A novel approach to the music of Rory Gallagher

KICKBACK CITY is a Rory Gallagher album with a difference. Joining him in the band for this one is the crime fiction writer Ian Rankin, the actor Aidan Quinn and cult illustrator Timothy Truman.

Gallagher’s brother, Dònal, is the mastermind behind the concept package. It features a compilation album of Rory’s tracks that were inspired by crime novels; an exclusive new novella Rankin illustrated by Truman; and the album also includes a narration of the novella’s story by Quinn.

Dònal Gallagher always knew his brother, who passed away in 1995, was an avid reader, particularly of crime fiction writers such as Dashiell Hammett (one of his tracks, ‘Continental Op’ is named after a private investigator from one of Hammett’s novels), Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith.