''Live at Montreux'' is a posthumous live album released by Irish blues guitarist

Rory Gallagher William Rory Gallagher ( ; 2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) was an Irish guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer. Due to his virtuosic playing, but relative lack of fame compared to some others, he has been referred to as "the greatest ...

in 2006. It is a live collection recorded at the

Montreux Jazz Festival The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annual ...

in 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1985. The CD contains the 12 highlights from those shows.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rory Gallagher; except where indicated # "Laundromat" (1975)

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Personnel

*Rory Gallagher – guitars, singing, vocals *Gerry McAvoy – bass guitar *Lou Martin – keyboard instrument, keyboards (1-5) * Rod de'Ath –

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(1-5) *

Ted McKenna Edward McKenna (10 March 1950 – 19 January 2019) was a Scottish drummer who played with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rory Gallagher, The Greg Lake Band, and The Michael Schenker Group. He also toured with Ian Gillan for a short period o ...

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(6-10) *Brendan O'Neill –

(11-12)

Certifications

References

External links

Album's page at ''Rory Gallagher official site''
2006 live albums Rory Gallagher albums Albums produced by Rory Gallagher Albums recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival Live albums published posthumously Eagle Records live albums {{2006-rock-album-stub