Rory Gallagher amp raises funds for lifeboat
A far cry from some of the heavier rock numbers that normally come to mind when his name is mentioned, A Million Miles Away is also one of the lyrically strongest. And his brother Dónal, who is putting the 1970s Oberheimer warm-up amp up for auction, has revealed how and where the words most likely came from.
They include a chorus in which he sang: “I’m a million miles away, sailing like a driftwood, on a windy bay”, and a bridge where he describes how he can be found “looking out on the deep blue sea”.
