Rory Gallagher: Newcastle City Hall
Idris Walters, Street Life, 10 January 1976
RORY GALLAGHER is a Conservationist. He preserves various traditions the old blues, 'British' rhythm and blues, the anti-star guitarist mood and the Celtic will to perform.
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