Rory Gallagher Stories from Pete, Nottingham, UK
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Isle of Wight Festival
Taste played on Aug. 28th, 1970
I was so lucky to be there at the Isle of Wight, ’70 for the full 5 days.
A massive 750,000 strong gig. I can see myself on the TASTE cover. I am very tiny on it but I know it was me. I remember it was very hot and sunny and I had my orange gym T-shirt off. I was standing up as I think most were.
FLOWER CHILDREN LOL set sail for the IOW in search of peace, love and understanding. Amidst the chaos of BRITAIN’S WOODSTOCK - some lost their hippy ideals - but all who came witnessed one of the greatest rock festivals. There were legendary live performances by The Doors - The Who - Joni Mitchell - The Free - Moody Blues - Tony Joe White - Ten Years After - Jethro Tull - and what would be his last UK gig ever THE GREAT JIMI HENDRIX, and of course a brilliant performance by RORY GALLAGHER’S TASTE. There were loads of other big names who also played.
My dad - a doctor - tried to ban me from going. I was 17, no chance for him. Dad told me his Dr. mate in charge of health at the IOW thought cholera could break out. They thought that 50 to 100,000 might go, 750,000 turned up! There were stand pipes for water, but the sewage control was as basic as you can imagine - trenches / open ground - water contamination would / was a great risk. But I think the people in the end were ok?
I climbed out of my bedroom with my rucksack and hitched off to the fest. My first lift was on a motor bike with my ruck sack on, then other lifts down to the Royal Navy city of Portsmouth, the ferry to IOW, then I guess a lorry / bus to the site, which was on the very western tip of the island. The field had a steep hill next to it then called by the fest people DESOLATION ROW. You could watch for free. Later Jimi joked on the hill saying “Don’t forget. You can’t fly off that hill”
The festival was not all roses. Algerian anarchists and others tried to break down the fence against alsation dogs, and they brought in security firm. Not many paid to go to the event, financially for the organisers it was a DISASTER. Thousands watched for free from the Desolation Row hill. I did pay. It cost, I think, 30 shillings, say 3 pounds - 5 USA dollars!
To hold it on the far west of the IOW was an amazingly bad location. The very conservative population would only allow it on the very remote Afton Down area. The festival location was one of the very worst locations in the UK to hold it, except for say some remote Scottish island!
It was not flower, power, peace and love totally !!! Hippies were all over. They even walked down into the sea to swim in the 17 centigrade water /cold. Some totally nude. There were people passing round joints, but the atmosphere in the crowd of the music lovers was great. For those who had gone for the music, the crowd has mostly gone to see JIMI HENDRIX. Someone had painted on the fence ‘HENDRIX FOR POPE!’ He was to many the magician / guitar god .. STILL IS. An ironic pilgrimage as it was, as I say, his last UK gig - SO SADLY. That was who I was there for : JIMI. But I loved Rory, too.
I had seen Rory 3 weeks earlier at Plumpton festival near Brighton in the county of Sussex /south UK. This festival turned into the Reading festival that Rory played, say six times. I was completely blown away by him at Plumpton. He blew headliners DEEP PURPLE off the stage. Rory was the first guitar god I had ever seen live - I was amazed, thought “Wow, He’s incredible...” Rory was absolutely brilliant, and on the radio “What's Going On” was getting some plays, even a minor hit! Tony Joe White’s song “Groopy Girl” got play, too.
Rory performed Friday on a hot sunny late afternoon, and was the first to get the crowd worked up and on their feet dancing, clapping and cheering. To the far righty of Rory on stage, there’s a nude lady totally, totally freaking out dancing. Rory and I did not even notice her as the music concentrated one’s mind as Taste and in particular Rory was so magnificent. She was quickly removed to back stage.
Rory’s gig was great, and Tony Joe White followed Rory. And Rory would not leave for the final Europe shows with Taste until he had seen T J White, who played “As The Crow Flies” later.
You had to get some sleep and needed to chose which bands to get some rest through. I think I slept through the DOORS !!! Sorry, Doors’ fans. I can’t remember a lot of many things. I can’t remember Ten Years After. Some bands were crap, for example Tiny Tim, John Sebastian . Tony Joe White was great, and excellent recordings of his set are on youtube, remastered 6 or so. PLUS many others, Jethro Tull, Who, etc
Sadly for JIMI, he started his gig at 3 am Monday morning (Aug. 31st). Jimi just came in late, straight from a New York, after celebrating the opening of his ‘Electric Lady Studios‘ It was cold and most of us were asleep, me half so sadly. After his gig, say 5 am, I had nothinbg to stay for and ran for the ferry. I went there by myself as all my mates that said they were going to drop out.
Well, it was fantastic. My mum said, post IOW I was never the same , and that’s not from drugs, but from the occasion and the ‘blow your mind’ music .. ‘outta site’ as Jimi would say. I have to say “VOODOO CHILE”, chile as African Americans called child, Jimi’s 1968 great track, was left bouncing around in my mind for weeks. My best 5 days ever. Wish I could star trek back in time to do it again. I can’t remember the reception I got from my dad when I got back from the fest, the 30 miles to Worthing. I can’t even remember how I got back. I guess by the train? I don't know what I eat over the 5 day festival. I think my mum put some food into my rucksack. I remember the water stand taps, but can not remember whether there was food for sale. If there was then the 750,000 would very quickly have devoured it !
A few weeks after the IOW, I was back at school. My friend came and found me taking a shower after athletics, and said “Pete, JIMI’S DEAD”. I was devastated. I thought he was going to be the new Pope !
A DVD came out 25 years ago. A unique collage of the festival - there is Rory’s track “Sinnerboy” on it, taken from a different camera angle from the one on “What's Going On - Taste Live at the Isle of Wright” newish DVD. The DVD says half a million ( I have heard 750,000 ) were there - who counted , there were loads on Desolation Row hill watching for free. The DVD is called ‘MESSAGE TO LOVE (a Jimi track) THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL’. My favs --- Jimi , Rory and the band FREE .. Joe Bonammasa’s fan of the Free.
Jimi’s DVD is out there also, called ’BLUE WILD ANGLE : Live at the Isle of Wight’
Bath Festival ’69 and ‘70
It was tiny but Taste played in June 28th, 1969. Michael Eavis, inspired by this festival, hosted the ‘70 Pilton Pop Folk & Blues fest as the blueprint for his now massive supposedly best world fest GLASTONBURY.
Then in 1970 there was a massive BATH BLUES FESTIVAL. I was at the ‘70 Bath Blues fest held at the agricultural site for farmer shows in Shepton Mallet. Rory was only at the tiny embryonic 69 one. Great shame RG did not play the 70 fest. In the 70 fest, there were Led Zep , Jhonny Winter, Stepenwolf and Hells Angels gang. ‘70 bath was brilliant, but Isle of Wight few weeks later was AMAZING ___ AMAZING !
******** Reading Festival ********
The Reading Festival originates from an annual ‘Jazz and Blues festival’ organised by the National Jazz Federation and London's Marquee Club. The inspiration came from the Newport Jazz Festival of 1950's America. The first National Jazz Festival took place at Richmond Athletic Ground in August 1961. By 1965 the popularity of traditional jazz had waned, overtaken by rhythm and blues performers such as the Who, the Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart. Subsequently the festival became known as the National Jazz and Blues Festival. Noise complaints forced the 1966 festival to move to Windsor Racecourse, then in 1968 to Kempton Park, Surrey and then, in 1969 and 1970, at Plumpton. The festival finally reached Reading in 1971. Reading Council granted permission to the promoter, Harold Pendleton, to hold the festival by the Thames as part of the town's Festival of Arts.
extract from “Reading Museum” http://collections.readingmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=index
Plumpton Festival
Taste played on Aug. 8th, 1970
First time I ever saw Rory was in Taste at the Plumpton Jazz and Blues festival - a part of the famous series of Jazz and Blues fests : the well known Reading fest, that still goes on. I was 17. The headliners were Deep Purple. Rory’s TASTE was about 4 down from Deep Purple. Rory blew the jock strap off Purple’s Richie Blackmore. He played very vigorously and aggressively, I was mighty impressed. He was in his black leather jacket then, and would swing in towards the other band members as if he would strike them. He pipped Purple. Richie Blackmore tried to do the Hendrix thing and set fire to the stage ; probably well fire managed backstage. It was flat to me. It was my first encounter of a guitar great, and I mean Rory, not Richie Blackmore. A few weeks later, I saw him again at the Isle of Wight with the amazing Jimi who played three days after Rory.
