Lyric challenge was If I had a ROCKET LAUNCHER, by Bruce Cockburn.  Great song and a singer songwriter who is still around and has made some great music.  Best LP is Dancing in The Dragon's Jaws with Wondering where the lions are, Incandescent blue, and other great songs.

Let's talk guitar players.  My favorite five are Rory Gallager, Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Mark Knopfleur, and Peter Green.  Mostly old school and blues oriented.

Rory is number one for me.  This man is from Ireland and was vastly talented and underrated.  He did get some popularity in the 70s and 80s.  He died in the mid 90s from complications of needing a liver transplant that he never got.  He played electric and acoustic guitar, saxophone, harmonica, and sung.  He wrote most of his own music except for a few blues cover.  Check him out on youtube sometime.  There are plenty of concert uploads of songs there.  His best albums are  Blueprint, Tattoo, and The Irish Tour.  The last one is also available on DVD.  My favorite is probably Blueprint but I like or love all of his albums.  My favorite song by him is A Million Miles Away.  Slo Blues at it's best!  The man plays great solos!!  He has a supple  blues voice as well.

Plenty about RORY on the net with several web sites dedicated to him.  He still has tribute bands playing his tunes and giving concerts all over Europe and in Ireland.  His grave has a huge electric guitar on it in. Also, I heard one of the airports was going to be name the RORY GALLAGHER AIRPORT.  I signed the petition but I will have to check it out if they actually did that.  (Not yet, see below). The most comprehensive web site is rorygallagher.com.  Several good tribute ones also like roryon.com.  I signed up for something from his fans on Facebook and I get feeds almost every other day on videos of him playing his heart out. The site for the Cork airport petition follows: http://www.rorygallagherairport.com/

His first band was called Taste, a power rock trio like Cream.  That was in the late 60s.  After that he led groups under his own name but they were mostly guitar, bass, drums, and some piano.  See picture below from his gravesite.  Here is a link for a youtube of him live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RxiEMpcI83E

The above is from the film of the Irish Tour and it is great film to pick up on DVD.  Rory LIVES!!