Hommages à Rory

Legendry Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has shared some kind words for late Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher while at a press conference at London whcih announced their CD/DVD 'Celebration Day', out Friday 16th November.

"I really liked Rory and I had the pleasure of meeting him at Peter Grant, our old manager's office in the early days... He came up to reception with Peter Grant and we had a good chat... I liked Rory, he was fine guitarist and singer and lovely man and I known how loved he was in Co. Cork."

SOurce: http://entertainment.ie/music/news/Legendary-guitarist-Jimmy-Page-shares-some-kind-words-for-Rory-Gallagher/141723.htm

Cool, c'est bien si Jimmy Page s'en souvient après tant d'année.

Ils se sont donc au moins rencontrés deux fois. Cet entretien dans les bureaux de Peter Grant correspond à ce que Gerry dit dans son livre. Grant rêvait d'être le manager de Rory mais sa mauvaise expérience avec Eddie Kennedy l'a sans doute freiné.

Faut dire que les méthodes de Grant étaient assez éloignées de la philosophie de Rory!

La question sur Rory posée à Jimmy Page vers 22:30 !

John Hammond Jr se souvient de Rory avec cette histoire amusante:

We were in New York and Eric Clapton gave Rory my number. He was looking for a certain guitar and asked if I had any idea where to find one. I took him to a shop on 11th street in The Bowery. On the second floor, we found exactly what Rory was looking for. We took it downstairs and I took control.....I was going to make sure we got a good deal. I told the old lady that we found this old guitar upstairs and wondered what she wanted for it. She looked at it, and then at us, and said "$500".

WELL, that stopped me in my tracks....some deal I was getting Rory!! Rory moved me aside and began to speak to her with that beautiful, thick Irish accent that could melt anyone's heart........the old lady sold the guitar to Rory for $50~

Source: http://www.roryon.com/hammond.html

Chino a écrit:John Hammond Jr se souvient de Rory avec cette histoire amusante:

We were in New York and Eric Clapton gave Rory my number. He was looking for a certain guitar and asked if I had any idea where to find one. I took him to a shop on 11th street in The Bowery. On the second floor, we found exactly what Rory was looking for. We took it downstairs and I took control.....I was going to make sure we got a good deal. I told the old lady that we found this old guitar upstairs and wondered what she wanted for it. She looked at it, and then at us, and said "$500".

WELL, that stopped me in my tracks....some deal I was getting Rory!! Rory moved me aside and began to speak to her with that beautiful, thick Irish accent that could melt anyone's heart........the old lady sold the guitar to Rory for $50~

Source: http://www.roryon.com/hammond.html

Énorme cette anecdote ! Et dire qu'il avait un mal fou à aller vers les gens et à se trouver une femme alors qu'il arrivait à faire fondre le cœur d'une petite vieille.

Oui, vraiment excellente cette histoire! Rappelons au passage que Rory adorait John Hammond Jr (qui reste, notamment chez nous, un guitariste très méconnu).

"I thought Rory's version of 'Leaving Town Blues' was the best track on the album" -- Peter Green

Ce "Leaving Town Blues" aura été mon 1er morceau de musique en 2013 !!!

Merci Garby

Steve Walll, du groupe de rock irlandais The Stunning, se souvient:

“He was a hero of mine at the time, I was completely besotted with him,” admits Wall. “I remember being 12 years-old and going to see him in concert. I just wanted to be Rory Gallagher. I even had the same guitar and amp as him, the Vox AC30.

“Then when we played Lark by the Lee and Rory Gallagher needed an amp, I was asked if he could use mine! Of course, I gave it to him.

“I still have that amp, I use it on stage to this day. I hate when people keep musical instruments as mementos, they are supposed to be played. So that amp you see on stage with us, was played by Rory Gallagher. My only regret is that I never got a photograph with him, but those were the days when people didn’t have cameras at the ready.”

http://thecorknews.ie/articles/simply-stunning-8572

Interview d'une itw de Brian May dans le dernier N° du mag La Boîte Noire:

extrait d'une itw de Vivian Campbell dans laquelle il se souvient de Rory:

from Bolan my next musical hero was Rory Gallagher, who was also Irish, and that was mostly because, well, there’s a couple of reasons: I have a cousin who is a few years older and he bought me Rory Gallagher Live In Europe 1972. I was ten at that time and that was the first album I had and because of the situation in Northern Ireland at the time, very, very few acts would come and play there and Rory Gallagher would play there every December or January, play at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. So that was the first live show that I saw and I saw him many times in Belfast over the following years. He was a big influence on me; great, great guitar player, great live performer.

http://www.wetherbynews.co.uk/lifestyle/local/gig-scene-top-rory-gallagher-tribute-at-ripley-1-5482353

Le 6 juillet 1995 les guitaristes Ry Cooder et David Lindley rendaient hommage à Rory Gallagher (récemment décédé) avec un instrumental:

Super, merci Garby!

A noter que Rory admirait Ry Cooder et Lindley:

Which guitarists do you admire?

A fairly wide variety. I like Keith Richard’s playing a lot, he’s got such a nasty, but nice technique. John Hammond too – he’s a white American blues player. Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Jeff Beck...and of course Eric Clapton. The list is endless! Buddy Guy, J.B.Hutto and lots of acoustic players like Doc Watson and Bert Jansch.

Autre citation:

Which guitarists do you admire?

A fairly wide variety. I like Keith Richard’s playing a lot, he’s got such a nasty, but nice technique. John Hammond too – he’s a white American blues player. Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Jeff Beck...and of course Eric Clapton. The list is endless! Buddy Guy, J.B.Hutto and lots of acoustic players like Doc Watson and Bert Jansch.

Superbe

Le guitariste anglais Larry Miller évoque Rory:

"For me, my moment of inspiration was seeing Rory Gallagher live, I had never experienced anything like it;
It was so loud, so gloriously on the edge of total mayhem, yet Rory was still totally in control. How could I not do this too."

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Larry-Miller-Band-plays-Gloucester-Guildhall/story-18811821-detail/story.html#axzz2RaK4iplq

Hommage de Brian May à Rory lors d'un concert à Dublin le 30 juin 2013. Brian May déclare dans cette vidéo : "If it weren't for Rory Gallagher I wouldn't be there/Si ce n'était pas pour Rory Gallagher , je ne serais pas ici !"
Avec la preuve en image que le riff de Tie Your Mother Down est bien dérivé de celui de Morning Sun.

Merci Garby, Brian May a (pour rappel) décidé de jouer sur un Vox AC30 après avoir vu et entendu Rory!

ah tiens.; je ne savais pas..

Je viens de trouver ça sur le net : un bien bel hommage !!!  

Message from Richard McDonald, Vice President of Marketing, Fender Musical Instruments

" Rory's music came along at a time when listeners were concerned whether the players really meant what they were playing. With Rory there was never any question about the conviction of his art. He wore his heart on his sleeve, even his battered Statocaster guitar was an open book, like a diary of the journey his music had taken him on.

As part of the 50th-anniversary planning we began to make a list of Stratocaster guitar players that mattered. Rory's name was always going to be on this list. With a voice that matched his explosive soulful playing and that guitar... we knew we needed to do a cool clone to pay tribute to this Irish blues-rock legend.

The Stratocaster didn't become an icon on its own. Its position is a result of the vast body of recorded music and live performances it has been a part of. Rory's war-torn axe personifies the blood, sweat and tears that go into defining yourself as a musical force. It's a huge honor to pay homage to one of the great guitarists that helped define the Fender Stratocaster as the guitar that is in it for the long haul."

Richard McDonald

Effectivement!