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Rory Gallagher: The Influences Behind His Unique Guitar Playing

Richard Green, New Musical Express, 21 August 1971

HARDLY a day goes by without someone or other phoning the NME and saying: "I've got the next Hendrix" or "My band's gonna blow your mind" or some such boast, but rarely does the new discovery live up to the praiser's promise.

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