As a survivor of a 4 hour Rory gig in the mid-Eighties I can tell you he was a force of nature.

He was a tornado! Glad I got to see him live like 20 times. No BS. Just balls to wall rock and roll.

I saw Rory here in Austin in 1985...3 hour show...super high energy, just like this clip, for 3 damn hours...it was awesome!!!

Love it. He's played for the music, the crowd & the energy of being a part of them both. Hats off to the bassist he never missed a beat & was 110% all the way.

always humble fashion act stage , just wearing flanel shirt - blue jeans - denim jacket .... pffhhhhh so cool ...✌️💚🌹, ☕☕ ? 😊

RIP Rory! simply what you see is what you get, when he opened for rush ,he gave it his all and the crowd absolutely gave him the respect he deserved. one of 3 bands that successfully opened for rush, april wine and max websters being the other 2.

Saw him open for Rush on their Signals tour in 82. Had never heard of him before that . He's been in my collection since. Blew me away.

@dermur68

8 ай бұрын

Rush used to open for him in the earlier days. They were repaying the favour.

Ha must have been the greatest guy. Many guitarists, from Brian May to Slash, have talked about how much he had an open ear for them and was very easy to get along with.

Very underrated artist! Raw talent.

I saw Rory live at the free trade hall in Manchester in the 1970s. He was cool then!

I miss Rory so much !

And that was a Jazz festival.. even jazz cats enjoy great music!

I'm thinkin angus young thought yeah I'm gonna do what he does 🎸😁

Rory, unsurpassed 🙏

This is Rory inventing Grunge down to the Tartan shirts in 1979.

@fattwat1

17 күн бұрын

He was blues all the way

Thanks! This performance was the encore at the end of a concert, and he still had this kind of mad energy. Definitely not his best playing or vocals, but the performance is simply amazing. There is and will never be anyone like Rory. His Strat was so worn because he played it to death, on the road constantly. There's a long story about this Strat that is well worth checking out. Definitely check out other performances such as pretty much anything from Irish Tour '74 or the 1979 Rock Goes to College for a better sample of his insane guitar abilities and bluesy vocals. Another performance that is outstanding is 1977 Hammersmith Odeon. Check out "Calling Card" from that session-more laid back but amazing guitar work and good vocals.

Listen to Calling Card from 1976.

RORY LOVE FROM🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 GREECE🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷❤❤❤❤

The "Rock goes to college" live version contains much more complex guitar playing.

When Rush was getting a little notice they backed up Rory , Later on when Rush was a main attraction Rory backed them up , Alex would watch him play from the sides, Alex talked about how he learnt some tech from Rory which he used in his playing , Rory and Alex became close friends and hung out together they did not talk about music so much , more about life and books , They compared the situations between Ireland and Serbia where Alexes parents are from ,

Rory is the goat

"A lot of the same chords"... ???..UNBELIEVABLE ...... is that all you're taking from this performance from one of THE MOST talented blues-rock guitarists of his era??? My goodness ..... you have SOOO MUCH TO LEARN.......

yep saw Rory and MSG open for rush in 80s

Simply the goat

Rory tourerd with Rush many times in the mid 70s!

The black and white version of this is very good as well.

Not really my thing but Rory was a great guitarist who knew how to put on a show.

🎵🤘👍

The G Man 🤘🇮🇪☘😎 Another Irish band that also opened for Rush are Horslips - amazing band you should check out sometime - and Pat McManus - the Professor

@squamishfish

Жыл бұрын

Rush opened for Rory when Rory was the main attraction. Then when Rush got bigger Rory opened for Rush . Alex and Rory were very close friends

@seano2112

Жыл бұрын

@@squamishfish Yep 👍 I’ve seen the interview with Alex talking about Rory. A friend of mine played in a band called Dr Feelgood for over thirty years and Rory was one of his heroes from an early age. They happened to be on the same bill one night in Germany. Steve said Rory told him he enjoyed his playing - and they spent much of the night after the gig in the hotel bar drinking and chatting. He said it was one of the best nights ever - and Rory was an absolute gentleman.

Rory was born in Northern Ireland and formed the band Taste which was gonna be a huge group, people were thinking another Cream and then they played the Isle of Weight concert with lots of big acts and suddenly Rorey was turned off and went back to Ireland, bought the one guitar he played for his whole life for 100 English pounds and except for an acoustic used for bottle neck blues he never got another guitar in his life. During that period he had a visit from Mick Jagger offering him a place in the Stones to replace Brian Jones, but he demured and kept on living in Cork Ireland traveling to Europe, Japan, US and so many different places in the 70's and 80's and just kept bringing his version of the blues to people til he died rather young, a happy musician living in his homeland and occasionally going to Switzerland for the big concerts there once a year. From about 68 til even til this day I listen to Rory all the time. Now, I am 76 and my homies groan if they are riding in my car and start squawking, do we gotta listen to Rory again?

@LearnerMIC

6 ай бұрын

Donegal is NOT in Northern Ireland. And Cork city, where he grew up, is certainly not. And he got the Strat well before Taste. Just saying.

@LaurenceOConnor-fg4dk

4 ай бұрын

Donegal is not part of Northern Ireland.

Jimi burned his guitar, Rory rescusicated his..

If you go to a concert and dont get this much energy from the performance,ask for your money back.

i saw him and his band Taste open for Blind Faith in Toronto in 1969 and he stole the show from Clapton

Bass player kind of reminds me a lot of Steve Harris from maiden. At least on this song. The sound, not the look. Likely just the kind of bass line he’s playing.

@lawmantheonetrueking3739

Ай бұрын

Reckon Steve may have been influenced by Gerry who was around a decade before Maiden took off. Gerry still going strong. He was a great team member for Rory. The GMan was awesome, up there with the very best and my numero uno.

Listen dude when players like Slash, Brian May, Eric Clapton and on say this guy was an influence and you take it so lightly then stick with whatever it is you listen to .

Not 3 chords mate, probably 5. You're obviously someone who likes 20 chords for approval.

@JustinPanariello

Жыл бұрын

no... i don't care how many chords are in a song that's not what makes a song good. Also I don't know why this would be 'obvious'.

Back when musicians knew how to solo! I wonder if Rory had ADHD 😂 That's one song, I'm tired just watching!

winding up the drummer