BBC Sessions (Rory Gallagher album)
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BBC Sessions is a blues-orientated rock
album by Rory Gallagher
, released in 1999. The album was compiled from live recordings made at the BBC by Gallagher's brother Donal, and released posthumously.
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
album by 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...
, released in 1999. The album was compiled from live recordings made at the BBC by Gallagher's brother Donal, and released posthumously.
Background
From the earliest stages of Gallagher's career, the BBC played an important part in shaping his musicianship. As a boy, he refused to go outside if it meant missing the Saturday Club and rushing home for this four o'clock programme which dedicated half an hour to a different group each week. He considered these broadcasts a test to see how much a band would deviate from their recordings. To an artist who opposed releasing singles, the sessions collected here on this compilation proved invaluable in allowing his music to reach new fans.In concert
- "Calling Card" – 8:25
- "What in the World" – 9:17 (Traditional)
- "Jacknife Beat" – 8:59
- "Country Mile" – 3:17
- "Got My Mojo WorkingGot My Mojo Working"Got My Mojo Working" is a 1956 song written by Preston Foster and first recorded by Ann Cole, but popularized by Muddy Waters in 1957. Waters' rendition of the song was featured on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #359 and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of...
" – 5:17 (Preston Foster) - "Garbage Man" – 5:54 (Willie Hammond)
- "Roberta" – 2:37 (Traditional)
- "Used to Be" – 4:59
- "I Take What I Want" – 6:57 (David PorterDavid Porter (musician)David Porter is an American soul musician. Porter is best known as the songwriting and production partner of Isaac Hayes at Stax Records during the 1960s...
, Mabon Hodges, Isaac HayesIsaac HayesIsaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
) - "Cruise On Out" – 5:48
Studio
- "Race the Breeze" – 6:53
- "Hands Off" – 4:58
- "Crest of a Wave" – 3:57
- "Feel So Bad" – 4:58 (Willis)
- "For the Last Time" – 4:13
- "It Takes Time" – 4:28 (Traditional)
- "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" – 7:59
- "Daughter of the Everglades" – 6:12
- "They Don't Make Them Like You" – 3:58
- "Tore Down" – 5:14 (Sonny ThompsonSonny ThompsonSonny Thompson was an American R&B bandleader and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.Born Alfonso Thompson in Centreville, Mississippi, he began recording in 1946, and in 1948 achieved two #1 R&B chart hits on the Miracle label – "Long Gone " and "Late Freight", both featuring saxophonist...
) - "When My Baby She Left Me" – 5:00 (John Lee WilliamsonSonny Boy Williamson ISonny Boy Williamson was an American blues harmonica player and singer, and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson.-Biography and career:...
) - "Hoodoo Man" – 7:23 (Traditional)
Personnel
- Rory GallagherRory GallagherWilliam 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...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, harmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes... - Gerry McAvoyGerry McAvoyGerry 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 guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Lou MartinLou MartinLouis 'Lou' Martin Louis 'Lou' Martin Louis 'Lou' Martin (born 12 August 1949, Belfast, Northern Ireland is a piano and organ player, who is most famous for his work with the London-based band Killing Floor and fellow Irish musician Rory Gallagher....
– keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
In concert
- Rod de'AthRod de'AthRod de'Ath , is a former musician, best known for his role as drummer with Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher in the 1970s....
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
on tracks 1-9 - Ted McKennaTed McKennaEdward 'Ted' McKenna , is a Scottish drummer who has played with the bands Tear Gas, Rory Gallagher, The Party Boys, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and The Michael Schenker Group. He also toured with Ian Gillan for a short period alongside fellow former SAHB bassist, Chris Glen...
– drums on track 10
Studio
- Wilgar CampbellWilgar CampbellWilgar Campbell was an Irish blues rock musician, best known for his role as drummer with Rory Gallagher in the early 1970s.-Career:Campbell played with local band The Method, who moved to London in 1968 and became Andwella's Dream...
– drums on tracks 5, 6, 10 & 12 - Rod de'Ath – drums on tracks 1–4 & 7–9
- Brendan O'NeillBrendan O'NeillBrendan O'Neill is currently the editor of Spiked Online.He began his career at Spiked's predecessor, Living Marxism, the journal of the Revolutionary Communist Party, which ceased publication after ITN won a libel action they brought against the magazine...
– drums on track 11