Extended Family ;-)
Graham gave me the idea of this page brilliantly resuming this way: he sees those who bid for one of Rory's items at Bonhams auction like some kind of ''extended family''. The very best definition ! So here is your idea Graham: To publish a page with everyone who bought an item at the auction with a photo... ''So we can see our Rory Extended Family"
GRAHAM's INTERVIEW
When did you discover Rory and in whose conditions? My 3 year old brother had bought 'Calling Card' when it came out and he saw Rory in Aberystwyth a few years later. Loved the album an bought the story so far from mums record club Laundromat was on it. Wow. I then bought a second hand copy or Irish tour on my pocket money !!!! Away at school confined during term time and not able to go to concerts. A birdwatching friend who was a maths teacher at Monmouth school and I discussed setting up a “ contemporary music society “. Which as a club was allowed out and to have use of the school minibus. Two days after coming back after Christmas holidays, Where and when did you see Rory live on stage? Rory was playing at the 'Colston Hall' in Bristol. I organised a group trip. Got the tickets and away we went... The minibus got there ( it didn’t always ) and we got to see Rory at his finest on the Photo Finish tour with his new lineup now including the wonderful Ted McKenna.
What, in a few words, Rory inspire you? Blown away how incredible he was on stage and included a phenomenal acoustic set mid way through. Name your 3 favorites albums and why? Favorite albums are hard because significance and emotion don’t always coincide with whatever the best songs are. But 'Photo Finish' and 'Irish Tour' are in there. Still trying to get a copy of the BBC full collection
Bryan & Alan
Two more guys: Bryan and Alan, from Irish Music Experience Irish Rock 'n' Roll Museum Experience entered the 'Extended Family' They bought for their Museum 3 Rory's guitars: a 1959 PX6121 Gretsch Chet Atkins, a 1978 MC500DS Ibanez and a 1968 Mosrite Joe Maphis Doubleneck. When I will came back to Dublin guys, sure I will visit you!!!
1978 MC500DS IBANEZ: ''I suppose everyone has a slight snob thing about American guitars, but I give credit to the Japanese in recent years for improving electronic circuits. Some of the active circuits in Ibanez guitars are very good." - Rory Gallagher, Music Magazine, 1981.
1968 Joe Maphis Doubleneck MOSRITE: Rory purchased this guitar in London in the 1980s. Mosrite of California was founded in 1954, by brothers Semie and Andy Moseley. At the age of just 19, Semie had built a doubleneck guitar for country music guitarist, Joe Maphis, known as 'The King Of The Strings'. The guitar offered here is a 1960s limited edition re-issue of that early innovative design.
1959 PX6121 GRETSCH Chet Atkins: "The other odd man out, on the record, is a Chet Atkins Gretsch, a small-bodied one, Les Paul shaped. I used that on 'Middle Name' for rhythm, and for the rhythm on 'King Zydeco.'' - Rory Gallagher used this guitar on his 1990 'Fresh Evidence' album, for the tracks 'Middle Name' and 'King Zydeco'. He also used it for live work in the '90s.
Details: courtesy of Bonhams
Keith
How happy and lucky this man seems to be!!!
He bought this Guyatone and the White Tokai Talbo.
Rory worked with Mr. Tomioka of the Guyatone guitar company on this Artist model; Rory was photographed at an airport when the guitar was presented to him in January 1975. Rory played the guitar live in Japan.
Guyatone: one of the earliest guitar manufacturers in Japan, Guyatone started in 1933. It was not until 1951 that Guyatone began branding their guitars. They were affordable guitars, and became popular not only in Japan but internationally during the 1960s and 70s. Although the brand never reached the heights of other manufacturers like Fender or Gibson, it cultivated a loyal following among musicians who appreciated its distinctive sound and vintage appeal. Today, vintage Guyatone guitars are cherished by collectors for their historical significance.
A 1983 Tokai Talbo Blazing Fire Electric Guitar, 1983
This guitar was gifted to Rory by Tokai. He used it for the track 'Road To Hell' on his 1987 Defender album.
"Rhythm guitar was the Gretsch Corvette. We wanted to build it up without turning it into an orchestra thing, so I added a dulcimer instead of acoustic. Lead guitar was a white metal body Tokai Talbo - a very under-rated guitar. That went through an octivider - there's that inconsistent harmonic in them. And if you play harmonics with your nail as well, you can get all three going."
Rory Gallagher, in 'Making Music', 1987
Friday, November 8th, 2024. Keith D Branch, will become (historically ;-) the first English visitor of this web site to send a (very kind) comment on the home page. He is too my second follower on Facebook page! As the French saying goes: ''small streams make big rivers'' . I invite you to visit his Facebook page he created on an interesting point of view: 'Rory Gallagher Guitar Pictures'.
Graham
November 4th, 2024 - After 4 days without any visitor or post on RoryGallagher.fr Facebook page, at last, Graham will be the first follower and he also gave me the idea of this page brilliantly resuming this way: he sees those who bid for one of Rory's items at Bonhams auction like some kind of ''extended family''. The very best definition !
So here is your idea Graham: To publish a post with everyone who bought an item at the auction with a photo... ''So we can see our Rory Extended Family"
Not enough money to bid but what an emotion to be so close of THE most famous guitar in the Rock History
Rory acquired this guitar in London in the 1980s, and used it mainly for slide work, long before Jack White of the White Stripes popularized the model in more recent years. Rory can be seen with it onstage at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1985, performing 'I Wonder Who'.
Sold for £19.200
Lucky Irish buyer of the Airline 'J.B. Hutto' Style Electric Guitar, 1965
Canadian guitarist Paul Fenton recalled seeing Rory with this guitar in 1982 when Fenton's band, Number One, was opening for Rory at The Spectrum, a club in Montreal. He remembered, "We watched Rory do his long soundcheck, and when he played 'Secret Agent,' he used a guitar he had just bought — a beautiful red Airline guitar. Not only did it look like a million bucks, but it sounded like it too. I thought to myself, 'I have to get one of these for myself.'" Source : Paul Fenton, The Origins Of Blues.
Live Performance : Rory Gallagher, 'I Wonder Who', filmed July 1985, Montreux Jazz Festival. Probably one his best version ever, with the support of a great Mark Feltham harmonica solo on this slow Gerry McAvoy's bass rhythm and Brendan O'Neill soft drum... A pure wonder!!!
Airline Guitars: From 1958 to 1968 Airline was a store brand of consumer electronics and musical instruments originally sold by Montgomery Ward in Chicago. The original Airline guitar was the guitar of choice for many blues players of the time, including J.B. Hutto (1926-1983), after whom this model is named. More recently, musicians such as Jack White and P.J. Harvey have made this model well-known in the rock world.
Thanks Bonhams auction for these precious details
3 happy guys!
An Antique Italian Mandolin,
Rory purchased this mandolin at a shop in Victoria, London in 1971 and was used for live performances.
"...it's a very unusual-looking mandolin. It had an intricate design around the soundhole - like a kind of cover which I took off and it's like a cross between a round body and a Martin, and I had that done up and used it for a while."
Rory Gallagher
A Washburn Tanglewood Electro-Acoustic Guitar, 1980s
Rory bought this Washburn Tanglewood guitar to use as an alternative to his Martin D-35 in the early 1980s. He played it live on his Jinx album tour dates and was filmed with it for an interview and onstage for his show at the Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg, Germany, 16th January 1982. Rory also used it for recording the tracks 'Seven Days' and 'Loanshark Blues' on the 1987 Defender album.
Rory Gallagher, Oberrheinhalle, Offenburg, Germany, January 16, 1982.
Interviewed in German language ;-(
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