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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Rory was one of the most honest and down-to-earth musicians of the last century. I was lucky enough to see him play in a small venue (SFX Hall Dublin) and the tickets were five Irish Pounds, worth ten times that. A no-frills, no-effects man who seriously let the music do the talking for him, never bigged himself up or other musicians down, and who, I think I'm right in saying, no-one has ever had a bad word to say about.
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Yes, I liked that about him too, when I saw him play in an old converted London cinema; he just seemed like a regular guy and he really worked hard on stage. He was wearing one of his trade-mark checked shirts, and when I looked across at the audience sitting in their cinema seats, about a third of them were waving scarves and wearing checked shirts too. It seemed like there was a special bond between him and his fans.