Reading Festival
Rory played at Reading festival four times.
June 27th, ’71
Aug 24th, '73,
Aug 28th evening ’76
*** Rory was at Rock-Circus Rottweil, Rottweil, Germany in the afternoon on the same day earlier
Please check Martin Westwood's story on Memories of Rory ***
Aug 22nd, ’80.
Rory played at Reading four times. I went to the later Three shows. All were brilliant. There is one track “HANDS OFF” on an LP called ‘READING FESTIVAL ‘73’, mixed artist compilation of the festival. On the LP, it says ‘SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 1973 MARQUEE READING FESTIVAL‘. Rory was on Polydor records then. Plus there are bootlegs of the shows, in particular 1980's show. They still go until today as the Isle of Wight does, but on the latter TAME in comparison to the great 1970 Jimi / Rory show at THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Plumpton festival in 1970 was part of the early pre Reading shows, a part of the NATIONAL JAZZ AND BLUES FESTIVAL series of shows.
Three weeks after Plumpton festival - a horse racing circuit - was the 1970 Isle Of Wight, mega 750,000 festival. I made it to both IOW and Plumpton, also.
The 1980 festival was a great headliner show for Rory. In breaks, people were just killing time doing some shopping and/or going to pubs. There were checked shirts ALL OVER THE TOWN. This was paying homage to the great Rory Gallagher and his normal dress : Denim jeans and jacket and a checked shirt, often now used by workmen, so totally non pretentious Rory's stage gear and what he wore all the time.
I was next to a guy who had never seen Rory play. I told him “You will love him” As Rory played, he turned to me and said “WOW HE MAKES THAT GUITAR TALK!!!”
This year was the last show he played at Reading : west of, but near to London. The mayor of Reading came up on stage prior to Rory playing, the headline slot on the Friday night. This was to give him an award for playing the festival 4 times - more than anyone else by that time, and for attracting the biggest Reading audience ever. Rory looked embarrassed. The Mayor had his full regalia on : his cloak and golden chain : a bizarre site to see at a RORY GALLAGHER gig !!! lol
Van Dyke club, Plymouth July 16th, 1971
I went to a Van Dyke club, Plymouth in Devon. This was the first time I had seen RG as his new band : Rory Gallagher and his band, except three Taste gigs in 1970.
Every one played at Van Dyke club : Bowie, Yes, FREE et al.
I was lucky as my first Rory's gig ever was Taste at Plumpton, and then Isle of Wight fests 1970. However, as I say above, this was my first gig ever of the new RG and his band. I spoke to Gerry once and he said he remembered the gig. It has been one of his first in the new band. The venue was an old beaten-up, wooden, long and small hall, but an important gig site for gig-starved Devon county. I was 19. Once I phoned up the club and asked who's on tonight . They replied 'a singer, song writer called David Bowie'. I said “Thanks. I will leave it” lol !!! The Rory gig there, he played for 3 hours NON STOP! His hair was dripping with sweat. He just SMASHED IT. I was very close to Rory. He was on the right as you looked in. I was up front, say 3 metres from him. I had never been so close. At the festivals with Taste, it was hard to get close. It was a great gig and I WILL NEVER FORGET MY IST RG and his band gig. I think he played again there in 1973? However I was at Hull university. But there at Hull, I saw him 4 times, one being at Sheffield town hall, organised by Hull university - a coach of student Rory disciple's went!
I went to many gigs at the Van Dyke club. (google it to see who played there and to read about the venue) It has long been knocked down. It has its own web site.
WOW THE VAN DYKE AND RORY. To me, no band I saw there got anywhere near him, musically or as a PRESENCE !
Sheffield
I went to see Sheffield, Yorkshire gigs. Particularly I remember in 72 or 73, getting on a bus with many Hull university students to go 40miles from Hull to the excellent city of Sheffield. The gig then was at the Town Hall. All those were great. I had just started a Botany degree at Hull. I thought “Wow, what a great university to organise a large coach to see the great RORY GALLAGHER”.
Hull University
I was at Hull university between ‘72 and ’75. Rory always played at my university once a year as his UK university tours, including Nottingham / Birmingham. I went to 3 RG gigs at Hull. Even a Botany lecturer of mine went and was amazed!
