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Gerry McAvoy picks his favourite tracks

Long-serving Rory Gallagher bass player Gerry McAvoy chooses the music in the ‘Favourite Tracks from Favourite Artists’ sequence on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio on Sunday 9 November at 17:00 GMT.

Gerry chats about his career, about Rory, and his current project Band Of Friends.

Album review (Irish Tour ’74 box set)

Tour dates

Thursday 6 November: Verviers (B) Spirit of 66
Friday 7 November: Twist (D) Heimathaus
Saturday 8 November: Idstein (D) Der ScheurIdstein
Sunday 9 November: Koblenz (D) Cafe Hahn
Tuesday 11 November: Duisburg (D) Grammatikoff
Wednesday 12thNovember: Miltenberg (D) Beavers
Friday 14 November: Vaihingen/Enz(D) Mettertalhalle
Saturday 15 November: Hard (A) Kammgarn
Thursday 20 November: Hengelo (NL) Metropool
Friday 21 November: Hoogeveen (NL) Blues Festival
Saturday 22 November: Sneek (NL) Het Bolwerk
Sunday 23 November: Weert (NL) DeBosuil
Friday 12 December: Athens (GR) Kyttaro Club
Saturday 13 December: Athens (GR) Kyttaro Club

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And, in the Pete Feenstra Feature – Sunday 9 November at 19:00 – Pete chats to Carl Dixon about Coney Hatch and plays tracks from the band’s eighties albums plus the current album ‘Four’.

Carl appeared with the band recently at the final Firefest event.

Gig review (Firefest)

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Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK

Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook.

In 2023 he signed a recording deal with Sony in Canada and released a new single on 15 September.

Next session: Sunday 1 December

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UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 22 October 2024.

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Power Plays w/c 11 November 2024

ARCANE MOON Hello Sun (indie)
S8NT ELEKTRIC XTC (Long Branch Records)
RIOGHAN Hands (Inverse Records)
ARCANA KINGS Here We Go (Curtain Call Records)
KLOGR face The Unknown (Zeta Factory)
BEYOND UNBROKEN Dance With The Dead (FiXT)
REVENGIN Decadent Feeling (Wormholedeath)

Featured Albums w/c 11 November 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Singer Songwriter)

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