Audio CD review:
Rory Gallagher - Wheels Within Wheels

Rory Gallagher - Wheels Within Wheels

Band: Rory Gallagher Title: Wheels Within Wheels Rating: Release Date: 18 March, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Wheels Within Wheels 2: Flight to Paradise (with Juan Martin) 3: As the Crow Flies 4: Lonesome Highway 5: Bratacha Dubha (with Martin Carthy) 6: She Moved Thro' the Fair/Ann Cran Ull (with Bert Jansch) 7: Barley & Grape Rag (with Ronnie Drew and the Dubliners) 8: The Cuckoo (with Roland Van Campenhout) 9: Amazing Grace (with Bela Fleck) 10: Walkin' Blues (with Bela Fleck and Mark Feltham) 11: Blue Moon of Kentucky (with Bela Fleck and Mark Feltham) 12: Deep Elm Blues (with Roland Van Campenhout) 13: Goin' to My Hometown (with Lonnie Donegan) 14: Lonesome Highway Refraining

Editoral Review On each of his electric albums, Gallagher featured a rootsy acoustic track and he'd hoped to release a complete album of unplugged performances. Wheels within Wheels fulfils at least one of the lost ambitions of the late Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher. Collecting and tidying up a selection of outtakes and lost recordings from 1974 to 1994, his brother, Donal, reveals Gallagher's taste for blues, skiffle, and folk, and his love of collaborating with great musicians. The instrumental "Bratacha Dubha" features folk heroes Martin Carthy and Maire Ni Chathasaigh, while Bert Jansch turns up in "She Moves Through the Fair. " The Dubliners, Bela Fleck, and the late Lonnie Donegan also put in appearances. Of course, given Rory's prodigious abilities, the playing is exceptionally fine, but there's a rare warmth here. Donal has succeeded in capturing the respectful, dignified, and wild qualities of a gifted musician. Gallagher fans will be delighted. --Dominic Wills .. You can see a complete list of all Rory Gallagher discography, or go back to the Rory Gallagher tabs