I was at ’74 show (June 13th, 1974) and took my wife to her first RG gig. She saw him many more times as I was a fanatical fan. She liked it and said about him. “He always put on a good turn/gig”
On the sleeve notes on one of the Irish Tour ’74 DVD, it says that after the Irish tour, Rory would play anywhere, even Hull university. The first gig post Ireland was at Hull University. I don't think they meant Hull university was a bad place to play ? The sleeve notes just read as that. Mistakenly and insensitively put .. ? This could be interpreted as a bad place, depends on your sensitivity.
The gig was held in a 300 stand up venue. The hall by day was used for student dinners. It was called the Refectory. But at the weekend gigs would happen.
Other gigs I remember there were
Robin Trower in ’74 at his very poplar phase with ‘Bridge of Sighs’ LP. Like Rory's 74 gig, it was great. I love Rory, Trower, Jimi and the blues greats Muddy , Buddy Guy et al.
“Sweet” : We cycled home from Sweet show, my wife and I, and the Sweet band’s car pulled up and asked us where they could get girls !!! Rory's morals would never step so low. He was married to the ’61 strat, so girls was not a TOP PRIORITY ! for him! lol.
Any way, they were superb gigs.
Rory was in hot Irish tour era for sure.
I would like to say I was at the city gig, but I am not sure as I went to so many gigs. I very vaguely remember that there was a show I missed at Hull city area 3 miles from the university. I was very disappointed as the City publicity for things going on there would not reach to the university. As I say this is very deep in my sub conscience so I might be wrong.
Quote from http://www.roryon.com/digthis141.html
“It's three days later at Hull University where his mini-tour of British universities is opening. He said ages ago that he'd go back to small venues and he's doing it, even though he can sell out the biggest gigs in the country. Remember Gallagher played three nights at London's Marquee Club several weeks back? Now he's doing the universities. ...
Even though Rory Gallagher has been on the road for at least seven years playing what is essentially the same music, he is still enthusiastic, even at Hull University – no disrespect intended- but it's not as though Gallagher is playing Madison Square Garden.”
New Musical Express June 22, 1974
This article was also included in the European release of the Irish Tour DVD.
http://www.roryon.com/livefilm236.html
Hull University concert review by ANDREW HARRIES Melody Maker – June 22, 1974
Bingley Hall, Birmingham
One of my favourites - Christmas Dec 18th, 1976
We had just moved to Birmingham, been there for a few months. I was 24. This was a hugely atmospheric, sold out Christmas gig. A huge Victorian locomotive / train servicing shed. It was lit by ancient GAS LIGHTS ! Unfortunately the venue burnt down later ! The lights caused a fire that burnt the place down in 1984.
Rory as usual was ON FIRE that night, but did not cause the fire. I know my friend JJ was there .. he’s a big Rory fan like me, but we did not know each other until 2007 ! The gig was fantastic, stand up only. REALLY ENJOYABLE.
Earlier that year, I had seen RG open the massive NEC, National Exhibition Center. The first artist to do so.
Punk was rife in '76. SEX PISTOLS posters all over Birmingham. But Rory was out there and out musically surfing the punk cxxp for sure.
Malvern Winter Gardens and Taunton Odeon - Sept. 1980
ON TOUR WITH RORY FOR DAYS
I was going from Tamworth in Staffordshire, to Exeter, 200 miles South West, Devon county where my family / parents house was. I was very low in moods, and I thought Rory gigs would lift me. So I decided to tie in my trip with 2 Rory gigs. Rory was going to Taunton, near the beautiful cathedral city of Exeter, by the river Exe and the sea.
The first gig on this strip was at the atmospheric SPA town of Malvern, 100 miles south of Tamworth. I was with my 16 years old brother. We got there earlyish in the day and walked the nearby, lovely landscape of the MALVERN HILLS - an area of outstanding natural beauty. Then we went to the fantastic venue, the MALVERN WINTER GARDENS, an old (I guess) Victorian building. This was in the afternoon and Rory's people were getting it all set up, and the sound check was about to happen. The security on the door was letting people in, but you had to have a badge which was a CHERRY. I thought we could try to get in. So we went to the door, and I said to the security man “WE’VE GOT A CHERRY”, we did not! But he waved us in !!! Ted and Gerry were already on stage, and there were a few roadies, etc. around. Then, through the open French patio doors Rory came in. He was with another guy with permed curly hair, like Gerry's or Donal's. The guy was either Donal (his bro) or a tour manager unknown to me.
