Gerry McAvoy's Band of Friends
A celebration of Rory Gallagher's Music
There are many tribute bands playing
the music of Rory Gallagher
some good some not so good but what they are doing is keeping
the music of this great musician alive.
Rory’s music reached a massive audience from Norway
to Spain,
from Japan to the USA,
Covering all parts of the globe and producing some of the
greatest
rock/blues albums of the 60's 70's and the 80's.
Sadly we lost Rory on June 14th 1995, to his devoted fans
and followers
this was the ultimate tragedy.
The BAND OF FRIENDS is not a tribute to
Rory more a celebration of
his life and music.
The band consists of musicians who played with Rory throughout
his career.
Gerry McAvoy
He played with Rory for 20 years; from 1971
to 1991and because of this has a great insight into the man and his music.
Gerry played on every album Rory ever made.
He also wrote a book following his career which was published in 2005. “RIDING SHOTGUN” -
www.ridingshotgun.co.uk.
(Deep Joy/Champion Jack Dupree/Rory Gallagher Band/Nine Below Zero)
Ted McKenna
He played with Rory from 1977 to 1981.
Ted is a rock drummer’s drummer.
He has played with numerous rock legends and has recorded some
of the top albums of our time. (Teargas/The Sensational Alex Harvey Band/Rory Gallagher Band
Greg Lake/Gary Moore/Michael Schenker Band)
Marcel Scherpenzeel
He grew up with Rory’s music and Gerry
is quoted as saying “This is the closest guitarist
to Rory you will ever hear.”
So as you can see this is not a tribute band. This is THE BAND.