Rush toured with Rory Gallagher in the early days and he and Alex Lifeson became friends. Later on when Rush was a headliner Rory toured with them. Alex Lifeson talks about how Rory's playing inspired him and what a really decent guy Rory was.
Thanks Alan, for another Rory reaction. This is all Rory, a live performance, nothing to do with Roger Glover. Yes, Glover produced the album (and he and Rory didn't see eye to eye on the production btw) -Rory conceived and wrote the song, the lyrics likely inspired by the detective/espionage novels he enjoyed. Interestingly, he often did this song as an acoustic number. That head voice/falsetto is all over Rory's repertoire, he had quite a range, often, as in this performance, scatting along with the guitar, matching it note for note. You will see and hear more of it as you dig deeper into his music.
And dig I will ( and am currently ) but it’s just so good to read the background and more detail ( thank you ) I’m just fascinated by his ability and songs 😊😎
@@alan-reacts65 Rory always prefered a 'live' sound, which didn't quite gel with Glover's ideas. Gerry McAvoy mentions the recording process in this interview th-cam.com/video/4fYrPh9YF6A/w-d-xo.html if you're interested, he went into more detail in his book Riding Shotgun. My copy is in a box in the attic now so I can't quote directly I'm afraid. For a good overview of Rory's versatility I'd recommend watching the Rockpalast 1976 full show video, first half solo acoustic, second half with the band from around the time of the Calling Card album. happy digging 👍
Thank you for another outstanding Rory track! There's quite a history behind why the band lineup changed after this album. Rory's record company wanted him to do an album that would be his "breakthrough" album in the U S market. They traveled to San Francisco and began recording with Elliot Mazer as producer. This resulted in a much slicker, more refined sound for the group. Rory wasn't especially happy with the production, but the deal came crashing down after he attended a Sex Pistols performance. The performance was terrible but the energy was overwhelming and Rory knew he wanted to get back to his roots. He scrapped the album, let go of everyone in the band except Gerry and hired an aggressive drummer (Ted McKenna) to return to the power trio lineup which he preferred. He kept some of the songs and recorded Photo Finish, probably his most hard rocking album.
So he was basically fighting against himself and the record company ? It doesn’t seem like the Label was trying to damage him but he just wanted the sound and energy he felt in stage to be the same ? Interesting that the lineup was dumped ?
@@alan-reacts65 , Rory had his own vision of the sound he wanted. He scrapped two entire albums in his career- the San Francisco album (released posthumously after his nephew Daniel remixed it as Notes from San Francisco) and Torch, which was re-recorded and released as Defender. The Label on the San Francisco recording wasn't trying to damage him, but was much more interested in getting him into the mainstream instead of preserving his unique identity. Mainstream=$$ for them. Take a listen to the differences between the Elliot Mazer versions of Brute Force and Ignorance vs Rory's Photo Finish version. Many of the songs from that scrapped album are on Photo Finish.
He was recording what was posthumously released as Notes from San Francisco. Basically the sound was maybe going more commercial and by chance Rory went to see the Sex Pistols and decided (along with a sprained thumb to scape everything that punk had changed everything- he went to Germany and recorded Photo Finish in 3 weeks with many of the songs from Notes from San Francisco. What is interesting is to compare the two sounds from the 2 albums. For example Fuel to the Fire and indeed the Mississippi Sheiks.
Prog? Metal? ...... let's call it speedway-blues 😉. Next one somewhat "slower"....... live in Montreux (1977) *_"A Million Miles Away"_* : th-cam.com/video/ImliADrTs5Q/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=CaioOM Btw. Love the Hammond B3 sound in this Prog? Metal? - song.
@@alan-reacts65 Sorry Alan, looked for but couldn't find it ..... searched again and ..... you're right. Let's say .... it's an age-thing (or need to go to the optician 😎🤣
"Signal" is another high-tech Rory tune which I think you might enjoy, Alan! Great video and reaction! Thank you for your continuing service!
Rush toured with Rory Gallagher in the early days and he and Alex Lifeson became friends. Later on when Rush was a headliner Rory toured with them. Alex Lifeson talks about how Rory's playing inspired him and what a really decent guy Rory was.
