Shadow Play

Though the late, great Rory Gallagher was always at his best live, the studio version of this track stands out in his catalogue. I feel a little strange inside A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr Hyde Don't we all, sometimes? "Shadow Play" is the 6^th track from the 1978 Photo-Finish album; there are also many fine extant live versions floating around in cyberspace.

In a 1991 interview with Christian Science Monitor, Gallagher said: "I can distinctly remember writing 'Shadow Play' with a 12-string guitar because I was in bed with the flu in Ireland, and the effect of the flu seemed to affect me with the lyrics. Because with a bad flu you get slightly dazed with sleep and all that."