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Dont bother,,,,

Dave Dodson | Chandler, AZ United States | 03/03/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

",,bother reading each and every review to choose your first Rory album,as all of his recordings are excellent. Each with its own personality, but with some common threads, such as his blues based great guitar work. Its amazing how such a back to basic,mostly power trio can have so much variety with so many albums. I must say, if your tastes come from classic power rock, I'd start with something like 'Calling Card','Top Prioity', Photo Finish, or even this one, but no matter,,pick anyone,,you cant go wrong.I must give a huge 'thank you' to Rory's brother Donal who keeps putting out unreleased/lost recordings.
Keep it up Donal, I and every other Rory fan will keep buying them up."

Rip

T. P. Russell | Wichita, KS United States | 03/07/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Rory achieved such a high level of performance that my remarks are no more than a tribute to his talent. Daughter of the Everglades and Seventh Son are my two favorites on this lp. Hopefully a best of cd will come out to give the younger listeners a clear look at Rory's amazing techinique and style."

Another Lost Gem

Charles A Galupi | Euless, Texas | 06/11/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Rory Gallagher may be the best unknown guitarist of the 70s (apologies to Johhny Winter and Roy Buchannon, but it's true) and THE best slide guitar player after Duane Allman died. And this [along with Tattoo and Irish Tour '74] is another example of Gallagher at his prime.Leading off with the firey "Walk on Hot Coals" and it's tale of a lowdown gambler, Rory and his... band [Rod D'Arth on drums, Gerry McAvoy on bass and the recently added and incredible Lou Martin on keyboards] grab the listener by the throat and don't let up. "Daughter of the Everglades" the next track is more subdued and pretty, but the band, especially Martin's organ/electric piano fills add to the swirling carnivalesque feel [see"Tattoo'd Lady" on Tattoo]. "Banker's Blues" is Rory on acoustic [probably National steel ala Johnny Winter] and harmonica and Martin on blues piano doing their best Leadbelly. Then it's back to straight ahead rockers for "Hands Off" with more great by Martin again on piano. This and "Race the Breeze" may be the best examples of how adding the keyboards opened Rory and the band up from the restrictions of playing as a trio. "If I had a Reason" is a nice honky tonk feeling waltz with some nice quiet slide, almost approaching the sound of a pedal steel.The Bonus tracks on this one are a studio take of "(Back on My) Stompin' Ground", a track as far as I know only found on the Irish Tour album. It's a nice little blues rocker, reminiscent of something Peter Green might have done with Fleetwood Mac in the early years of that band [see the BBC Sessions of Fleetwood Mac]. "Treat Her Right" is, according to the liner notes, something Rory had been playing for years, and something I know I have heard, but just can't place. It's a speeded up version of an oldie with the band laying down a wall of sound [ala Jimi Hendrix's version of Howlin Wolf's "Killing Floor" on the Radio One Sessions] and Rory throwing down a couple really good solos down. Truly a nice find.If you're just finding out about Rory, this is another good starting point."