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Before becoming a solo star, Rory Gallagher fronted the blues-rock trio Taste, which experienced reasonable success in the U.K.
in the late'60s and early '70s. Taste was molded very much on the model of Cream, adding some folk, pop, and jazz elements to
a blues-rock base,and featuring a virtuosic guitarist. They weren't in the same league as Cream, particularly in the songwriting
department, and were (likeCream) prone to occasional blues-rock bombast. But they weren't a bad band in their own right,
exhibiting a lighter touch than most Britishblues boom outfits.
The focus of Taste wa ...read more
Before becoming a solo star, Rory Gallagher fronted the blues-rock trio Taste, which experienced reasonable success in the U.K.
in the late'60s and early '70s. Taste was molded very much on the model of Cream, adding some folk, pop, and jazz elements to
a blues-rock base,and featuring a virtuosic guitarist. They weren't in the same league as Cream, particularly in the songwriting
department, and were (likeCream) prone to occasional blues-rock bombast. But they weren't a bad band in their own right,
exhibiting a lighter touch than most Britishblues boom outfits.
The focus of Taste was always upon Gallagher. In addition to playing accomplished and versatile lead guitar, he sang in a gentle
butconvincing fashion, and wrote the band's original material. Much of Taste's repertoire was more restrained and balanced than
the territoryGallagher would explore on his '70s outings, which placed more emphasis upon him as guitar hero. Gallagher also
played occasionalsaxophone and harmonica with the group.
Gallagher formed the first version of Taste in his native Ireland in 1966, with bassist Eric Kittringham and drummer Norman
Damery. In Mayof 1968, he relocated to London and, still months shy of his 20th birthday, formed a new version of Taste with
bassist Charlie McCracken(who had played bass with Spencer Davis, though not at the peak of Davis' hit-making days) and
drummer John Wilson (who had been adrummer with Them, likewise not during one of their well-known incarnations). Two
studio albums followed in 1969 and 1970, the second ofwhich made the British Top 20. Taste was still virtually unknown in the
States when they broke up shortly afterwards, although a couple oflive albums were released in the early '70s to keep some
product on the shelves. « hide |
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