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Irish Tour '74 is the sixth album by Rory Gallagher. It is a live album compiled from performances during Gallagher's Irish Tour in January 1974. The source concerts were recorded at Belfast Ulster Hall, Dublin Carlton Cinema and Cork City Hall using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio. At a time of political turmoil and violence, Rory Gallagher tours Ireland. While Rory had a long and magnificent career, and the recent documentary 'Ghost Blues' does an excellent job of covering that, 'Irish Tour '74 highlights the bond between a committed artist and his rabid fans in a way hardly seen outside of Beatlemania, and does so in outstanding visual and audio quality.

NEWS: Rory Gallagher's Irish Tour '74 released in 8-disc deluxe package RORY Gallagher is a legend, a man who could make his guitar weep with the blues, rock out with dirty sounds from his battered strat, and revive the American folk legacy with peerless acoustic. While Rory had a long and magnificent career, and the recent documentary 'Ghost Blues' does an excellent job of covering that, 'Irish Tour '74 highlights the bond between a committed artist and his rabid fans in a way hardly seen outside of Beatlemania, and does so in outstanding visual and audio quality.

21 July 1974 (CD 24.08.2005)
Label: RCA / Capo / BMG Records (Japan), BVCM-37642
Style:

Irish Tour 74 Cradle Rock

Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Cork, Ireland (2 March 1948 - 14 June 1995)

Irish Tour 74 Rare


Time: 71:49Irish tour 74 cradle rock
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 503 Mb

Died: Jun 14, 1995 in London, England
Styles: British Blues, Blues-Rock
Instruments: Slide Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar
For a career that was cut short by illness and a premature death, guitarist, singer and songwriter Rory Gallagher sure accomplished a lot in the blues music world. Although Gallagher didn't tour the U.S. nearly enough, spending most of his time in Europe, he was known for his no-holds-barred, marathon live shows at clubs and theaters around the United States.
Gallagher was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Irish Republic on March 2, 1949. He passed away from complications owing to liver transplant surgery on June 14, 1995, at age 46. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cork City in the south, and at age nine, he became fascinated with American blues and folk singers he heard on the radio. An avid record collector, he had a wide range of influences including Leadbelly, Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Albert King, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker. Gallagher would always try to mix some simple country blues songs onto his recordings.
Gallagher began his recording career after moving to London, when he formed a trio called Taste. The group's self-titled debut album was released in 1969 in England and later picked up for U.S. distribution by Atco/Atlantic. Between 1969 and 1971, with producer Tony Colton behind the board, Gallagher recorded three albums with the group before they split up. Gallagher began performing under his own name in 1971, after recording his 1970 debut, Rory Gallagher for Polydor Records in the UK. The album was picked up for U.S. distribution by Atlantic Records, and later that year he recorded Deuce, also released by Atlantic in the U.S.
His prolific output continued, as he followed up Deuce with Live in Europe (1972) and Blueprint and Tatoo, both in 1973. Irish Tour 1974, like Live in Europe, did a good job of capturing the excitement of his live shows on tape, and he followed that with Calling Card for Chrysalis in 1976, and Photo Finish and Jinx for the same label in 1978 and 1982. By this point Gallagher had made several world tours, and he took a few years rest from the road. He got back into recording and performing live again with the 1987 release (in the U.K.) of Defender. His last album, Fresh Evidence, was released in 1991 on the Capo/I.R.S. label. Capo was his own record and publishing company that he set up in the hopes of eventually exposing other great blues talents.
Some of Gallagher's best work on record wasn't under his own name, it's stuff he recorded with Muddy Waters on The London Sessions (Chess, 1972) and with Albert King on Live (RCA/Utopia). Gallagher made his last U.S. tours in 1985 and 1991, and admitted in interviews that he'd always been a guitarist who fed off the instant reaction and feedback a live audience can provide.
In a 1991 interview, he told this writer: 'I try to sit down and write a Rory Gallagher song, which generally happens to be quite bluesy. I try to find different issues, different themes and different topics that haven't been covered before...I've done songs in all the different styles...train blues, drinking blues, economic blues. But I try to find a slightly different angle on all these things. The music can be very traditional, but you can sort of creep into the future with the lyrics.'
For a good introduction to Gallagher's unparalleled prowess as a guitarist, singer and songwriter, pick up Irish Tour 1974, Calling Card or Fresh Evidence, all available on compact disc.
(www.mymusicbase.ru/PPB/ppb11/Bio_1195.htm; Richard Skelly; All Music Guide)
02. I Wonder Who (07:52)
04. Too Much Alcohol (08:30)
06. A Million Miles Away (09:29)
08. Who's That Coming (10:05)
09. Back On My Stompin' Ground (After Hours) (05:18)


Irish Tour 1974
Directed byTony Palmer
Produced byDonal Gallagher
StarringRory Gallagher, Gerry McAvoy, Lou Martin, Rod de'Ath
Music byRory Gallagher
CinematographyLes Young
Distributed byEagle Vision
  • 11 April 2011 (US)
57 min.
LanguageEnglish

