The Strange Brew - artist stories behind the greatest music ever recorded
Oct 30, 2026 · 50 min · 13 segments
Dónal Gallagher knew Rory better than anyone, as his brother and a close companion throughout his career. In *Edged in Blue: A Rock ’n’ Roll Odyssey with Rory Gallagher*, he draws on a lifetime of…
Dónal GallagherGuest
Jason BarnardHost
There seemed to be almost a contradiction in the volume of live dates, as well as recording that.
Rory continued to do up until the 1990s it seemed to have a sort of negative effect on his health in one way but in another he seemed to always want to be doing something and being creative and getting out there is that what you feel?
So while he was trying all the flying, I mean, and then we had some horrendous flights.
Anyone who's a Buddy Holly fan, musician, the first thing that always going on a plane is this happened to Buddy Holly because he was out on tour and should never have happened.
And the lack of sleep, the exhaustion causes the depression, claustrophobia on a plane.
All these things merge in, you know, and then getting help from medication to be able to travel because that's what he wanted to do.
It's actually telling you to slow down and you should actually probably, some of those prescriptions, you should have been in a hospital bed before you were allowed to take them.
And then, of course, he'd get on stage and then he'd release all the energy and all the toxins had gone out and then a few drinks with us, all the band, all back to the bar.
And if you look at how long he was able to sustain that, it's a miracle because then, obviously, you get into the 40s.
There seemed to be almost a contradiction in the volume of live dates, as well as recording that.
Rory continued to do up until the 1990s it seemed to have a sort of negative effect on his health in one way but in another he seemed to always want to be doing something and being creative and getting out there is that what you feel?
So while he was trying all the flying, I mean, and then we had some horrendous flights.
Anyone who's a Buddy Holly fan, musician, the first thing that always going on a plane is this happened to Buddy Holly because he was out on tour and should never have happened.
And the lack of sleep, the exhaustion causes the depression, claustrophobia on a plane.
All these things merge in, you know, and then getting help from medication to be able to travel because that's what he wanted to do.
It's actually telling you to slow down and you should actually probably, some of those prescriptions, you should have been in a hospital bed before you were allowed to take them.
And then, of course, he'd get on stage and then he'd release all the energy and all the toxins had gone out and then a few drinks with us, all the band, all back to the bar.
And if you look at how long he was able to sustain that, it's a miracle because then, obviously, you get into the 40s.
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