| Gallagher, Rory / Notes From San Francisco |
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| Album: | Notes From San Francisco | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Gallagher, Rory | Added: | Jun 2011 | |
| Label: | Eagle Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-02-05 | Pull Date: | 2012-04-08 |
| Week Ending: | Mar 25 |
| Airplays: | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 15, 2019: | Traditions Fuel To The Fire | 4. | Jul 23, 2013: | Good Day Sunshine (with Grady Champion) Tattoo'd Lady | |
| 2. | Oct 13, 2014: | CLEAN COPPER RADIO Calling Card | 5. | Mar 22, 2012: | Sunshine . . . in the Afternoon Shadow Play | |
| 3. | Mar 11, 2014: | The Alarm Clock Overnight Bag | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2012-01-29 | ||
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Irishman Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) was a hard-rock / blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, notable mainly in the mid-to-late 70s... a contemporary of Paul Rodgers, Mick Taylor, Pat Travers, and others of the sort. This package includes both a studio album and a live concert album. None of the tracks are bad, but many are pretty much the same (fast, hard rock with lots of showy blues-scale guitar solos). It’s a little dated, but damn entertaining. I’ve indicated some tracks that I think stand out, but play anything and you likely won’t be disappointed. Insert art includes cool vintage postcards of SF. No FCC issues. CD 1: Studio album, not previously released, recorded 1978 in San Francisco 1 Medium fast. 70s hard rock but with added sax and boogie-woogie piano. (4:26) 2 Medium fast. Loud. A few years later, this might be a Van Halen song. (4:45) 3 Mid tempo. Guitar & organ. About a mobster’s girlfriend. Sort of silly. (4:42) 4 Mid tempo. Lots of guitar and drums. (5:56) 5 ** Slow. Singing & playing (electric but soft) are much like a Clapton ballad. (3:40) 6 *** Blues-rock. Well crafted melody. Among his best singing efforts on here. (4:46) 7 Super fast. Showy virtuoso guitar solo. A little bit country. (5:19) 8 * Mid tempo. Angry lyric and singing. Varying guitar playing styles, all good. (5:45) 9 *** Slow. Among better guitar solos, beautiful clear tone. Powerful blues singing. (5:43) 10 *** Mid tempo. Alt version of #5. Singing is better. Guitar solos are crunchier. (3:55) 11 * Fast. Fuzzy guitar; furious drumming; a bit of funky organ. (3:49) 12 Fast, raunchy rocker. Driving bass and drums. Lots of fancy fingering on the frets. (4:22) CD 2: Live concert, recorded December 1979 at The Old Waldorf in San Francisco 1 * Fast, loud, hard rocker. Epic guitar solo midway through. (6:25) 2 Fast, hard, red-neck rock. Amusing. (3:42) 3 * Slower Texas-style blues with monster guitar licks, like Johnny Winter or SRV. (7:01) 4 Mid to fast blues rock. Song doesn’t stand out, but there’s some real big guitar. (4:43) 5 Fast and loud. More of the same. (4:35) 6 Fast and loud. Still more guitar and drums. (6:49) 7 ** Mid tempo blues rock. Some Jimi-like riffs and singing. (6:11) 8 Fast, shit-kickin’, car chasin’ southern rock. Showy solos. (3:51) 9 ** Mid tempo. Chicago style electric blues. Title song of an earlier studio album, and one of his better-known numbers. Audience calls out the hook in the refrain. (5:51) 10 Very fast. Back to the standard stuff as before. Blistering guitar solo. (5:11) 11 ** Super fast. Traditional blues, done by Canned Heat, others. Epic guitar solo. (5:38) 12 *** Sounds like the Stones interpreting Frankie Ford. Great rock and roll tune. (3:39) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Rue The Day | 13. | Follow Me | |||
| 2. | Persuasion | 14. | Shinkicker | |||
| 3. | B Girl | 15. | Off The Handle | |||
| 4. | Mississippi Sheiks | 16. | Bought And Sold | |||
| 5. | Wheels Within Wheels | 17. | I'm Leavin' | |||
| 6. | Overnight Bag | 18. | Tattoo'd Lady | |||
| 7. | Cruise On Out | 19. | Do You Read Me | |||
| 8. | Brute Force & Ignorance | 20. | Country Mile | |||
| 9. | Fuel To The Fire | 21. | Calling Card | |||
| 10. | Wheels Within Wheels (Alt. Version) | 22. | Shadow Play | |||
| 11. | Cut A Dash | 23. | Bullfrog Blues | |||
| 12. | Out On The Tiles | 24. | Sea Cruise |