aux guitaristes de blues américains qui ont captivé l'imagination de Rory. Selon le livre ''Palmtrees, Señoritas... and Rocket Ships!'', l'ouvrage de référence de Mark Makin sur les Nationals, les Supros et les marques de guitares associées, l'exemplaire de Rory semble être la deuxième itération de la Dual-Tone, apparue pour la première fois en 1954. Cette version mise à jour, qui a continué.
Editeur : Document Records - Publié le 29 Décembre 2023 en langue anglaise uniquement - 421 pages - 2.54 kg (!) -Dimensions : 30.48 x 3.81 x 26.67 cm
Mais les 2500 exemplaires publiés sont épuisés
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 / Mercredi 13 août 2025
Beautiful audio tracks ! / D'excellents audios !
Bourbon 49%, an excellent (French!) Rory cover band, has just released a dozen beautiful audio tracks! Listen to them here
Bourbon 49%, excellent groupe (français !) de reprises de Rory vient de publier un dizaine d'audios de toutes beautés ! Ecoutez-les ici
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Saturday, August 9th, 2025
At last: The BBC documentary
BRIAN MAY PAYED TRIBUTE TO RORY
Quand Sir Brian May, charismatique guitariste du groupe QUEEN évoque Rory, on peut ressentir en quelques secondes seulement toute l'affection qu'il lui portait. Il reconnaît aussi bien volontiers à quel point il a influencé son jeu de guitare.
Probablement le plus bel hommage qu'un artiste pouvait faire à Rory que cette interview !
When Sir Brian May, the charismatic guitarist of the band QUEEN, talks about Rory, you can feel the affection he felt for him in just a few seconds. He also readily acknowledges how much it influenced his guitar playing.
This interview is probably the most beautiful tribute an artist could have paid to Rory!
Lundi 21 juillet 2025
Il y a exactement 51 ans (!!!) sortait ce qui est depuis considéré comme l'un des meilleurs albums live des années 70 (voire le meilleur, tout court).
Sans aucun doute, l'un des meilleurs aperçus possibles de ce qu'était Rory sur scène : sans chichis, juste un virtuose et une bête de scène comme je n'en avais jamais vu (sauf, bien sûr, depuis Bruce Springsteen et Freddie Mercury de Queen).
Une façon de s'attirer la sympathie en quelques secondes, puis, pour le reste du concert, de rester bouche bée d'admiration devant ce qu'il pouvait nous offrir pendant deux bonnes heures (en général).
Monday, July 21, 2025
Exactly 51 years ago (!!!) was released what has since been considered one of the best live albums of the 70s (or even the best live albums, period).
Without a doubt, one of the best glimpses possible of what Rory was like on stage: no fuss, just a virtuoso and a stage beast like I'd never seen before (except, of course, since Bruce Springsteen and Freddie Mercury of Queen).
A way to attract sympathy in just a few seconds, then, for the rest of the concert, with your mouth wide open in admiration at what he could offer us for a good two hours (usually).
Friday, July 11th, 2025
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST NON OFFICIAL RORY's LIVE
While browsing the internet, I sometimes discover gems! Such is the case with this excellent "Rory Gallagher - Bottom Line 1978." This period is all the more interesting (for me) since it was during this time that I discovered Rory on stage (at the Pantin Hippodrome - October 23, 1978).
Hi Jacques,
Nice to hear from you. Ah yes, I know that bootleg well. I have a copy in my collection and I agree that it's excellent.
Best wishes,
Lauren Alex O'Hagan
Vendredi 11 Juillet 2025
PROBABLEMENT UNE DES MEILLEURS ENREGISTREMENT LIVE NON OFFICIEL DE RORY !
Au hasard de mes ballades sur le Net, je découvre parfois des pépites ! C'est le cas avec cet excellent ''Rory Gallagher - Bottom Line 1978''.
Une période d'autant plus intéressante (pour moi) que c'est à cette époque que j'ai découvert Rory sur scène (A l'hippodrome de Pantin - le 23 octobre 1978).
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Saturday July 5th, 20254
3 years after is publication in 2 LP's version ; a few words and my impressions about: RORY GALLAGHER LIVE IN SAN DIEGO '74
Samedi 5 juillet 2025
3 ans après sa publication sous forme de double vinyle, quelques mots et impressions sur :
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Saturday, June 14th, 2025 / samedi 14 juin 2025
Thirty years ago to the day, one of the greatest guitarists the world has ever known died. Fortunately, he lives on in the minds and thoughts of his fans. The proof: 626,798 fans continue to listen to him every month on Spotify.
