This day in music history.

June 14, 1995, Blues great Rory Gallagher died after a chest infection set in following a liver transplant. Born Liam Gallagher in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland on March 2 1948, The family soon moved to Cork were Rory was raised. Rory was a self taught guitarist he got his first guitar at the age of 9 and his first electric guitar at age 13. He also played Sax, harmonica and he sang. In 1966 he formed his fist band, "Taste" which broke up after a couple years, by 1970 he was recording under his own name. Rory also played with some of the greats of blues and rock including Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chris Barber. Rorys funeral was held in Cork at the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit where fifteen thousand people lined the streets. His song "A Million Miles Away" was played as his body was carried from the church. Rory once said "The blues are bad for your health".
A Million Miles Away
This hotel bar is full of people,
The piano man is really laying it down,
The old bartender is as high as a steeple,
So why tonight should I wear a frown?
The joint is jumpin' all around me,
And my mood is really not in style,
Right now the blues flock to surround me,
But I'll break out after a while.
Yes I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away,
I'm sailing like a driftwood, On a windy bay, On a windy bay.
I'm a million miles away, I'm a million miles away,
But I'm sailing like a driftwood, On a windy bay, On a windy bay.
Why ask how I feel, Well, how does it look to you?
I fell hook, line and sinker, Lost my captain and my crew.
I'm standing on the landing, There's no one there but me,
That's where you'll find me, Looking out on the deep blue sea.
There's a song on the lips of everybody,
There's a smile all around the room,
There's conversation overflowing, But I sit here with the blues.
This hotel bar has lost all its people,
The piano man has caught the last bus home,
The old bartender just collapsed in the corner,
Why I'm still here, I just don't know, I don't know.
I'm a million miles away, A million miles away,
I'm sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay, On a windy bay.
I'm a million miles away, A million miles away,
I'm sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay,
Send me away...