I wish Rory had an opportunity to sing a duet with Bonnie Raitt more than any one else in the music world. Her duet with song writer John Prine on his "Angel from Montgomery" is a thing of beauty. Bonnie can play accoustic blues, she learned electric slide guitar from (insert name of old, African-American blues legend here, if I wasn't so tired, I'd google search it), Bonnie has toured with Little Feat and NRBQ !!!
If we are pretending Rory was alive today, I would love to see Rory with 'The Tedeschi - Trucks Band' . http://www.facebook.com/DerekAndSusan
Susan Tedeschi is amazing, Derek Trucks' guitar playing is beyond the point that mere words can describe it. I can just close my eyes and see Rory and Susan singing together and then Rory and Derek playing dueling slide guitar solos, a.k.a. Duane Allman and Dickey Betts, or Trucks/ Warren Haynes. Can you imagine Rory opening for Gov't Mule and then joining the band during the encores !!! Okay, reverse that. Gov't Mule has enough class that they would open for Rory as he is the headliner and then Warren Haynes joins Rory and band during the encores, all 5 of them !!! I love to pretend that Rory is still alive and is one of the most talked about musicians after 'Rory Gallagher' tears up the stage at Glastonbury and Bonnaroo and Coachella !!! Ahhhhhh, the dreams will never die...