My father had a big record collection and when I started playing guitar when I was 12 he came up with Rory Gallagher’s ‘Calling Card’ album. He said, “Listen to this, on this album there are all the different styles that will be useful to you later.” And so in a few days I had become a big fan of Rory that has not left me, not knowing that I later went on to play with Rory’s original band members for 9 years, namely Gerry McAvoy, Ted McKenna and Brandan O’Neil. On this record there are Jazz, Country Blues, Blue Grass and Rock influences that let you hear the freedom you would love to feel that way as a musician, but more importantly I think: it never gets boring as I stand and play the songs night after night, ‘Do You Read Me’, a wonderful groovy song or the rocky ‘Moonchild’ is an experience, but it all started for me anyway with the song ‘Calling Card’.
Listen to this album!!!
