Rory Gallagher: The best there ever was

Unlike some of the meandering, dare I say boring, solo’s that Page, Clapton, Hendrix and even Gilmour sometimes played live, Rory is always going somewhere with his solo’s. He always kept it interesting, bringing the music up, bringing it down and then building it up again. Much like Gary Moore, where Gary’s father famously declared that what he liked about Gary was that he didn’t need gimmicks, neither did Rory. He let the guitar do the talking and his natural charisma with the audience was enough. Gerry McAvoy, long standing bassist who appears of almost all the really good live performances which can now be found on YouTube, was such an integral part of this power trio. The way they fed off each other and the sheer chemistry between them which emanated from the joy of playing is self evident when you watch them on stage. Rory is probably more responsible for air guitar than any other player, watch the crowd in ‘Bullfrog Blues’ when he gets in amongst them, its like a religious experience for these guys with Rory as their saviour