Latest about Rory Gallagher
The night Rory Gallagher gave the Slash a taste of affordable GIbson via his modded Melody Maker
Modded with a Gibson humbucker, this 1969 student guitar has lived a life, and was the star of the show when Gallagher jammed with Slash in 1991
A trip on Concorde? Cliff Richard? The story behind Rory Gallagher’s Coral Electric Sitar
Famously used on Philby, the electric sitar is one of the most unique instruments in the Rory Gallagher Collection. Donal Gallagher tells us how he found it and its glam Transatlantic journey home
How Rory Gallagher grabbed his iconic 1963 Gretsch Corvette for the princely sum of $150
Can you judge a guitar by its case? Not usually, but when Donal Gallagher was shopping for cases for brother Rory, he found one with a very special guitar inside, and there was a deal to be made
Meet Rory Gallagher’s ’32 National Triolian Resonator, a guitar with mojo, scars and stories to tell
Rory’s battered National Triolian could be seen as the acoustic sibling of his infamously weathered 1961 Strat – though this metal workhorse could howl, too
Crushed under the wheels of a baggage truck, how Rory Gallagher’s ’59 Esquire rose from the dead
Heavily modded over the years, this hot-sounding Esquire was, outside of the Strat, Rory’s go-to Fender for slide work – but it nearly came to an untimely demise on an airport runway…
“The guitar has got a life of its own and it’s got to move on”: Inside the Rory Gallagher auction
Nearly 30 years after Rory Gallagher’s death, we join Rory’s brother Donal to find out why it’s time to let go of his legendary 1961 Fender Stratocaster as it heads to auction
Rory Gallagher’s family on why security concerns for his guitar collection encouraged them to sell it
The safety of the guitar has become an increasing concern over the years as several attempts to rehome it in a museum have failed
Joe Bonamassa plays Rory Gallagher's 1959 Esquire, calling him “one of my guitar heroes”
Bonamassa debunks the rumor that Gallagher only had one guitar throughout his career, namely, the '61 Fender Strat
