Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer and Trower: Rock Chronicles
This is not a linear, album-by-album study. Rather, it is an in-depth conversation with the artists themselves and those closest to them: fully authorized, revealing, and straight from the source.
Dan Muise has spent his entire 25-year career in the music business covering radio, band management, production and record company promotion.
Rock Chronicles Issue 1 By Dan Muise
...Rory Gallagher, Steve Marriott, Rick Derringer and Robin Trower all made an incredible impression on me in the early 70s, a time when music began to mean more to me than anything else. I was playing in bands throughout high school and college and noticed that the aforementioned artists were increasingly dominating my set lists. I used to sit on my parents' porch and blared Humble Pie music to the neighbors until they threatened me. When I was 16 years of age, I wanted to be Rick Derringer. Bill Mann, a music critic in Montreal, introduced me to Rory Gallagher in 1973, the first "rock star" I ever met. And Robin Trower made me appreciate funky music like never before. The list of musicians who made an impression on me is a longer one but these 4 are the dominant ones...
