Messin' With The Kid/Laundromat/I Could've Had Religion/Pistol Slapper Blues/Going To My Home Town/In Your Town/Bullfrog Blues
Irish blues-rock guitarist Rory Gallagher was always more appreciated as a live artist. Most of these tracks are classic blues songs that he had not previously recorded in the studio. (US:101 UK:9)
“From the first song Messin’ With The Kid Rory's guitar comes out swinging. Backed by excellent bass and drums, this power trio delivers rock and blues at its best. Perhaps no song among this fine collection shows just what a high level of playing this trio was capable of than Bullfrog Blues.”
“There is simply no way that one can listen at any length to Rory play one scintillating solo after another and place him outside the top ten guitarists in the history of rock. He was never terribly popular and even now is not especially well known to the public at large, but the fact is that he had utter mastery over his primary instrument. And unlike most guitarists, Gallagher was a multi-instrumentalist.”
“The album captured Gallagher and his group in prime form. Pure blues; extended rave-ups such as Messin' With The Kid, Gallagher's own blazing Laundromat and the stark and haunting harmonica and slide-guitar driven I Could've Had Religion weren't exactly fancy, but more than compensated for the raw sound with their driving enthusiasm. Electric blues simply didn't get much better than the nearly ten minutes of In Your Town, or the mandolin powered Going To My Home Town.”
“From the pounding groove the band inflicts to the opening Messin’ With The Kid, to the short bass and drum solos in the infectious boogie of Bullfrog Blues, this album is a true live feast and a testament to the level of musical empathy these guys had reached. Besides the power trio relentless drive of the aforementioned, it also offers the dragged and punchy, slide guitar and harmonica driven I Could’ve Had Religion, the mandolin craze of Going To My Home Town and the solo acoustic folk blues guitar mastery of Pistol Slapper Blues.”
“It's difficult to hear what Rory is saying during this concert but his guitar playing, whether electric or acoustic, is worth every penny as always. The man was a genius on the instrument.”
“It was once said of Gallagher's live shows that they'd start with the encore and go on like that, this is how this record goes.”
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