Latest about Rory Gallagher
The Irish government wants to ensure Rory Gallagher’s iconic Fender Strat remains in the country
The government's interest follows a grassroots campaign that's hoping to raise enough money to keep the guitar in Ireland
A GoFundMe has been set up to buy Rory Gallagher’s 1961 Stratocaster in order to keep it in Ireland
Sheena Crowley – the daughter of the man who originally sold the guitar to Gallagher in 1963 – set up the fundraiser after it was announced Rory's Strat would be heading to auction
Rory Gallagher’s iconic ’61 Fender Stratocaster is heading to auction for the first time ever
As legend has it, Gallagher's Strat was the first to ever reach Irish soil, and it was used by the blues rock ace to cement himself as one of the all-time greats of guitar music
What made Rory Gallagher a true guitar one-off – and how he ended up with his first Fender Strat by accident
Jim Kirkpatrick, one of the world's leading experts on Gallagher's playing, puts the late blues-rock hero's tone under the microscope, revealing the gear and approaches that made the Strat-toting phenom one of the all-time greats
“Everyone else had walls of Marshalls, but Rory just turned up, put a Vox AC30 on two folded-out chairs and let rip”: Rory Gallagher – the gear behind the legend
As we rebuild the exact rigs from the late Irishman’s most famous live periods, using historic gear loaned by his estate, Daniel Gallagher looks back over his uncle’s lifetime onstage
Hear Rory Gallagher's iconic live rigs in action in this in-depth exploration of the guitar legend's gear collection
Trace the history of Gallagher's legendary sound through the decades with help from his famed '61 Strat, original Vox AC30, pedalboard and more
This week's essential guitar tracks: from Smashing Pumpkins' shredding metal turn to solos from the son of a session legend
All the guitar-driven songs you need to hear this week
Hear unreleased Rory Gallagher track Continental Op – a rampaging live performance from the Stratocaster great's previously undocumented period
A new Rory Gallagher live album, All Around Man – Live In London, is on the way and it features 23 unreleased recordings
