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Rory's mastery of the saxophone was first heard on Taste's eponymous debut album and was particularly highlighted on their second, On The Boards, in the track 'It's Happened Before, It'll Happen Again' and the title track.
In an interview with a New York magazine, Rory said of his sax playing: "I still play bits and pieces. On Tattoo it's on 'A Million Miles Away'. There's a little bit on 'Hands Off' and 'Seventh Son Of The Seventh Son'. When I started playing it, I was going to play actively on stage; two guitar to one sax number, about that, but my interest in sax ebbed a bit. I was going through a jazz phase, very fanatical, back in 69-70. I'm going to resurrect it one of these days. Playing sax with just bass and drums; it's alright if you're Ornette Coleman, but when you've got to take your guitar off and pick up a sax..."
- Rory Gallagher, Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press, 1976.
Live Performance
Taste, Beat Club, 'It's Happened Before, It'll Happen Again', 3rd February 1970, www.tiktok.com/@rorygallagherofficial/video/7195977030876302634
Literature
Dave Schulps and Ira Robbins, 'The Story On Rory', Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press, April/May 1976, www.roryon.com/tp.html.