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Rory Gallagher - Live At Montreux: 1975-94 (2DVD)

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The concert filming quality varies from year to year, but this is a great retrospective of all of Rory's Montreux appearances. His passionate playing is all over this DVD. Guitarists will be inspired!

This is a great collection of a sadly deceased and now somewhat forgotten rock/blues guitarist from Ireland. Unassuming in his dress (jeans and a checkered shirt were his favorite stage clothes), he was reputed to be quiet off the stage but as these Montreux recordings from 3 different decades show, he was a lively and very generous performer, with immense crowd appeal. It's very interesting to see the progression of his guitar playing style through the concerts here, and the sight and sound of him rocking the stage with that old battered Stratocaster of his is something unforgettable for those who saw him play live. I did once, in the early 80's, and this DVD serves to remind me why to this day, I firmly believe he was the BEST rock and blues guitarist that I ever saw live in my life (never saw Clapton, Hendrix, Stevie Ray though). He is sadly missed, but these live recordings are a great legacy to the powerful performer that he always was. Thanks for the memories, Rory!!

Some artists just seem to fall through the cracks. I am a fan of the sixties/seventies guitar masters, Hendrix, Allman, Clapton, Stevie, Carlos et al. I suppose because he didn't have "a hit", in commercial terms, I was unaware of the sheer genius of one Rory Gallagher. Until I purchased this DVD. What a player! What a freakin' band! If you are even a mild afficianado of guitar driven blues - you will be TOASTED by this DVD. I mean thrown against the wall impressed. Buy it - just buy it and thank your lucky stars this Irish genius has been captured in all his fret-genius on tape, long after his premature death. Five hours of brilliance. Not a throw-away song in the bunch. Incredidible production considering the times. With today's dearth of quality musicians - what an absolute treat to unearth this under-appreciated axe master. Just buy it dammit!

Hi all,

for any Rory fans and those of you who haven't seen any footage

of Rory playing live, forget the The Irish Tour DVD, this 2 DVD

set is priceless in the sense that you're able to see Rory from back in the 70's and 80's and is done in a very well manner...

Sound and Video are quite good considering the time when these tapes were cut....

enjoy!!