I think that just about says it all 😊😎👍
The high head voice is mimicking the slide which was used to mimic the human voice.
That’s an insight 😎👍
Thanks Alan, for another Rory reaction.
This is all Rory, a live performance, nothing to do with Roger Glover. Yes, Glover produced the album (and he and Rory didn't see eye to eye on the production btw) -Rory conceived and wrote the song, the lyrics likely inspired by the detective/espionage novels he enjoyed. Interestingly, he often did this song as an acoustic number.
That head voice/falsetto is all over Rory's repertoire, he had quite a range, often, as in this performance, scatting along with the guitar, matching it note for note. You will see and hear more of it as you dig deeper into his music.
And dig I will ( and am currently ) but it’s just so good to read the background and more detail ( thank you ) I’m just fascinated by his ability and songs 😊😎
@@alan-reacts65 Rory always prefered a 'live' sound, which didn't quite gel with Glover's ideas. Gerry McAvoy mentions the recording process in this interview th-cam.com/video/4fYrPh9YF6A/w-d-xo.html if you're interested, he went into more detail in his book Riding Shotgun. My copy is in a box in the attic now so I can't quote directly I'm afraid.
For a good overview of Rory's versatility I'd recommend watching the Rockpalast 1976 full show video, first half solo acoustic, second half with the band from around the time of the Calling Card album.
happy digging 👍
Thank you for another outstanding Rory track! There's quite a history behind why the band lineup changed after this album. Rory's record company wanted him to do an album that would be his "breakthrough" album in the U S market. They traveled to San Francisco and began recording with Elliot Mazer as producer. This resulted in a much slicker, more refined sound for the group. Rory wasn't especially happy with the production, but the deal came crashing down after he attended a Sex Pistols performance. The performance was terrible but the energy was overwhelming and Rory knew he wanted to get back to his roots. He scrapped the album, let go of everyone in the band except Gerry and hired an aggressive drummer (Ted McKenna) to return to the power trio lineup which he preferred. He kept some of the songs and recorded Photo Finish, probably his most hard rocking album.
So he was basically fighting against himself and the record company ? It doesn’t seem like the Label was trying to damage him but he just wanted the sound and energy he felt in stage to be the same ? Interesting that the lineup was dumped ?
@@alan-reacts65 , Rory had his own vision of the sound he wanted. He scrapped two entire albums in his career- the San Francisco album (released posthumously after his nephew Daniel remixed it as Notes from San Francisco) and Torch, which was re-recorded and released as Defender. The Label on the San Francisco recording wasn't trying to damage him, but was much more interested in getting him into the mainstream instead of preserving his unique identity. Mainstream=$$ for them. Take a listen to the differences between the Elliot Mazer versions of Brute Force and Ignorance vs Rory's Photo Finish version. Many of the songs from that scrapped album are on Photo Finish.
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He was recording what was posthumously released as Notes from San Francisco. Basically the sound was maybe going more commercial and by chance Rory went to see the Sex Pistols and decided (along with a sprained thumb to scape everything that punk had changed everything- he went to Germany and recorded Photo Finish in 3 weeks with many of the songs from Notes from San Francisco. What is interesting is to compare the two sounds from the 2 albums. For example Fuel to the Fire and indeed the Mississippi Sheiks.
Des , I think that’s something I need to do , compare the 2 sounds , I just keep learning: enjoying more and more 😊😎👍
Gerry McAvoy is killer on Bass
Prog? Metal? ...... let's call it speedway-blues 😉. Next one somewhat "slower"....... live in Montreux (1977) *_"A Million Miles Away"_* : th-cam.com/video/ImliADrTs5Q/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=CaioOM
Btw. Love the Hammond B3 sound in this Prog? Metal? - song.
Already reacted to that my friend on his playlist 😊
@@alan-reacts65 Sorry Alan, looked for but couldn't find it ..... searched again and ..... you're right. Let's say .... it's an age-thing (or need to go to the optician 😎🤣
I say it’s a “ it’s not that important thing 😊😊😊🕺👍 hello my friend 😎👍
@@alan-reacts65 Well, as long as my ears (hearing) keep working ..... that's fine by me. Btw Your "mouth-issues" are history by now my friend?