Unfortunately Emma got in the way but yesterday (2nd March) would have been Rory's 70th.
Enjoy: 1987, first time I saw him live and was blown away by him
Re: Rory At 70
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 12:54 am
by Fran
Love Rory. A friend of mine (very talented photographer and printer) took some great images of him. He posted this today...
Cyndale wrote: ↑Sun Mar 04, 2018 1:03 am
I saw Rory in the National Stadium on a good few occasions! Always a great event! This is the way I remember him...
I would have been at those gigs too.... every single one of them! An annual pilgrimage.
Re: Rory At 70
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:45 pm
by Cyndale
I went to see anybody ''who was anybody'' in the National Stadium. I remember once seeing Gordon Lightfoot there and he played along with a bass player and an acoustic guitarist. The stage was in the centre (like it is for boxing matches) and halfway through they switched around so that the same people wouldn't be just seeing them from behind. Imagine that happening today, ha!
On one occasion I went to see Van Morrison and all we saw for the whole night, was the bass player's arm!
Re: Rory At 70
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:46 pm
by Cyndale
Rory's gigs there will always be the ones that stick out in the memory!
Re: Rory At 70
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:54 pm
by Ivor
Cyndale wrote: ↑Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:45 pm
I went to see anybody ''who was anybody'' in the National Stadium.
Same here, if I could afford a ticket out my pocket money I went. Saw Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Flying Burrito Brothers and many more I hadn't heard of before!