Il y a 30 ans jour pour jour, mourrait l'un des plus grand guitariste que le monde ait porté. Heureusement dans les esprits et pensées de ses fans il est toujours vivant. la preuve : 626.798 fans continuent de l'écouter chaque mois sur Spotify.
The road that leads you into Cork Airport is now called Rory Gallagher Avenue / La route qui mène à l'aéroport de Cork s'appelle désormais Avenue Rory Gallagher.
« It is a wonderful tribute to my brother to name Rory Gallagher Avenue after him, the main thoroughfare leading to Cork Airport, a route he took throughout his life to launch his international career. Our family is deeply honored by this heartfelt gesture on the 30th anniversary of his passing. »
Dónal Gallagher
« C'est un merveilleux hommage à mon frère que de nommer l'avenue Rory Gallagher, l'artère de l'aéroport de Cork, une route qu'il a empruntée tout au long de sa vie pour entreprendre sa carrière internationale. Notre famille est profondément honorée par ce geste sincère, à l'occasion du 30e anniversaire de son décès. »
Dónal Gallagher
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June Friday 9th, 2025
Cork City Council decided to create a 'the Rory Gallagher Walking Trail'. The trail will mark the iconic spots in the city that shaped the legendary musician’s life.
Le conseil municipal de Cork a décidé de créer un « sentier pédestre Rory Gallagher ». Ce chemin marquera les lieux emblématiques de la ville qui ont façonné la vie du musicien légendaire.
Sunday April 27th, 2025
In six months, to the day (!), since his creation, the web site www.RoryGallagher.fr has just reached its THOUSANDTH DIFFERENT VISITOR (for 4,057 consultations of its pages).
Dimanche 27 Avril 2025
En six mois, jour pour jour (!), depuis sa création, le site www.RoryGallagher.fr vient d'atteindre son MILLIÈME VISITEUR DIFFÉRENT (pour 4 057 consultations de ses pages).
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PICTURE OF THE DAY
March 28th, 2025
March 28, 2025 I'm returning to the photos I took in 1982, this one at the Olympia in Paris.
When he played "Bullfrog Blues," Rory used to take his Gretsch Corvette with him.
The surprise is that Rory is wearing a "Notre Dame de Paris" t-shirt, which we've already seen on Ted McKenna!
I hope you like it!?!...
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March 25th, 2025
Is it the approach of the 30th anniversary of Rory's disappearance?... In any case, his audience on Spotify is making a giant leap, in recent weeks going from around 500,000 monthly fans to more than... 720,000!!!
Festival Interceltic de Lorient, Août 1994 / Celtic festival Lorient August 1994
His last French concert, watch it!
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It's always a great pleasure to discover a new video of Rory live on stage! This time, from the German TV show "Ohne Filter", from March 30, 1990. A memorable version of "Walking Wounded".
Tuesday, February 18th. Received it today... THE HOLY GRAIL !!!
Saturday February 15th, 2025
A great 90's concert!
Another great video from one of Rory's best concerts of the 90s. In 1994, Stuttgart, Germany, August 21st. It's hard to believe that less than a year later, Rory was dead and gone. Disappeared? No, in the mind, spirit and soul of his long-time fan, he will be there forever..
Rory surrounded by his excellent last band: Mark Feltham (harmonica), David Levy (Bass guitar), Richard Newman (Drums) et John Cook (keyboards).
Rory surrounded by his excellent latest band: Mark Feltham (harmonica), David Levy (Bass Guitar), Richard Newman (Drums) and John Cook (Keyboards). What will you discover?... A Rory wilder than ever. He played his hits with a certain rage, violence and brutality... To the point that at the start of the concert, he injured his right hand by hitting the microphone. The blood on his fist, with a wound that reopened on a surprising flamenco version of "Tattood Lady", did not prevent him from giving, as usual, the best of himself on stage. You will also have a duel harmonica with Mark before a great version of ''Ghost Blues''
Une autre superbe vidéo de l'un des meilleurs concerts de Rory des années 90. En 1994 àStuttgart, Allemagne, le 21 août. Difficile d'imaginer que moins d'un an plus tard, Rory était mort et partie. Disparu? Non, dans l'esprit, et l'âme de ses fans de longue date, il sera là pour toujours.
Rory entouré de son excellent dernier groupe : Mark Feltham (harmonica), David Levy (Guitare basse), Richard Newman (Batterie) et John Cook (claviers). Qu'allez-vous découvrir ?... Un Rory plus sauvage que jamais. Il joue ses tubes avec une certaine rage, violence et brutalité... Au point qu'au début du concert, il se blesse à la main droite en donnant un coup de poing au micro. Le sang sur son poing, avec une blessure qui se rouverte sur une surprenante version flamenco de "Tattood Lady", ne l'empêche pas de donner, comme à son habitude, le meilleur de lui-même sur scène. Vous disposerez également d'un duel à harmonica avec Mark avant une version extraordinaire de ''Ghost Blues''
February 6th, 2025
Holy Grail is back!
