Mel Galley

Mel Galley
Born	8 March 1948
Died	1 July 2008

Mel Galley (March 8, 1948 – July 1, 2008^[1]) was an English guitarist and a former member of the Hard rock bands Whitesnake, Trapeze, Finders Keepers and Phenomena. He was born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England. While a member of Whitesnake, he badly injured his arm in an accident at a fairground in Germany and had to leave the band, as he was unable to play guitar because of a nerve damage as result of incompetent surgery.^[2][3] Later he became known for playing with "The Claw", a specially developed spring and wire device fitted to his hand which enabled him to play guitar again. Together with his brother Tom Galley and Wilfried Rimensberger, he was a founding member of Phenomena ^[4] where his songwriting and guitar playing skills had a major impact on its success.

On February 7, 2008 Galley revealed that he was suffering from esophagus cancer, and had only a short time to live.^[5]

"I have been very lucky. I have seen some great bands, and played with many great musicians. And I have enjoyed some tremendous experiences. I am thankful that I can say a proper goodbye to all the friends I have made, who are now rallying 'round me".

Discography

With Finders Keepers

"Sadie, The Cleaning Lady" (single)

With Trapeze

• Trapeze
• Medusa
• You Are the Music...We're Just the Band
• The Final Swing
• Hot Wire
• Live At The Boat Club
• Trapeze
• Hold On a.k.a. Running
• Live in Texas: Dead Armadillos
• Welcome to the Real World
• High Flyers: The Best of Trapeze
• Way Back to the Bone
• On the Highwire

With Glenn Hughes

• Play Me Out

With Whitesnake

• Saints & Sinners
• Slide It In

With Phenomena

• Phenomena (Bronze 1985)
• Phenomena II "Dream Runner" (RCA 1987)
• Phenomena III "Inner Vision"
• Psychofantasy (Escape 2006)
• Blind Faith (Escape 2010)

With Cozy Powell

• Octopuss

References

1. ^ Former Whitesnake guitarist dies age 60
2. ^ John Sykes. Interview with Troy Wells of ballbusterhardmusic.com
3. ^ DPAS/Darker Than Blue. Whitesnake History
4. ^ 0fficial Phenomena website[1]
5. ^ Blabbermouth Former WHITESNAKE/TRAPEZE Guitarist 'Seriously Ill With Cancer'

External links

• Mel Galley on Myspace
• Trapeze on Myspace
• Phenomena - Did It All For Love
• Mel Galley - Black Cloud
• Mel Galley - Phenomena

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Name	Galley, Mel
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Date of birth	March 8, 1948
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Date of death	July 1, 2008
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This article on a UK guitarist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: English rock guitarists Whitesnake members Trapeze members Finders Keepers members 1948 births 2008 deaths People from Cannock Deaths from esophageal cancer British guitarist stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? Chemung Speedrome Duxton Hill Look at other dictionaries: Mel Galley — (* 8. März 1948 in Cannock, Staffordshire; † 1. Juli 2008 in Heath Hayes, Staffordshire) war ein britischer Rock Gitarrist, der u.a. bei Whitesnake und Trapeze aktiv war. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Biografie 2 Diskografie …   Deutsch Wikipedia Mel Galley — Melvin Galley, dit Mel Galley, était un musicien britannique né le 8 mars 1948 à Cannock et décédé des suites d un cancer de l œsophage le premier juillet 2008. Il fit une brillante carrière de guitariste de hard rock au sein de nombreux groupes… …   Wikipédia en Français Galley (Begriffsklärung) — Galley bezeichnet: die Küche in Flugzeugen und Zügen; siehe Galley Galley ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Mel Galley (1948–2008), britischer Rockgitarrist Michael Galley (1945–2004), deutscher Kommunalpolitiker Robert Galley (* 1921),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Mel (Begriffsklärung) — Mel bezeichnet: eine akustische Maßeinheit, siehe Mel eine italienische Stadt in der Provinz Belluno siehe Mel (Venetien) eine Untergruppe der westatlantischen Sprachen Afrikas MEL steht für den IATA Code vom Flughafen Melbourne Medizinische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Galley —  Cette page d’homonymie répertorie des personnes (réelles ou fictives) partageant un même patronyme.  Pour les articles homophones, voir Galet, Gallet, Gallait, Gallé et Galey (homonymie). Garry Galley, un ancien joueur de hockey… …   Wikipédia en Français Trapeze — war eine englische Rockband, die im März 1969 gegründete wurde und zuletzt 1994 in Erscheinung trat. Die Geschichte der Band war durch die häufigen Personalwechsel geprägt. Obwohl die Band selbst keine größeren kommerziellen Erfolge erreichen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Slide It In — Album par Whitesnake Sortie janvier 1984 …   Wikipédia en Français Phenomena (band) — Infobox Musical artist Name = Phenomena Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = England Genre = Rock Years active = 1983 present Label = RCA, BMG Ariola, Escape, Parachute Associated acts = Glenn Hughes, Trapeze,… …   Wikipedia Trapeze — Жанр фанк рок Хард рок Годы 1969–1982, 1991, 1994 Страна …   Википедия Trapeze (band) — Infobox musical artist Background = group or band Name = Trapeze Years active = 1969 ndash;1982/1991 ndash;1994 orogin = England Genre = Hard rock Label = Threshold / Warner Brothers Current members = Trapeze were an English rock band formed in… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”