Gerry McAvoy formed Band of friends in 2012. Gerry played with Rory Gallagher for 20 years and played on every record with him from 1971 to 1991. He also wrote his biography Riding Shotgun which was published in 2005.
The band now consists of Brendan O’Neill on drums (Rory Gallagher 1981-199) Paul Rose on guitar “The guitar players’ guitar player” (Paul was chosen from 1000 guitarists by Rory in a Fender sponsored competition). Jim Kirkpatrick grew up listening to Rory’s music.He also plays with his Band FM.