Gallagher’s last work to be released
The session, which was recorded just five months before he died, is believed to be the last by the legendary musician.
Eamonn McCormack, a blues musician and friend of Gallagher’s, has kept the recording in a box in his attic for the past 12 years.
It was recorded in a studio in London in January 1995, shortly before Gallagher fell ill and was intended to be included on McCormack’s album later that year.
McCormack is the owner/founder of True Talent Records, an indie label specialising in developing young Irish rock artists.
Kindred Spirits will be his first album in seven years and features other special guests like Jan Akkerman, Herman Brood and Keith Donald.
“Rory arrived with just one guitar, but then I saw Tom, his roadie, pull up with a truck full of guitars and other equipment. Everyone was amazed by the sheer power of the man when he started to play. He was a very unassuming, humble character and almost shy offstage, but the whole studio shook with his presence,” recalled McCormack.
“It was a month or two before he became ill and I think he was glad to get out and record some music.
“I never expected it to be his last recording,” he said.
Gallagher died following a liver transplant five months later in June 1995.
The recording will be included on McCormack’s new album, Kindred Spirits, to be released this month.
