The Ballad of Rory Gallagher by Pierce Turner - Buy Here

Hot Press searched the land for a budding artist to design the artwork for this one off CD single. We received hundreds of entries and the standard was extremely high. After much deliberation by judges Steve Averill (he of legendary design company Four5One - designers for a certain Dublin four piece U2!) and his colleague Gary Kelly we have selected a winner, Colin McGinley (a former student of AIT and IADT), I am sure you will agree with us that his design (pictured above) is fantastic and well deserving of the prize of being the official design on this exclusive CD single.

We'll shortly be presenting an online gallery of the runners up and special commendations.

SOME BACKGROUND ON THE SONG

Here's what Pierce Turner has said about 'The Ballad of Rory Gallagher':

"This was written for a Rory tribute show recorded at the Bottom Line in Manhattan. It was shown on Irish T.V. during the summer. During this song Donal, (Rory's brother), did a very moving narration over footage which spanned Rory's life from his teens all the way through to his funeral.

"Donal loved the song so much that he encouraged me to record it with permission to use any samples of Rory that I wished to use (a first). This year will be Rory's 10th anniversary. There will be a compilation CD release and a major event in Cork. Donal plans to use this track as often as possible as part of the anniversary year."