Br Guy Consolmagno has long admired the songwriting of the Cork-born blues guitarist
“Originally, being young at the time, it was Rory’s guitar virtuosity that attracted me but also the songs – not only did they have this raw power, but they also had something else – after you had something really powerful, it would be followed by something that would tear your heart apart.
“A sputnik kid”, fascinated by the space race between the US and the USSR, Br Guy studied at MIT and the University of Arizona where he specialised in the study of asteroids and meteorites which was what first brought him to Cork in 2009 to give a lecture at Blackrock Castle Observatory. “We walked on the stage at Cork City Hall where he performed on the 1974 Irish Tour – I even got to chat with Eric Kitteringham, the original bassist with Taste, who was sadly dying at the time, and I visited Crowleys Music Store where I met the guy who sold Rory his famous Fender Stratocaster.”
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