Short biographies

• There is an entry on Rory by Paul Morris, with several short CD reviews, in The Rough Guide to Rock (Penguin, 1996). Rough Guides are on the web at www.roughguides.com
• All Music Guide
• Modern Irish Lives: dictionary of 20th century biography, Louis McRedmond (ed.), Gill & McMillan, 1996. [Extract from entry]: "Gallagher, Rory 1948-1995 - 'bluesman .... mourned by millions of fans throughout the world who will remember him as a gentle and unpretentious check-shirted man with a passion for the blues, coaxing tasteful solos from his battered old Stratocaster...' "
• The Virgin Encyclopedia of Rock, London: Virgin Books, 1996, p.14.