Rory Gallagher - A million miles away 1977 video free download

1110Zappa

Watching this on pc and video synchro. Fucking awesome. I dedicate this song to me and my sister Viv. Love ya babe

Rest Mat

20 χρονια περασαν σημερα που δεν εισαι οσο κοντα μας οσο θα θελαμε!!Αλλα δεν πειραζει! Θα ζεις για παντα!

Bill Rhodes

Aonach Rory. I wish we could knock some shots and pints back lad.

Wendy Pape

Love this version....

Electric Warrior

saw him here in new zealand in 1980, Brilliant

Francesca Van der Geld

*Rory Gallagher*.William Rory Gallagher ( 2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and band leader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste during the late 1960s. He was a talented guitarist known for his charismatic performances and dedication to his craft. Gallagher's albums have sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide. Gallagher received a liver transplant in 1995, but died of complications later that year in London, UK at the age of 47.*Biography*:Gallagher was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal in 1948. His father Daniel was employed by the Irish Electricity Supply Board, who were constructing a hydro-electric power plant on the Erne River above the town. The family moved, first to Derry City, where his younger brother Dónal was born in 1949, and then Monica and the two boys moved to Cork, where the brothers were raised. Rory attended North Monastery School. Daniel Gallagher had played the accordion and sang with the Tir Chonaill Ceile Band whilst in Donegal; their mother Monica was a singer and acted with the Abbey Players in Ballyshannon. The Theatre in Ballyshannon where Monica once acted is now called the Rory Gallagher Theatre.Both sons were musically inclined and encouraged by their parents. At age nine, Gallagher received his first guitar from them. He built on his burgeoning ability on ukulele in teaching himself to play the guitar and perform at minor functions. After winning a talent contest when he was twelve, Gallagher began performing in his adolescence with both his acoustic guitar, and an electric guitar he bought with his prize money. However, it was his purchase three years later of a 1961 Fender Stratocaster for £100 that became his primary instrument and most associated with him for the span of his lifetime.Gallagher was initially attracted to skiffle after hearing Lonnie Donegan on the radio. Donegan frequently covered blues and folk performers from the United States. He relied entirely on radio programs and television. Occasionally, the BBC would play some blues numbers, and he slowly found some song books for guitar, where he found the names of the actual composers of blues pieces. While still in school, playing songs by Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, he discovered his greatest influence in Muddy Waters. He began experimenting with folk, blues, and rock music. Unable to find or afford record albums, Gallagher stayed up late to hear Radio Luxembourg and AFN where the radio brought him his only exposure to the actual songwriters and musicians whose music moved him most.Influences he discovered, and cited as he progressed, included Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy, and Lead Belly. Initially, Gallagher struck out after just an acoustic sound. Singing and later using a brace for his harmonica, Gallagher taught himself to play slide guitar. Further, throughout the next few years of his musical development, Gallagher began learning to play alto saxophone, bass, mandolin, banjo, and the coral sitar with varying degrees of proficiency. By his mid-teens, he began experimenting heavily with different blues styles.Gallagher began playing after school with Irish show bands, while still a young teenager. In 1963, he joined one named Fontana, a sextet playing the popular hit songs of the day. The band toured Ireland and the United Kingdom, earning the money for the payments that were due on his Stratocaster guitar. Gallagher began to influence the band's repertoire, beginning its transition from mainstream pop music, skirting along some of Chuck Berry's songs and by 1965, he had successfully moulded Fontana into "The Impact", with a change in their line-up into an R&B group that played gigs in Ireland and Spain until disbanding in London Gallagher left with the bassist and drummer to perform as a trio in Hamburg, Germany. In 1966, Gallagher returned to Ireland and, experimenting with other musicians back home in Cork, decided to form his own band.*Taste*:Having completed a musical apprenticeship in the show bands, and influenced by the increasing popularity of beat groups during the early 1960s, Gallagher formed "The Taste", which was later renamed simply, "Taste", a blues rock and R&B power trio, in 1966. Initially, the band was composed of Gallagher and two Cork musicians, Norman Damery and Eric Kitteringham (died 2013), however, by 1968, they were replaced with two musicians from Belfast, featuring Gallagher on guitar and vocals, drummer John Wilson, and bassist Richard McCracken. Performing extensively in the UK, the group played regularly at the Marquee Club, supporting both Cream at their Royal Albert Hall farewell concert, and the blues super group Blind Faith on a tour of North America. Managed by Eddie Kennedy, the trio released the albums "Taste" and "On The Boards", and two live recordings, "Live Taste" and "Live at the Isle of Wight". The latter appeared long after the band's break-up shortly after their appearance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.*Solo career*:After the break-up of Taste, Gallagher toured under his own name, hiring former Deep Joy bass player Gerry McAvoy to play on Gallagher's self-titled debut album, "Rory Gallagher".It was the beginning of a twenty-year musical relationship between Gallagher and McAvoy; the other band member was drummer Wilgar Campbell. The 1970s were Gallagher's most prolific period. He produced ten albums in that decade, including two live albums, "Live in Europe" and "Irish Tour '74". November 1971 saw the release of the album "Deuce". In the same year he was voted Melody Maker's International Top Musician of the Year, ahead of Eric Clapton. However, despite a number of his albums from this period reaching the UK Albums Chart, Gallagher did not attain major star status.Gallagher playing in Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1987Gallagher played and recorded what he said was "in me all the time, and not just something I turn on ...". Though he sold over thirty million albums worldwide, it was his marathon live performances that won him greatest acclaim. He is documented in Irish Tour '74, a film directed by Tony Palmer. During the heightened periods of political unrest in Northern Ireland, as other artists were warned not to tour, Gallagher was resolute about touring Ireland at least once a year during his career, winning him the dedication of thousands of fans, and in the process, becoming a role model for other aspiring young Irish musicians.He himself admitted in several interviews that at first there were not any international Irish acts until Van Morrison, Gallagher, and later, Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy grew popular during the 1970s. The line-up which included Rod de'Ath on drums and Lou Martin on keyboards, performed together between 1973 and 1978. However, he eventually dropped down to just bass, guitar and drums, and his act became a power trio. Other releases from that period include "Against the Grain", "Calling Card", "Photo-Finish", and "Top Priority". Gerry McAvoy has stated that the Gallagher band performed several TV and radio shows across Europe, including Beat-Club in Bremen, Germany and the Old Grey Whistle Test. He recorded two "Peel Sessions" (both February 1973) and containing the same tracks, but only the first was broadcast. Along with Little Feat and Roger McGuinn, Gallagher performed the first Rockpalast live concert at the Grugahalle, Essen, Germany in 1977.Gallagher collaborated with Jerry Lee Lewis and Muddy Waters on their respective London Sessions in the mid-1970s. He played on Lonnie Donegan's final album. He was David Coverdale's second choice (after Jeff Beck) to replace Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple. Gallagher chose to perform in his own band.In the 1980s he continued recording, producing "Jinx", "Defender", and "Fresh Evidence". After "Fresh Evidence", he embarked on a tour of the United States. In addition he played with Box of Frogs—a band formed in 1983 by former members of The Yardbirds. Becoming obsessive over details and plagued by self-doubt, Gallagher nevertheless retained a loyal fanbase. During this period he stated "I agonize too much".Notes From San Francisco, an album of unreleased studio tracks and a San Francisco 1979 concert was released in May 2011.Via +martin garrity 

