Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour Reviews

Great rock archive of a great musician

There were some good shots of Rory riding on a sea of musical emotion as he plays some great riffs in 'walking on hot coals' in fact its great archive for anyone who likes to play guitar or drums as Rod de'ath is superb on drumming, Rory shows some unusual guitar techniques and the riffs are varied...also some interesting shots of Cork and Belfast.

TASTE THIS...

A dated but interesting biography built around tour footage. Look at the way it was ...and wonder!!This was a top band, just look at the luxury lifestyle -chauffeur driven Ford Zodiacs, a scabby changing room with one sink!!

I think this is for those who witnessed it in the seventies -and although the footage is dated, this is a pretty good view of the man and his music. He really comes out of it as a very humble guy -I remember he was portrayed as a bit of an egomaniac as Taste was disbanded. It's a historical DVD.

I would have rated it higher had more of my personal favourite tracks (from earlier) been on it -but it is good.

Rory's a hero

but despite the bias this is great footage of the maestro in action from obviously a lot longer ago than 2000, he's been dead for 10 years!

Go to watch Sinnerboy, a brilliant tribute band.

rorys glory

was really looking forward to this cause i had the live album, camera angles are dodgy, a great show tho, would recommend the other dvd first

Memories

I have had the album for ages so I had to see this. Interesting to see how musicians were treated then (a crate of beer on the table and a sink in the corner such luxories) Overall I am glad I rented this DVD.

Portrait Of A Legend

Although quite dated and sedate for todays jump cut and swooping camera age of rockers, the youth of today could learn a thing or two about actually playing their instruments from this documentary of a magnificent musician and performer.

Rory comes across as I'm sure he was in life, a very charismatic yet very humble famous person, as exemplified in such scenes as him walking into a guitar shop in Belfast, insisting that he be seen as just a regular joe, then conducting an interview with a rock journalist in the guitar store...unlike most regular guys, I'm sure.

Still, his playing more than makes up for the political inconsitencies of a much missed player and this movie showcases his virtuosity and deep seated roots in bluegrass/rock based blues.

Well worth watching to find out more about the man than the fact that he can certainly spank that plank.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Frustrated...

...because I rented this on the strength of the album of the same name, thinking that as Walk On Hot Coals was the highlight of the album, then it would be pretty good to see it being performed. As those that are familiar with the album know, WOHC starts immediately after Rory announces that 'they are going to keep the tempo up, and do a song called Walk On Hot Coals'. In other words this was performed mid-set - I was dismayed to see that it was the first track on the DVD! To compound the insult, it isn't even performed in its entirety. No lyrics to the big build up of the instrumental passage, in fact what we get is some 'artistic' and 'meaningful' shots of waves breaking over rocks, as the instrumental passage fades in around two-thirds of the way through! And if that wasn't bad enough, anyone wanting to see Rory's technique will be sadly disappointed, as his head and grimaces are given far too much prominence.

WOHC is one of Rory's great songs and not to see and hear it in its entirety is nothing short of sacriledge!