Audience 8.7 - Brassy, loud, and guitar dominant recording that delivers where it counts and finds Rory sounding, to my ears, much more rock/metal/grunge even though he features plenty of raw, blues soaked numbers in his set. It’s just that the atmosphere and volume don’t suggest this is a “blues” band blowing through town…I just get the feeling Rory felt the times changing and adjusted accordingly. Either way you parse it, this is high-intensity music, and the recording here really manages to capture that pretty realistically.
Rory Gallagher
The Stone
Palo Alto, California
May 17, 1985
Disc One
01 - intro - Double Vision
02 - Bad Penny
03 - band intros - Off The Handle
04 - Moonchild
05 - Hey Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
06 - I Wonder Who
07 - Tattoo'd Lady
08 - Mississippi Sheiks
09 - Big Guns
Disc Two
01 - Out On The Western Plain
02 - Seven Days
03 - Philby
04 - Follow Me
05 - Shadow Play
06 - My Babe
07 - All Around Man - Bullfrog Blues - Roll Over Beethoven - Route 66
Rory Gallagher Group; May 1981 - 1991:
Rory Gallagher - guitar, vocals
Gerry McAvoy - bass
Brendan O'Neill - drums
Mark Feltham - harmonica