Rory Gallagher - Big Guns
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Artist: Rory GallagherEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-06-24
Music Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Big Guns
- What's Going On
- Tattoo'd Lady
- Bad Penny
- Shadow Play
- Kickback City
- Bourbon
- Sinnerboy
- Used to Be [Live]
- Goin' to My Hometown
- Bullfrog Blues [Live][#]
- Messin' with the Kid [Live][#]
- The Loop
- Born on the Wrong Side of Time
- A Million Miles Away
- Calling Card
- Out on the Western Plains
- Lonesome Highway
- Just the Smile
- I'm Not Awake Yet
- Daughter of the Everglades
- I'll Admit You're Gone
- The King of Zydeco
- They Don't Make Them Like You Anymore
Free Music Notes for Big Guns
Free Music Review: somewhat disappointed
Hit: 3 Stars
I bought this 2CD set to get a get good introduction to blues guitarist Rory Gallagher. As a blues fan I'd heard bits and pieces over the years but never a full plate of his work. Someone even told me that Gallagher and Steve Marriott are the two best blues guitarists ever to come out of the British Isles. I don't know if I believe that.
After listening to these 24 songs spanning the length of his career, I'd question whether he can even be put into the blues category. The first disc is oriented to electric guitar but these are really rock songs. They don't even reach the level of blues/rock. Those looking for nicely recorded and produced material will certainly notice shortcomings, too.
The second disc is quite a bit different (and better) than the first. Here he's really in singer/songwriter mode making FM friendly rock 'n' roll through effective use of acoustic guitars, complementary piano work and solid melodies & vocals. Again, couldn't be described as blues.
If you're looking for modern electric blues guitar similar to Debbie Davies, Tab Benoit, Joe Bonamassa, Tinsley Ellis or Coco Montoya you won't find it here.
Based on these discs I wouldn't be anxious to run out and buy more of his material. Maybe the songs chosen aren't representative of his real blues stuff but that'd be a cardinal sin for those putting together a "best of" compilation of a major blues artist. If you can't find the blues in 24 chances then is this guy a real blues player?
2.5 stars rounded to 3.
Someone please recommend which albums actually contain some blues.
Big Guns Poster
2008 two disc regular CD edition of the first-ever career-spanning retrospective from the Irish guitar legend (the original version was an SACD hybrid disc, released in 2005). Rory Gallagher is the man who, without question, spearheaded the entire Irish Rock and Blues movement. More than that, he has had a significant influence on scores of musicians everywhere and has legions of loyal fans around the world to this day, despite his untimely death on June 14th, 1995. Contains an eight page booklet that retains a host of glorious photographs of Rory and his trademark guitars as well as two essays: one by David Sinclair of The Times and the other by Michael Molenda, Editor-in-Chief, Guitar Player. 24 tracks. BMG.Blues Music CDs
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