.One of the last songs to be recorded by Gallagher and Lyle "
A Heart in New York" was performed by both Simon
and Garfunkel and Garth Brooks in their concerts in
Central Park to audiences of 500,000 and 750,000 respectively.
On record he has worked with Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton,
Pete Townsend, Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood, Gary Brooker, Georgie
Fame, Mary Hopkin, Elkie Brooks, Ralph McTell, Sandy Denny
and Fairport Convention, as well as Blues legends Arthur
" Big Boy " Crudup (who wrote " That's Alright
Mama " for Elvis Presley ) and Champion Jack Dupree.
Between song-writing visits to Nashville, and composing soundtracks
for film and television he has toured Australia, the Middle and
Far East, Europe and the U.K. as bassist and vocalist with The
Manfreds and Dennis Locorriere - (The Voice of Dr. Hook).Benny
has recently been made a companion of LIPA - Paul McCartney's
music school in Liverpool - along with Joan Armatrading (a fellow
member of the APMAP panel at LIPA which seeks to elevate the standard
of music education in the U.K. and abroad) and the architect of
Punk Malcolm MacLaren.He is Project Champion for S.M.A.R T. The
School of Music and Recording Technology in Ayr, Scotland…(
update provided as required… )As a member of the Directorate
of RE-PRO The Guild of Record Producers and Recording Engineers
and more recently a patron under its new title of MPG, he went
on to become a founding Director and the Chairman of P@MRA - The
Performing Artists Media Rights Association - which administers
the right to equitable remuneration for U.K. Performers and was,
therefore, able to achieve a long term ambition by visiting Japan
to successfully conclude a deal with Geidankyo (The Japanese equivalent
of P@MRA) which will provide U.K. performers with equitable remuneration
from Japan - for the very first time ! This past year has seen
payments of millions of pounds through P@MRA to U.K performers
from territories such as Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Denmark,
and the United Kingdom with more to follow due to recently concluded
deals with Spain, Italy, Ireland and Greece.In response to a request
from Art Critic and Television Producer W.Gordon Smith (sadly
deceased) , Benny was particularly pleased to have had the chance
to contribute to the book Fallen Angels which features the paintings
of the Scottish Artist Jack Vettriano…" it's a fine
book and also a lasting memory of an old friend".
A selection of Artists who have recorded Benny Gallagher songs:Art
Garfunkel - Bryan Ferry - Colin Blunstone - Don Williams - Elkie
Brooks - Fairport Convention - Garth Brooks - Judith Durham -
Mary Hopkin - Phil Everly - Ringo Starr - Ricky Nelson - Rita
Coolidge - Simon and Garfunkel - Status Quo - The Fureys
Benny Gallagher CDs
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