Raw Gallagher are a Rory Gallagher tribute band playing only his music, the blues, rock, slide and acoustic, from the early days of Taste, through to the 70’s and 80’s, up to his final work..

Current members are Phil Vincent on drums, Steve Norton on Bass guitar, and Steve White on guitar and vocals. Raw Gallagher started in October 2000 playing locally in South Yorkshire.

Four years on they’re performing at recognised venues the length and breadth of the UK, from Aberdeen to Southampton, Newcastle to Cardiff, often in London, and touring in Scotland and Ireland, with enquiries from Europe in the offing. Sincerest thanks must be given to Richard Oxby, Peter Brown, Peter Feenstra, Chris Simmonds, Steve Lally, ‘Blues Matters’ magazine and many others for their help along the way; not forgetting the fans, of course.

Raw Gallagher came about by accident in more ways than one. In 1998, Steve’s brother, a well known blues guitarist with the band ‘Mulesweat’, was killed in a car accident. Some time later, a memorial concert was held in which Mulesweat invited anyone who had known him to join them on stage. Steve and his good friend Ron Villiers (Bass), at this point, had not touched a guitar in 20 years. They were ‘press-ganged’ into learning ‘Little Wing’ and ‘Crossroads’ on borrowed guitars just for the night; were immediately hooked, and haven’t put their guitars down since!