Against the Grain (Rory Gallagher album)
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Against the Grain is a 1975 studio album by Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher
William Rory Gallagher, ; 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995, was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste...

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Rory Gallagher except where indicated.

Side 1
  1. "Let Me In" – 4:03
  2. "Cross Me Off Your List" – 4:26
  3. "Ain't Too Good" – 3:54
  4. "Souped-Up Ford" – 6:24
  5. "Bought and Sold" – 3:24


Side 2
  1. "I Take What I Want" – 4:22 (David Porter
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    , Mabon Hodges, Isaac Hayes
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  2. "Lost at Sea" – 4:06
  3. "All Around Man" – 6:14 (Bo Carter
    Bo Carter
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  4. "Out on the Western Plain" – 3:53 (Leadbelly
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  5. "At the Bottom" – 3:18

Personnel

  • Rory Gallagher
    Rory Gallagher
    William Rory Gallagher, ; 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995, was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste...

     – guitar
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    s, vocals
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  • Gerry McAvoy
    Gerry McAvoy
    Gerry McAvoy is an Irish blues rock bass guitarist, who is best known for his twenty five year long friendship and professional association performing with Rory Gallagher between 1970 and 1991...

     – bass guitar
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    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Lou Martin
    Lou Martin
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     – keyboards
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  • Rod de'Ath
    Rod de'Ath
    Rod de'Ath , is a former musician, best known for his role as drummer with Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher in the 1970s....

     – drums
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    , percussion
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