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Taste - 3 CDs

1969 - Taste | 1970 - On The Boards | 1971 - Live at the Isle of Wight

Taste

01. Blister On The Moon

02. Leavin' Blues

03. Sugar Mama

04. Hail

05. Born On The Wrong Side Of Time

06. Dual Carriageway Pain

07. Same Old Story

08. Catfish

09. I'm Movin' On

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On The Boards

01. What's Going On

02. Railway and Gun

03. It's Happened Before, It'll Happen Again

04. If The Day Was Any Longer

05. Morning Sun

06. Eat My Words

07. On The Boards

08. If I Don't Sing I'll Cry

09. See Here

10. I'll Remember

Live at the Isle of Wight

01. What's Going On

02. Sugar Mama

03. Morning Sun

04. Sinner Boy

05. I Feel So Good

06. Catfish

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Rory Gallagher formed Taste in 1966, but the line-up which became legendary was formed in 1967, featuring his guitar and vocals, the jazz-tinged drumming of John Wilson and intricate bass playing of Richard McCracken. It's interesting to compare Gallagher's rudimentary guitar playing to the virtuosity that became evident fairly soon after in the later Taste. This was the group who released two studio albums, Taste and On the Boards, and made two live recordings, Live at Montreux and Live at the Isle of Wight. The latter appeared a long time after the band broke up at that same Isle of Wight Festival in 1970.

Gear:

Gallagher was always associated with his well-worn sunburst 1961 Stratocaster, which his brother Donal has officially retired. It was reputedly the first in Ireland, ordered by a showband member who changed his mind about the colour. Gallagher bought it for just shy of £100 at Crowley's Music Store on Cork's McCurtain Street. The guitar was extensively modified by Gallagher. The tuning pegs, for a start, are odd (5 Sperzels and one Gotoh) and all of these have been found to be replacements. Secondly, it is thought that the nut has been replaced and interchanged a number of times. Thirdly, the scratchplate was changed during Gallagher's time with Taste. Another change was the pickups of which none are original. The final modification was that of the wiring. Gallagher disconnected the bottom tone pot and rewired so he had just a master tone control along with the master volume control. He also installed a 5-way selector switch in place of the vintage 3-way one. The most notable effect that years of touring have had is the almost complete removal of the guitar's sunburst finish, partly through being left out in the rain in a ditch for days after being stolen. Other quirks include a 'hump' in the scratch plate which moves the neck pickup closer to the neck on the bass side and a replacement of all of the pickups, though this replacement was due to damage rather than a perception of a tonal inadequacy. Reproductions of the guitar have recently been sold by Fender, though with smaller frets and lower action than the original.

When Gallagher was with Taste, he used a single Vox AC30 with a Dallas Rangemaster treble booster plugged into the 'normal' input.

Rory Gallagher (2 March 1948–14 June 1995)

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