Barry Barnes - The Music of Rory Gallagher "unplugged"
The acoustic sound of the late, great Rory Gallagher will fill the Spirit Store this Christmas when well known Manchester musician Barry Barnes takes the stage. Barry is the guitarist/vocalist with the top international Rory Gallagher tribute band Sinnerboy. In addition to gigging intensively with his band, Barry’s latest project has been to put together a full solo set of Rory’s famous acoustic songs.

Barry first saw Rory play with Taste in 1969 and Rory has been his biggest influence and inspiration from that day to this. After the death of his lifelong hero in 1995 Barry resolved to do his best to keep the music and memory of the great Irish bluesman alive by staging the first and longest running Rory Gallagher tribute concert in his native Manchester. Having gigged extensively with a variety of blues and rock band for many years he then went on to form and front Sinnerboy which has a huge reputation with Rory fans internationally and is going from strength to strenght. Barry now adds another dimension to his work with the new acoustic show.

Rory Gallagher was renowned for his powerful acoustic work and Barry faithfully recaptures the passion and excitement of his performance. Playing acoustic and steel guitar and mandolin, and with a voice that closely resembles the late Rory’s in pitch and tone, Barry brings all the great acoustic numbers back to life. The extensive repertoire includes all Rory’s acoustic material, along with unplugged versions of some of the most popular electric numbers and a fascinating selection from the work of artists who influenced Rory such as Son House, Ledbelly, Muddy Waters etc. All this is interspersed with colourful anecdotes from a man who really knows and loves his subject. Listen to “ Out on the western plain”, “As the crow flies”, “ Pistol Slapper Blues” and many, many more including a steaming mandolin workout on “ Going to my Hometown”.

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