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Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
Dearg Films/Strange Music Limited
Director: Brian Reddin
2024

If street signs named after an artist are any indication of their cultural status then there is no doubting the importance of Rory Gallagher. Streets in at least three cities, including Paris, and a Dublinsquare, all bear the name of the Irish blues-rock guitarist who died aged 47 in 1995.

The Ballyshannon-born, Cork-raised guitarist's enduring appeal can also be measured in the stream of releases that have flowed since his death. In his lifetime, Gallagher released thirteen studio albums and five live albums. Posthumously, the total number of archival releases (studio sessions and live recordings), box sets and compilations is roughly the same, at time of writing.

There have been several posthumous biographies, of which Riding Shotgun(SPG Triumph, 2005) by Gerry McEvoy (Gallagher's bassist of 20 years) is the most revealing, plus a 2005 BBC radio documentary narrated by Gary Moore.

When it comes to film documentaries, the material is a little thinner. There was Irish Tour '74, Tony Palmer's grainy on-the-road concert film, which captured Gallagher's love of playing live. Over thirty years would pass before Ian Thullier's doc

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