Guitar Lifestyle » rory gallagher http://www.guitarlifestyle.com Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Rory Gallagher “Off the Handle” http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/02/26/rory-gallagher-off-the-handle/ http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/archives/2009/02/26/rory-gallagher-off-the-handle/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:00:47 +0000 Josh http://www.guitarlifestyle.com/?p=782 One of the things that I like to do when I “discover” a new artist that I like is to trace their roots. You can learn a lot about a guitar player based on who they cite as influences. Joe Bonamassa has often cited Rory Gallagher as a major influence, and Bonamassa has even covered Gallagher on his albums.

Gallagher is a fairly well-known, but (in my opinion) under appreciated blues guitarist. He’s almost better known for his beat up “sunburst” Strat than he is for his guitar playing, but he is a great guitar player. While exploring some of Gallagher’s live footage on YouTube, I came across this video of Gallagher playing “Off the Handle”.

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