No more sold-out, Rory's BBC Collection is back in stock!!! La collection BBC est a nouveau disponible sur le site officiel
January 10th, 2025
WHAT'S BRAND NEW ON THE WEB SITE ?... : A great interview from Anil Prasad (Canada). 1991
Welcome to our most distant visitor and many thanks to Erika, a “Big Uruguay Fan”, for leaving a message on this homepage!
A l'attention des visiteurs francophones : chaque page de ce site comporte une version française (visible par le déroulant) et titrée : TITRE (vf)
In just a few seconds, we were able to feel his humility, his simplicity and his modesty. But when this shy little Irishman enters the scene, he instantly transforms into a virtuoso and supercharged guitarist. A show that we, his fans, never get tired of!
Jacques Mouchet, creator, editor and administrator of RoryGallagher.fr
Maybe Rory defined himself in the lyrics of the song ''Shadow Play'' (''Photo Finish album 1978): « I feel a little strange inside, a little Doctor Jeckyll, a little Mister Hyde »
Waiting for your testimonials about Rory!... Songs, albums, concerts... Anything!!!
A 'photoshopped watercolor' I realized from one of my 1982 photographs
I can't imagine anyone who witnessed a Rory concert not going on to become a lifelong die-hard fan!
Jacques Mouchet, www.RoryGallagher.fr creator, editor and administrator
November 26th, one month after his creation RoryGallagher.fr had 259 visitors and 1501 pages views... Long is the road to success ;-)
(except noted) ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS ON THIS WEB SITE © JACQUES MOUCHET
I created on October 26th, 2024: www.RoryGallagher.fr first ever French, bilingual English/French, web site who is a tribute to Rory full of some of my 400 never ever published photographs I took between October 1978 and March 1982. I will publish only the best ones. At this time I played 'hide and seek' with security guys because, of course, taking photographs was strictly forbidden (but I did not care, took the risk en do not regret it at all, forty years later I know that it worth!).
Note from the author:
As a very longtime* and faithful fan of Rory, I wonder why I waited so long to decide I could have the crazy and ambitious project to try to create a new Rory Gallagher's Web Site?
I was frustrated to see that www.rorygallagher.fr domain name stayed available, year after year, until by this end of 2024, when I finally decided, this very day, to buy it!
I was conscious what It will mean and also aware of the mountain I prepared myself to climb, but work never fear me.
So what does drive me to climb this mountain?
First reason: Bonhams auction, where I went on October 16th and 17th, relight the fire!...
Then I learned that only 28% of French people talks and/or understand English language... A good reason to create the first ever French (but bilingual English/French) web site dedicated to Rory Gallagher.
Is it not a little pretentious to pretend to propose something new? Hope this web site will bring some different point of view ('from a fan to the fans') from the great official Rory Gallagher web site: www.RoryGallagher.com and...
May be, another good reason, was to get a solution to enter in contact with Dónal. you can also read the 'open letter' I wrote him.
You will discover that I am crazy enough to propose him his help to co-write a Rory Gallagher’s biography, I get in my heart and soul since so many years?
Why should I make him such a proposal? Once again, the answer is quite clear: very few books about Rory Gallagher were published and most of them, except the brand new 'Rory Gallagher - The Later years', satisfied me!
As the American singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters sing in her great song ‘Wichita’: « if you want something done, you do it yourself »
The best way would be to do it with a close collaboration from Dónal. I cannot imagine, even for a minute, to do it without his essential help.
Jacques Mouchet - Saturday Octobre 26th, 2024
Saint Germain du Salembre, Périgord, France
*: half a century next year!...
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Hi! Your website looks really good. It is nice to see the great pictures you took. Thanks for sharing! I am a big fan from Uruguay.
1985 a friend played me my first Rory's song: 'A Million Miles Away' and this song is still my favorite. 'I fall apart', 'Just a smile' and 'For the last time' are my 3 others favorite songs. 'Rory Gallagher', his 1st solo album, is my favorite album, 'Calling Card' and 'Live 74' are the two other ones. I sadly never got to go and see Rory in concert...
Hi Jacques,
Your website is looking great! I really enjoyed seeing the photos of Rory you took when you saw him live.
What a wonderful website and well put together.I did not know about Rory in his lifetime ,it was thanks to youtube recommending him that I finally discovered him.
A most excellent idea and very professionally put together, as I would expect from a magazine editor.
Your English is 1000% better than my French but maybe get one of your English friends to run over some of the translation.Like you I was re energised in my love for Rory after the Bonhams sale.