Jazz festival hits right notes

One of Ireland’s greatest blues guitarists was remembered in Cork last night as the Guinness Jazz Festival also kicked off.

Jazz festival hits right notes

A biography of Rory Gallagher by veteran radio producer Marcus Connaughton was laun-ched in City Hall as city bosses announced plans to develop a Rory Gallagher festival on Leeside within two years.

“For anyone who grew up in the ’60s, he was the soundtrack to our lives. And for anyone who picked up a guitar in the ’60s, he was the inspiration,” Mr Connaughton said, urging that Gallagher’s music must be central to the plan.

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