REBEL RAVE FOR RORY...

Bluesman honoured

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RORY Gallagher is goin' to his hometown... one more time.

The life of the legendary bluesman will be celebrated in Cork, where he was reared, with a series of events over the next few weeks to mark the 30th anniversary of his death.

It's an emotional time for Dónal Gallagher, the late guitarist's brother and long-time manager.

"It's very satisfying, compared to some times when it almost seemed like Rory was being airbrushed out of rock music history," says Dónal.

"To see newer generations finding him now is quite incredible. Thirty years on, that he's getting honoured in such a manner of different ways is great."

Tomorrow, a new road at Cork Airport will be named in his honour and three exhibitions dedicated to Gallagher's life and music will open in the city where he grew up as part of 'Cork Rocks For Rory'.

"The one at City Hall is a photographic exhibition of his early years," says Dónal.

"The library are doing one about his song-writing and also about how he'd become a bit of a hidden cult figure in the world of comics in the US.