Jofer “Jomafer” 59

Rory never die!!!

scyphe

This is quite a different version of the song, a mellow and slow emotional one with the organs in the background. His playing is more understated than in most live versions I've seen. Awesome!

Johnno NB

I's hard to describe the genius of this artist. Special mention too to Gerry, Rod & Lou..

maycon gsantos

muito bom

David McCallum

Loved this song forever. Thank you.

Sky Nox

I have seen many concers but Rory in Düsseldorf is unforgettable

nikolaos georgantakis

ΧΑΡΙΣΜΕΝΟ ΣΕ ΟΣΟΥΣ ΓΟΥΣΤΑΡΟΥΝ ΑΚΟΜΑ...

fatima bomfim

Really he feels what he sings !!! he had a spiritual conexition with your guitar .. I think this 

Rob Brown

Set a record for most most beers sold at The Bottom Line when we saw him. Late show of course. Miss him. No one better. But I'm Irish.

david malin

Vous savez ce truc indefinissable qui vous dresse le poil , ecouter et regarder cet homme , ce musicien , ce chanteur ! une therapie de 7:34 , gratuite et en communion ! 

geronnymo kar

RORY GALLAGHER....THE BEST!!!!!!!

Uwe Shopinweb

To my friend in memory Rory Gallagher - A million miles away 1977:

Stephan Steffan

nice weekend :) 

The Weeping Willow

Melting while I'm listening~ and the 19 who Thumbed down should have their thumbs cut off.. 

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