Pinch harmonics is the guitar effect your trying to describe. The guitar sounds in this piece cover every trick in the book except - no peddles not even a delay pedal…it’s just phenomenal skill combined with real musical understanding…

Rory is a Genius, there is the Irish Tour 74 DVD, please watch it , and will be moved to tears. Big hug from Rio de Janeiro.

Good that you mention Rod De'Ath. My holy trinity of drummers is Keith Moon, John Densmore and Rod D.

Had the joy of meeting Rory and his band, kicking a football around in a break from recording back in 1973. They were, very much, a team working for one another (no single star here)..

If you want to see the sheer power that just three guys can deliver, check out Shadow Play, live in the Ulster Hall in Belfast in 1984. Not the technical intricacy of some other tracks, but bear in mind, this was Belfast in the eighties. Few other artists went near the place. And you can see that in the crowd reaction. I say "crowd", not "audience", deliberately. Rory and the crowd fed off each other with energy that was just off the scale... and just when you think he's done and you can draw breath, he goes again. Just awesome. The stage crew were dragging fans off the stage who just wanted to touch the great man. As a Belfast lad myself, i was just too young to go to this. My older brother did, and I'm not sure I've ever quite forgiven him... 😂 Makes me emotional every time I watch a Rory video, and for this one, your comments did it justice - well done!

Rory Gallagher is own of the great guitarists as well as a composer. I saw him in England three times in the 70's. More people should be aware of him and the depth of his musical styles.

As someone already mentioned, there’s no pedals, no whammy bar. What you hear is what he produced there on stage, just him his guitar and the Vox AC30 he channels it through. The pinch harmonics particularly on the Irish Tour ‘74 version are the genius of the man on show. To me this is imitating the very thing this reaction started with, a guy walking on hot coals. The album track is the definitive version of this song. The film unfortunately crops half the song in the editing. There are plenty of versions on KZfaq and no two are the same. Rory played from the gut. You got what he was feeling in the moment and the band were so tight that they followed wherever he led. This track is heaven to me.

HI JP. DP from UK. Regrets, I've Had A Few. One is never having seen Rory Gallagher live. One of the guitar greats.

I love Rory Gallagher and his guitar! 🎸🎸🎸 R.I.P.

Delighted to have recommended this (with others).

Bryan May of Queen says he got his tone from Rory. Brian approached him in a club when he was still young and unknown and asked Rory how he got his sound. Rory spent a long time showing Brian everything he knew. Amazing sharing and kind man.

Thanks JP 'and that is how it is done!' - your guitar lesson for the day.

I just have to see the name Rory Gallagher and I’m smiling. Then when I hear him…that’s me sorted for the night.

What a great performer. He was one with his guitar, vocals and the audience. One of several performers who could exchange energy from the stage to the audience. It would bounce back and forth until it was one. 😊

Fenomenal e arrasador! Rory.... meu eterno vício!

A Gallagher with actual talent.

I bought the Bueprint album something like 3 weeks after it came out. Walk on Hot Coals is one of my favourites off it. Rory was the best live act I ever saw, ans I saw loads. Often acts were too loud or under rehearsed, or with instruments out of tune. But Rory was the only one who comfortably sounded better LIVE than recorded. The last time I saw him was in a marquee tent at Southsea, UK. around 1993-94. He was absolutely blistering.

Excellent. Ireland rocks

Insano e arrasador! Li em algum lugar que essa música tem um dos 10 melhores solos de Blues ao vivo de todos os tempos.Concordo 100%

Treble boosted blues, fun being had, great band, audience appreciation. Enjoyed it here too.

You must watch Rory perform. It'll take you to another level.

I thought Alvin Lee was the sole master of the intricate Blues lead guitar, until I heard this - great stuff.

The first Rory Gallagher song I heard was 'Moonchild'. Please, react to this wonderful song!

You must watch Rory on video to really appreciate the man, the legend Justin!!

Great album. IT'74. Rory could really bring it.

Back in the 70s, I lamented the fact Rory dropped a keyboard player after "Calling Card" in favour of just a trio. His music became more "power chord" focused, but it became simplistic stuff that most guitarists could play; Lou's keyboards gave him a dimension that he could solo endlessly on top of as "Irish Tour '74" showed.

Just The Best

Great reaction. Everything on the Irish Tour album is 🔥. You should watch along with the live video from the film for any others.

Go back to Taste end sixties for origins, to the Rory Gallagher trio LPs and when Lou Martin joins. 70s definitely the classic period.

I never knew what Jaguar meant - thanks :)

I'm pretty sure Lou Martin played electric piano exclusively on this album.

A one off absolutely nobody like him .I saw him live in dublin in 1979 on the photo finish (great album by the way) tour and I couldn't believe 3 people could make such a beautiful intense racket

What he's "doing at this point" is sweating, eyes closed - absolutely trapped by his own sounds, in the zone. That is what he was doing and what the crowd are responding to. He always played for himself as much as the crowd. When he finds a rhythm, and likes it, a smile breaks out. When he finds a mood and plays it, the intense frown of concentration. I think Hot Coals is the most 'psychedelic' I've seen Rory to date. He's lost in the sounds.

Oh I love this whole album ❤

Thank you for all the great content. I have been following since 2019 and appreciate your take on the music I grew up with (I'm 65). I have a recommendation for a fun album to feature on "long song" Saturday. The album is by Guess Who and titled Road Food. Great music done in a sarcastic and funny way. I think you will love it. Thanks, Doug.

Great reaction, made my day. Check out Shadow of the sun by Paul Weller

I did see Rory live though it wasn't long before he died so perhaps only slightly past his best. Clearly though, he's one of the very best at this sort of heavy blues rock (I got strong vibes of Humble Pie, Johnny Winter and Ten Years After.) and the extended live versions are usually where you should seek the real quality.

Ya should listen t some of Rory's earlier stuff from his band "taste"...why don't you watch some of his videos..see the genius at work..my no.1 in the world 👍

Please dig the band Guided By Voices! Their song Dance Of Gurus! Such a banger, they have 40 albums and all of them have a wiki page!! Indie rock with swagger and clever lyrics but experimental

👍👍👍

Kinda sounds like “I Can’t Explain” in the first ten seconds.

If you want to watch him laying down his poor tired guitar on stage watch "Rory Gallagher Shadow Play live at Montreux 1979 colour.avi". Brilliant. Another favourite of mine is "Rory Gallagher - Moonchild - Loreley 1982 (live)". Somewhere between incredible and unbelievable.

Opens the bag of tricks one this one.

On this form, Rory was untouchable.

Just for the dumbest intro I‘ve ever witnessed a big thumbs up 😂😉

Great guitarist, good track.... maybe drawn out just a tad too long? 🤔

Hendrix called him the best guitarist.