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Archive for June, 2011



If Life Was Easy album preview

Roger Glover’s new solo album If Life Was Easy is due to be released on July 8 by Edel/earMUSIC. Here is a sneak preview.

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The royal family

Martin Popoff has a new book out, titled The Deep Purple Royal Family: Chain Of Events Through ‘79. Instead of trying to write something about the thing we have not seen, here is the complete press release straight from the […]

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Well done, Maestro Morse!

Amazing, but true. Geoff Barton writes in the Classic Rock Magazine blog:

Steve Morse has become the longest-running guitarist for Deep Purple, having joined the band in 1994.

Morse’s unbroken 17-year tenure beats founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore’s stints with the […]

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Phoenix Rising streaming

Coinciding with the North American release, AOL is now streaming the whole Phoenix Rising CD online. It can be listened to at this location. If you get a Beyonce CD instead, wait until the whole page finishes loading. And never mind […]

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Vega$!

Date: 2011-06-23
Venue: Pearl Theatre, Las Vegas, USA

A June day in Las Vegas, Neveda. 108f. Walk to the site of the show. Only 4km. Stopped and picked up 2 bottles of water. 1 liter each. 45 minutes later I […]

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A cake with lots of icing

While in New York, Steve Morse spoke to Joe Bosso of Music Radar with the extensive interview now appearing on their web site:

The band is currently working on a new record. How far along are you with things?

We’ve got the […]

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Roger Bruce is a waste of space

The budding anthropologist in me (with no thanks to Dr. Brennan) says — here’s a fine specimen of the infamously dry British humour.

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Two concerts in two capitals - twice happy!

Date: 2011-03-23 and 25
Venue: Olimpiysky Sports Complex (Moscow) and IEC (Kiev)
Moscow, Russia and Kiev, Ukraine

This year I decided to go and see two Deep Purple gigs in the same tour – in Moscow where I live and […]

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Hartford, CT, Bushnell Theatre, June 8

Date: 2011-06-08
Venue: Bushnell Theatre, Hartford, CT, USA

I’ve been reading a lot of negative comments regarding the US tour. Well, I’ll tell you this my fellow dp friends/fans. These guys put on one of the best performances I have […]

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Magic night in Montreal

Date: 2011-06-06
Venue: Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada

I attended the Deep Purple with orchestra show in Montreal with family and friends last Monday. On the way to grab a quick beer and some food with my nephew before the […]

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