Band of Friends - Rory Gallagher tribute

guitars4you

just had a tip of yesterday from a customer - So time to pass it on to any Rory fans out there

Davy Knowles - the blues lad from Isle of Man, along with Gerry McAvoy and Ted McKenna

posted one link for starters - but search 'band of friends' Rory Gallagher and a host of other options - Believe they have done a few gigs in the USA - If any one knows or hears of UK gigs then update accordingly

guitars4you

Just found some UK  dates


• Friday 16th Nov
Leicester (UK)
The Musician
Clyde Street, LE1 2DE leicester
Xander Promotions
Tickets
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• Sunday 18th Nov
Liverpool (UK)
The Cavern
10 Mathew Street, L2 6RE Liverpool
Tickets
BOF on stage 14:30

mudslide73

Very nice too.. I enjoyed it much more than  I thought. It has served to remind me how much I adore Rory too. 

guitars4you

mudslide73 said:

Very nice too.. I enjoyed it much more than  I thought. It has served to remind me how much I adore Rory too. 

Gerry obviously enjoying it - and still lays down a mean powerful grove

Looks like the 2 UK dates are with a different guitar player and not Davy Knowles

breadfan

guitars4you said:

mudslide73 said:

Very nice too.. I enjoyed it much more than  I thought. It has served to remind me how much I adore Rory too. 

Gerry obviously enjoying it - and still lays down a mean powerful grove

Looks like the 2 UK dates are with a different guitar player and not Davy Knowles

if it's Marcel Scherpenzeel, I'd strongly recommend going to at least one of them.

I saw him play with the band last year in Dublin & it was the closest to Rory I've ever heard. He's a phenomenal player & absolutely nails Rory's tone. Here's one of many vids on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbUGOJ1gx2o

Gerry is still fantastic, too - it really was a great gig!

Funkfingers

Is there any possibility of BOF touring Australia? Somebody I know over there is a monster Rory fan.

LuttiS

I've been on a Rory sesh all day today, then saw that and was impressed, having a serious consider of making a trek to liverpool..

John_P

Great playing by both versions of the band.   Thanks for - I’ll be working through more of their videos. 

Question for the Rory fans - which songs are most likely to work as a cover in a mixed bluesy rock set?        Drummer suggested bullfrog blues and that’s ok as a fun number but I wonder if Bad Penny would be a good chance of being recognised by casual fans?

p90fool

I used to gig Bad Penny in a blues band and it has enough hooks and punctuation to go down well to people who've never heard it in my experience. 

guitars4you

John_P said:

Great playing by both versions of the band.   Thanks for - I’ll be working through more of their videos. 

Question for the Rory fans - which songs are most likely to work as a cover in a mixed bluesy rock set?        Drummer suggested bullfrog blues and that’s ok as a fun number but I wonder if Bad Penny would be a good chance of being recognised by casual fans?

laid back then Calling Card

T'atood Lady or Moon Child

Misty

Barry Barnes's Sinnerboy is another Rory tribute band worth checking out.....

Alvin

Misty said:

Barry Barnes's Sinnerboy is another Rory tribute band worth checking out.....

     I'll 2nd that . .

 

    I actually prefer Barry to Marcel , they both absolutely nail Rory but Barry has a (slightly) more rough and ready sound and his voice is very close to Rory's .    Where Band of friends is the (again - slightly) more polished version and it it is a pleasure to see Gerry playing on "his" songs .

  I haven't seen  Davy Knowles , he doesn't have the voice but that isn't always important .

  

  If Gerry could get Marcel and Barry playing together that would be a sight worth seeing , but probably overkill .

mudslide73

guitars4you said:9

John_P said:

Great playing by both versions of the band.   Thanks for - I’ll be working through more of their videos. 

Question for the Rory fans - which songs are most likely to work as a cover in a mixed bluesy rock set?        Drummer suggested bullfrog blues and that’s ok as a fun number but I wonder if Bad Penny would be a good chance of being recognised by casual fans?

laid back then Calling Card

T'atood Lady or Moon Child

I've played T'attood Lady and Messing with the Kid.. (in a substandard way of course). 

Edit: I think "Used to Be" would be fantastic to do - that Beat Club version is off the scale.

wellsyboy

No-one can do Rory. Yes people can play his songs and the bands sounds great but to me that just sounds like a blues rock guitarist (and a very very good one) playing Rory songs. Rory's touch and tone was unique - still miss him and listen to his stuff all the time - vinyl is the best way to enjoy him too!!! Original mixes.

guitars4you

wellsyboy said:

No-one can do Rory. Yes people can play his songs and the bands sounds great but to me that just sounds like a blues rock guitarist (and a very very good one) playing Rory songs. Rory's touch and tone was unique - still miss him and listen to his stuff all the time - vinyl is the best way to enjoy him too!!! Original mixes.

agree - but this is the closest you'll see with Ted and Gerry on bass/drums - I thought it was great to see the smile on Gerry's face again, as he could once again lay down the powerful groove - I'm a big Rory fan, so would never say it is the same, but glad to see this option - Granted via youtube, vinyl etc then just listen to Rory - but now I know about it I'll probably get a ticket for Leicester or Liverpool

Interesting that the Double Trouble guys still work quite a bit together for various projects

welshboyo

breadfan said:

guitars4you said:

mudslide73 said:

Very nice too.. I enjoyed it much more than  I thought. It has served to remind me how much I adore Rory too. 

Gerry obviously enjoying it - and still lays down a mean powerful grove

Looks like the 2 UK dates are with a different guitar player and not Davy Knowles

if it's Marcel Scherpenzeel, I'd strongly recommend going to at least one of them.

I saw him play with the band last year in Dublin & it was the closest to Rory I've ever heard. He's a phenomenal player & absolutely nails Rory's tone. Here's one of many vids on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbUGOJ1gx2o

Gerry is still fantastic, too - it really was a great gig!

Massive Rory fan here....

Marcel is great got that Rory vibe going on, I actually think his voice is closer to Rory than his guitar playing - whilst he's a phenomenal player, he's a bit safe for me and whilst he probably has to please the Rory fans I think he sometimes sounds like he's playing by numbers.

LuttiS

welshboyo said:

Massive Rory fan here....

Marcel is great got that Rory vibe going on, I actually think his voice is closer to Rory than his guitar playing - whilst he's a phenomenal player, he's a bit safe for me and whilst he probably has to please the Rory fans I think he sometimes sounds like he's playing by numbers.

ha, i heard it was the other way around - I thought his guitar was closer than his voice

StuartMac290

Ted's a mate - and one of the best 2 or 3 drummers I've ever played with. The guy seriously grooves.