RG had some psycadelic sunglasses on. He was in a big Irish smile and walked to the stage. He picked up his wife, the beaten up famous strat, and burst into a number without telling the band which number it would be. The band were so tight that they immediately got it, and the song burst out. The gig was brilliant! The encores came along, then out came the lit up sunglasses. RG had kaleidoscopic lit up revolving colour sun glasses on as a joke during a number in the encores.
We then drove to the beautiful, famous garden of HIDCOTE MANOR to sleep in the car overnight. My idea was to walk the amazing garden the next day. We did, but it was closed so we were quick on our guard!
Then we drove south for another 100 miles to Taunton. We were walking the main street, then out of the blue 3 guys came towards us. It was RG, Ted and Gerry. We started to speak to them, but only for a few minutes. I did not want to bother them too much pre their gig that night. I said to RG “The first time I saw you play was Plumpton festival, Sussex, August 1970 (3 weeks before the isle of Wight AMAZING festival!) He looked puzzled and said “I don't remember that one” So I said “Well, the next time was the Isle of Wight” He burst out in a broad , laughing smile and said “I REMEMBER THAT ONE” It was amazing meeting him, and I still cherish the memory of meeting RORY !!! We broke off our brief meeting with RG and his band, as by now a big cluster of fans was forming. As we spoke to him, the other fans saw him and he obliged signing autographs , on paper, jean jackets, etc. He was very shy / mild in character, say the polar opposite to Whitesnake’s David Coverdale ! We left the scene.
Gateshead Festival - Rock on The Tyne
August 1981 another great gig Rory brought in an unknown band ‘U2’ here
I came up from Tamworth, Staffordshire with my brother and a girlfriend (future wife). I had only come to see RORY GALLAGHER. The others were just goodish addtions I was marginally interested in. I was disappointed to see Wilco Johnson wth Ian Dury & the Blockheads. I thought that stifled this manic guitarist. We were in the campsite. Rory was great as usual. It was a well-run festival.
NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
I went to all the NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY shows, a great venue, for all the 10 gigs. It started from 1980 till 1990. It’s a 2,000 stand up venue of great atmosphere. It opened in 1980. The Irish band ‘the UNDERTONES’ opened it. One of my last gigs there was GARRY MOORE, a year before he had the fatal heart attack. Rory liked playing at Rck City, Donal told me so the one time I met him. His lorry equip roadie told me what a pain it was to reverse the truck into the entry to the venue. I remember one gig there when Rory had his family on the upper balcony. Normally you could go there, but not at that time. On November 29th, 1988, I went from my bed to the gig. I had raving Hepatitis A and spent most of the gig doubled up, head between knees, but I could not miss him only 3 miles away at the great Rock City. I remember Rory at one of the gigs teasing the full capacity venue audience wise ..
“ARE YOU STILL ALIVE AT ROCK CITY?”
My last RG gig there was in 1990, December 19th and I got the tour T shirt. I still have it and it still fits. I was and still am a glutton for this great guitarist, man and artist who in his era was described as the hardest working man in the show biz.
Birmingham Hummingbird with Tony McPhee
December 11th 1988 a top gig of mine - obviously !!!
My wife and I were at the Birmingham Hummingbird gig. It was fantastic! And in the encores Rory said “Give a welcome to our friend, Tony McPhee from the Groundhogs!” A Birmingham Rock Blue band. They are/were great. But Rory WAS ON FIRE. So it was difficult for Tony to gel with Rory - who was flying. The venue was a West Indian venue, hence its title HUMMINGBIRD which are so common in the Caribbean. They had a loud disco on in the venue below, but RG was louder! Going back to the car , I found out that some scum bag had stolen the radio cassette. But the gig was great. I secretly filmed 90 mins of it : poor quality but ok for me. Birmingham is the 2nd city of UK after London.
Wolverhampton
I got to several good gigs at Wolverhampton in an industrial area called THE BLACK COUNTRY , in Staffordshire. I missed 'Stoke on Trent', another town in Staffordshire .. MUST HAVE BEEN WASHING MY HAIR!! lol
Leeds The Town and Country Club October 30th 1992
The only BAD GIG I went to was the day after the abortive one at London - Town and Country club.
He was obviously ill and every one has a bad day a the office, even Rory!
Town and Country club in London was the abortive one. The next day he was at Leeds to open their new club.
