"The police car rolled down a nearby slipway into the river": Wild times on the road on Rory Gallagher's most iconic tour

Rory Gallagher in 1975.

In 2005, to mark the 10th anniversary of Rory Gallagher's death, late Classic Rock writer Carol Clerk spoke to Gallagher's bandmates and management about the guitarist's landmark 1974 Irish tour, which famously took in both sides of the sectarian divide and produced an acclaimed movie.

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