Irish Tour '74 is a film directed by Tony Palmer. It documents Rory Gallagher's tour of Ireland in 1974. Gallagher toured at a time of great political turmoil and violence. Gallagher's band at the time was Gerry McAvoy on bass guitar, Lou Martin on keyboards and Rod de'Ath on drums.[1]

Background[edit]

Tony Palmer was a founder of BBC Four's Kaleidoscope radio programme.[2] Palmer first came into contact with Rory Gallagher when he filmed Cream's Farewell Concert in 1968. Gallagher was the front man for the band Taste at the time and Taste opened for Cream at that concert. Palmer decided to film the concerts on Gallagher's next Irish tour. He originally planned to use the footage for a television special, but he later found it so good that he released it as a theatrical motion picture. Gallagher also released a double album that was considered the soundtrack of the film.

Gallagher's 1974 tour of Northern Ireland coincided with one of the most tumultuous times in the region. Violence from Irish Republican Army terrorists was erupting throughout the region at public events such as rock concerts. In this environment most groups didn't tour the region but Gallagher continued his tour as planned to BelfastUlster Hall, Dublin Carlton Cinema, and Cork City Hall. The day before Gallagher's scheduled concert in Belfast ten bombs went off at various locations around the city. Everyone expected Gallagher to cancel as all the other big names had but he went on with the concert. A local Belfast journalist writing to describe the concert said:

'I've never seen anything quite so wonderful, so stirring, so uplifting, so joyous as when Gallagher and the band walked on stage. The whole place erupted, they all stood and they cheered and they yelled, and screamed, and they put their arms up, and they embraced. Then as one unit they put their arms into the air and gave peace signs. Without being silly, or overemotional, it was one of the most memorable moments of my life. It all meant something, it meant more than just rock n' roll, it was something bigger, something more valid than just that.'[3]

Overview[edit]

The film opens with large waves crashing against a rocky Irish coast. Rising up in volume eventually over powering the waves is the sound of Gallagher's guitar as he leads into the first song Walk on Hot Coals. The camera cuts to concert footage of Gallagher and the band playing the song. The film then alternates between various interviews backstage and in locations around Gallagher's home town with performances. Each song is performed complete. Gallagher and the band perform Tattoo'd Lady, Who's That Coming?, and A Million Miles Away. For the next song, a traditional blues number Goin' to My Home Town Gallagher performs mostly on his own with a mandolin. He calls out to the audience 'do you want to go?' and they reply enthusiastically. During that song the film cuts between the concert footage and footage of British army trucks rolling through Belfast and British soldiers clashing with local residents. After that song the film cuts to footage of Gallagher in his native Cork. He walks the streets, signs autographs and talks with people about music and guitars in a local music shop. The next song Cradle Rock is back to blues rock then Gallagher performs an acoustic folk number As The Crow Flies. The finale of the film (as it often was for Gallagher's concerts at the time) is the hard driving Bullfrog Blues with virtuoso guitar playing from Gallagher and a chance for each member of the band to solo as well.

Scene listing[edit]

All songs composed by Rory Gallagher unless stated

  1. Intro of waves crashing on Irish coast
  2. Walk on Hot Coals – 1:07
  3. Backstage interviews with Gallagher and band – 7:32
  4. Tattoo'd Lady – 15:18
  5. Gallagher demonstrates slide guitar techniques - 20:15
  6. Who's That Coming? - 21:48
  7. Gallagher in his home town – 30:05
  8. A Million Miles Away – 30:58
  9. Goin' to My Home Town (Traditional arranged by Gallagher) – 38:00
  10. Gallagher in a music store – 43:12
  11. Cradle Rock – 46:00
  12. Jam session with Gallagher and band – 52:02
  13. Gallagher demonstrates blues guitar techniques – 54:50
  14. As the Crow Flies (Tony Joe White) – 57:50
  15. Hands Off – 1:02:11
  16. Backstage with Gallagher and band – 1:06:40
  17. Jamming in the pub – 1:11:44
  18. Bullfrog Blues (William Harris) – 1:15:17
  19. End of concert and credits – 1:22:39

Personnel[edit]

  • Rory Gallagher – vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Gerry McAvoy – bass guitar
  • Lou Martin – keyboards
  • Rod de'Ath – drums
  • Tony Palmer - director
  • Donal Gallagher - producer

References[edit]

  1. ^Thompson, Dave. 'Rory Gallagher Irish Tour 1974 (DVD)'. Allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 June 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ^Connaughton, Marcus (2012-09-07). Rory Gallagher: His Life and Times. Collins Press. p. 86. ISBN9781848891531.
  3. ^HOLLINGWORTH, ROY. 'MM MAN REPORTS FROM ROCK-STARVED BELFAST'. rorygallagher.com. Retrieved 18 June 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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