I was there. He just scraped. I thought this is a poor performance from the great RG. The owner knew about the night before, so at short notice, they booked a support Dr. Feelgood in case it went wrong. It nearly did. He was not his usual brilliant self at all!!!
At one stage he was not happy with the harmonica player. I guess a stand in one for Mark Feltham? He shouted “ROBERTO!” and then snatched the harp off him and started playing it himself!! Sadly he was still VERY ILL ... doing something like this is not the RORY WE KNOW !
We had gone up to Leeds and stayed overnight in a hotel. We had taken a friend up there, telling him how superb RG was, but IT WAS NOT TO BE. It was SAD and we did not enjoy the gig at all. Thankfully my other 49 gigs were great.
Portsmouth International Blues Festival
1993, May 28th
It pored with heavy rain !
I was at the ‘93 Portsmouth blues fest. It was the last time I ever saw him. He was great. Snooky Pryor, the great harmonica star, did the headline for the next night, the Saturday. It was in a circus tent like Ballyshannon. I remember Rory walking off away after the gig. The last time I ever saw him. Some guy from his team was patting RG on his back as the gig had been great. A tour manager ? or Donal?
Two years later he was gone....
BUXTON OPERA HOUSE 1994 April 17th
Rory cancelled
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page were there, but I only went to see Rory. He phoned in sick. SAD SAD SAD
If Rory had not phoned in sick, it would have been the last time I would have ever seen him.
It was a tribute to the pioneer guy for UK blues ALEXIS KORNER who had died.
The guys of Led Zep were there. Robert Plant, Bonham’s son on drums, Jimmy Page, et al. Also, another good guitar man with them, Innes Sibun, a British guy, and several other top bands. But I was not there to see the Zep guys,
although they were obviously great. I WAS THERE TO SEE RORY ..
It was absolutely NOT Rory to be sick for a gig but obviously this would happen... we all get ill.
Perhaps it showed that he now was deteriorating healthwise and would die next year in 95. The fact that Rory did not play screwed up the whole gig for me !!!
Three years later, I was back at the Buxton Opera house, but sadly for a big gig to pay tribute to Rory after his passing. October 5th, 1997. Rory’s brother had allowed the great ex Whitesnake gutarist Bernie Marsden to play Rory's strat .. the first artist to be given this honour. Later he did the same for Joe Bonammasa, I think, at the Albert hall. There were some big friends, lovers of Rory’s music. One of the Chieftains, Tim Rose who wrote the Jimi’s song “Hey Joe", skiffle’s Lonnie Donegan, et al
Anyway, this day was sad for me in 1994. No RORY gig !!!
Mr. Sibun was not able to play there due to unexpected matter.
* Mr. Sibun played at Rory Gallagher International tribute Festival in Ballyshannon in 2010.
He also performed at the Iridium in New York City to celebrate the release of "Notes from San Francisco" album.
http://www.innessibun.org.uk/index.html
I'm sorry that I only fact-checked Tim Rose's side about "Hey Joe".
Tim Rose claimed that this is a traditional song and 'first crafted by himself' , which Jimi played very close to.
Billy Roberts has author's right on this song.
Deep Purple related RG stories of mine
I only saw Deep Purple once. That was when I was 17 at the PLUMPTON, North Brighton fest, 3 week before the Isle of wight that August. I have got to say Rory was 3 or so down the pecking order. Deep Purple was headlining. Rory absolutely stole the show. It was my first encounter of a guitar great, and I mean Rory, not Richie Blackmore. In around 74, I saw Blackmore’s Rainbow. That’s my interaction with Deep Purple.
I have seen Bernie Marsden many times, the large festival near here DONNINGTON in Whitesnake. Also, in 96 at Buxton, a festival celebration for Rory a year after his untimely death. Donal then for a few numbers, gave Bernie the Rory strat, the first guy he allowed, too. Rory friends and fellow artists turned up, like the guy Tim Rose who wrote “Hey Joe”, and Lonnie Donnigan, and loads more. I saw Bernie , say 3 years ago at Derby Flowerpot - a pub .. HE WAS LOUD. He was a big Rory fan and I talked to him briefly on Rory one time. I told him that at Plumpton Rory blew Blackmore away. He replied “HE WOULD!!!” Bernie loves RG and did a tribute CD and a tour to commemorate RG.
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