# Mary Spender plays a Rory Gallagher Strat in GC/NYC

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 8, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-spender-plays-a-rory-gallagher-strat-in-gc-nyc/920081 "2020-09-08T03:33:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-spender-plays-a-rory-gallagher-strat-in-gc-nyc/920081/1 "2020-09-08T03:33:16Z")

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I enjoyed this.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XtYImROeCRc/maxresdefault.jpg "What Happens When I Walk Into A Guitar Store?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYImROeCRc)

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-spender-plays-a-rory-gallagher-strat-in-gc-nyc/920081/2 "2020-09-08T03:45:27Z")

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One problem with that guitar: it ain’t beat up enough.

Here’s the real thing. Winterland 1976:

[![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49312125046_5c4505a6fc_z.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49312125046_5c4505a6fc_z.jpg)

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-spender-plays-a-rory-gallagher-strat-in-gc-nyc/920081/3 "2020-09-08T12:27:55Z")

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Well that was pretty dull - could at least have played something instead of tweaking the odd string here and there zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-spender-plays-a-rory-gallagher-strat-in-gc-nyc/920081/4 "2020-09-08T16:24:54Z")

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This is the only thing I know her from:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x0RV0kgdqJU/maxresdefault.jpg "Sultans of Swing (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. Mary Spender)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0RV0kgdqJU)

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-spender-plays-a-rory-gallagher-strat-in-gc-nyc/920081/5 "2020-09-10T13:07:13Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> One problem with that guitar: it ain’t beat up enough.

Eh, can just assume it was from [earlier in his career](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZxTM2cxZf4) 😉 .