New Music - Rory Gallagher
My recent posting on Rory Gallagher created a fair amount of interest and comment, thus I only think it is fair that I bring you this track as soon as I came upon it.
Obviously it isn't "new" Rory material but is is in fact the last studio recording made by Rory in January 1995 five months prior to his untinely death.
The session was for a fellow Irish blues guitarist Eamonn McCormack who had long been an admirer of Rory's while he was growing up. Eamonn never really gained major exposure ouwith his homeland but by 1995 had relocated to London to record an album and tongue in cheek called up Rory to ask if he would appear on the album, in typical Rory fashion he turned up and set the studio alight with his fender fretwork at the time nobody knew it would be the last time that Rory shook the studio walls.
The track is an original McCormack composition titled "Falsely Accused" from the album "Kindred Spirit". On completion the album was a casualty of a change in management at the label, a dispirited McCormack gave up the business for over 12 years but is now back refreshed and has found the masters and selected 14 tracks from the sessions for release in the near future.
"Falsely Accused" is the only track which featured Rory and as such you can listen to it below.
Irish born guitarist Eamonn McCormack first picked up the guitar at the age of nine. From here he progressed from acoustic guitar through to electric guitar and forming a number of bands. Citing influences as diverse as Slade Cat Stevens, Neil Young and Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy and Focus. Following an extended stay in America where he performed regularly and honed his craft Eamonn returned to Ireland and fronted the “Samuel Eddy Band”. Through sheer dint of hard work and many gigs the band established itself in Europe and in doing so also cemented Eamonn’s reputation as a gifted and talented blues rock guitarist.
During this period Eamonn recorded two studio albums and two live albums and performed at many live concerts and played with some of his heroes including Rory Gallagher and Jan Akkerman formerly of Dutch rock band Focus.
His latest album is entitled Kindred Spirits and includes performances from Herman Brood on the track The Grove, Jan Akkerman on the track Mystica and Rory Gallagher alongside Eamonn on the track Falsely Accused. In fact the track featuring Rory Gallagher was one of the last studio sessions ever recorded by Rory Gallagher before his untimely death in 1995.
The album is Eamonn McCormack’s first studio album in seven years and as such will appeal to the legion of fans Eamonn has managed to build up over the last fifteen years of hard graft and gigging across Europe, Ireland and America. Eamonn McCormack and Kindred Spirits however will be of interest to any fan of well played blues/rock guitar music.
If you want a copy of the track yourself you can obtain it via the cover mounted CD on the latest issue of Classic Rock. Inside you will find an article by Harry Docherty, the man who informed the world of Rory's passing, which documents Rory's last days.
