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Gig review: THE DARKER MY HORIZON – Dirty Rockers, Dudley, Saturday 24 October 2020
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Gig review: MARK MORRISS- Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 3 October 2020
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Gig review: GARY FLETCHER AND NICK RITCHIE – Cabbage Patch, Twickenham, 2 October 2020
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Gig review: COLLATERAL – Leo’s, The Red Lion, Gravesend, Friday 4 September 2020
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Feature: Albums that time forgot…JAMES LABRIE – Elements Of Persuasion
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Tag Archives: Band Of Friends
Album review: NINE BELOW ZERO – Live At Rockpalast 1981 &1996

MiG Records [Release date 30.10.20] As a latecomer to the Nine Below Zero party having only caught them live in the last couple of years at the Butlins Rock and Blues Festival, this set is the ideal package to explore … Continue reading
News: RORY GALLAGHER celebrated in virtual festival – Sunday 14 June

Sunday 14 June will mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of the legendary musician Rory Gallagher. In the absence of this year’s four-day celebration in Ballyshannon the day will be marked by Rory followers around the world. WDR TV, … Continue reading
Gig review: CROPREDY – Oxfordshire, 13-15 August 2015

My 21st consecutive year attending the festival and the event is so much more than the music. Kids, once clinging to parents midway up the field, are now grown up and dancing at the front. Last year the festival had … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, GIG REVIEWS, Special Events
Tagged 13-15 August 2015, Band Of Friends, Cropredy, Emmylou Harris, Fairport Convention, festival, Fish, gig, review
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Gig review: BAND OF FRIENDS feat. Gerry McAvoy (Rory Gallagher) – Robin 2, Wolverhampton, 24 April 2015

This is an edit from an interview in November 2014 when Gerry McAvoy chatted to David Randall and chose some of his favourite tracks for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (4:51) More information For 20 years Gerry McAvoy rode shotgun … Continue reading
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Tagged 24 April 2015, Band Of Friends, blues, blues rock, Gerry McAvoy, gig, Marcel Scherpenzeel, review, Robin 2, Rory Gallagher, Ted McKenna, Wolverhampton
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News: BAND OF FRIENDS featuring Gerry McAvoy (Rory Gallagher) hit the road 15 April – 2 May 2015

This is an edit from an interview in November 2014 when Gerry McAvoy chose some of his favourite tracks for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (4:51) More information Photo: Simon Dunkerley/GRTR! Band Of Friends, the band featuring long-time Rory Gallagher … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged 2015, April, Band Of Friends, blues, blues rock, Gerry McAvoy, gigs, May, Rory Gallagher, Ted McKenna, Tour, tour dates
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News: Interviews on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 9 November – GERRY McAVOY (Rory Gallagher) and CARL DIXON (Coney Hatch)

Photo: Noel Buckley 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. … Continue reading
News: BAND OF FRIENDS (feat. Gerry McAvoy, Ted McKenna) play UK dates 17-19 October

Band Of Friends UK dates in October Band Of Friends – bassist Gerry McAvoy (Rory Gallagher/ Nine Below Zero/ Champion Jack Dupree/ Deep Joy), drummer Ted McKenna (Rory Gallagher/ Sensational Alex Harvey Band/ Greg Lake/ Gary Moore) and guitarist-vocalist Marcel … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Gigs and Tour News, NEWS
Tagged Band Of Friends, blues, Gerry McAvoy, Marcel Scherpenzeel, news, NINE BELOW ZERO, October 2014, rock, Rory Gallagher, Ted McKenna, Tour
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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL BLUES – Pwllheli, 21-22 March 2014

Friday 21 March Kicking off the blues stage properly for the festival was Crowsaw, a hard hitting 3 piece blues outfit from South Wales whose riff driven blues rock sparks a glimmer of life in the bleary eyed yet enthusiastic … Continue reading
BAND OF FRIENDS live shows

BAND OF FRIENDS, ‘live’! A celebration of Rory Gallagher’ music The Band Of Friends is not a tribute to Rory, more of a celebration of his life and music. Rory’s music reached a massive audience from Norway to Spain, from … Continue reading