Rory Gallagher Ghost Blues 2 DVD & The Beat Club CD

By Tom Wright

Hollywood,CA(HollywoodToday) (8/ 26/2010)—Irish guitar virtuoso Rory Gallagher ignited a legacy that many rock and blues musicians worship and emulate to this day. On September 14, Eagle Rock Entertainment will issue two releases paying tribune to this rock icon – Ghost Blues 2DVD and The Beat Club Sessions CD.

“Playing on stage with him in LA was one of the biggest thrills for me ever.”
Slash

The 2DVD set, running 179 minutes in total, is the complete Rory Gallagher experience, both revealing his background as a musical artist and tapping into his dominating stage presence. Ghost Blues, the first disc in the set, is the first complete and fully authorized documentary of Rory Gallagher’s life and career. Unveiling Gallagher’s story, we follow him from his upbringing in Cork and his early days with a show band, to his brief success in power trio Taste and his skyrocket into stardom going solo. The documentary threads together live footage, archive interviews with Rory, and contributions from his many friends and admirers, including his brother Donal, Bob Geldof, The Edge (U2), Cameron Crowe, Slash, Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones), and his former band members Ted McKenna and Gerry McAvoy, as well as many others.

“It was all about him playing the guitar, it got into your soul.”

Cameron Crowe Writer/Film Director

After traversing Rory’s roots, The Beat Club Sessions portion digs into his prowess as a trailblazing electric blues-rock performer. These live recordings are drawn from three different appearances on German TV’s Beat Club program in the early seventies. The video footage is captured on disc 2 of the DVD package and via select audio on the CD release The Beat Club Sessions. With over 90 minutes of previously unreleased material, these performances capture Gallagher in his element, playing classic songs from his first two solo albums that would remain staples throughout his career, such as “Laundromat,” “Messin’ With The Kid,” and “Crest Of A Wave.”

Ghost Blues 2DVD
Track Listing:
Disc 1:
Ghost Blues documentary

Ghost Blues – The Story of Rory Gallagher

This superb two disc DVD set tells for the first time the complete and fully authorised story of Rory Gallagher. On disc one “Ghost Blues” follows Rory’s life and career from his upbringing in Cork, his early days with a showband, the brief success of Taste and then his legendary solo career leading up to his health problems in later life and tragic death at the age of just 47. There are archive interviews, both audio and visual, with Rory and contributions from many of his friends and admirers including his brother Donal, Bob Geldof, The Edge, Cameron Crowe, Slash, Ronnie Drew, Bill Wyman, band members and many more. Disc two “The Beat Club Sessions” then shows what Rory Gallagher was really all about – a magnificent live performer. Drawn from three different appearances on the German TV series “Beat Club”, this disc contains over 90 minutes of previously unreleased live performances which illustrate why he inspired so many of the musicians who pay tribute to him in “Ghost Blues”

Beat Club Sessions

These previously unreleased live recordings by Rory Gallagher were made for the German TV series Beat Club. Recorded over three different appearances in the early seventies they capture Rory Gallagher in his element as a superb live performer. The tracklisting focuses on his first two solo albums and contains many classic songs that would carry on playing throughout his career. The CD is a companion release to the DVD of “Ghost Blues: The Story Of Rory Gallagher” which is released by Eagle Vision on the same day.
Disc 2:
The Beat Club Sessions
1.)   Laundromat
2.)  Hands Up
3.)  Sinnerboy
4.)  Just The Smile
5.)  Used To Be
6.)  In Your Town
7.)  Should’ve Learned My Lesson
8.)  Crest of a Wave
9.)  Tore Down
10.) Pistol Slapper Blues
11.) I Don’t Know Where I’m Going
12.) Going To My Hometown
13.) I Could’ve Had Religion
14.) McAvoy Boogie
15.) Hoodoo Man
16.) Messin’ With The Kid

The Beat Club Sessions CD:
1.)   Laudromat
2.)  Hands Up
3.)  Sinnerboy
4.)  Just The Smile
5.)  I Don’t Know Where I’m Going
6.)  I Could’ve Had Religion
7.)  Used To Be
8.)  In Your Town
9.)  Should’ve Learned My Lesson
10.) Crest of a Wave
11.) Tore Down
12.) Messin’ With The Kid