In June 1995 I had been living in Germany for about five years. After arriving in Germany and taking one dodgy job after another I’d finally found a job with a future in the accounts department of a major bookshop in Düsseldorf. It was my habit during my lunch break in those days to walk around the corner to Düsseldorf’s premier location The Kö. It was where all the top fashion shops were, but more importantly for me it was also where there was a small booth selling international newspapers. It was the cover of the local Rheinische Post newspaper that caught my eye though – Rory Gallagher’s picture was on it. Rory was dead. A Liver Transplant that seemed to have gone well had led to complications… I bought The Sun and the Daily Mail and headed back to my office with a heavy heart.
