Fresh Evidence is Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher

William Rory Gallagher, ; 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995, was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste...

's last recorded album. Gerry McAvoy

Gerry McAvoy

Gerry McAvoy is an Irish blues rock bass guitarist, who is best known for his twenty five year long friendship and professional association performing with Rory Gallagher between 1970 and 1991...

, Gallagher's bass player, has referred to the guitar solo on the third track "Middle Name" as his personal favourite of all Gallagher's recorded solos. This song is said to have being composed by Gallagher in reference to John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...

. This album also saw the reunion of Rory and piano player Lou Martin

Lou Martin

Louis 'Lou' Martin Louis 'Lou' Martin Louis 'Lou' Martin (born 12 August 1949, Belfast, Northern Ireland is a piano and organ player, who is most famous for his work with the London-based band Killing Floor and fellow Irish musician Rory Gallagher....

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Track listing

All songs written by Rory Gallagher

Rory Gallagher

William Rory Gallagher, ; 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995, was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste...

 except where noted.

1. "Kid Gloves" – 5:40
2. "The King of Zydeco" – 3:43
3. "Middle Name" – 4:15
4. "Alexis" – 4:07
5. "Empire State Express" – 5:08 (Eddie "Son" House
   Son House
   Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. was an American blues singer and guitarist. House pioneered an innovative style featuring strong, repetitive rhythms, often played with the aid of slide guitar, and his singing often incorporated elements of southern gospel and spiritual music...
   
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6. "Ghost Blues" – 8:01
7. "Heaven's Gate" – 5:09
8. "The Loop" – 2:23
9. "Walkin' Wounded" – 5:09
10. "Slumming Angel" – 3:40
11. "Never Asked You for Nothin'" – 4:29
12. "Bowed but Not Broken" – 3:26