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Ritchie Blackmore becomes a grumpy old man and complains about modern times from his basement.
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Congratulations to Dr. Don
Don Airey has received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Sunderland. The ceremony was held at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on Wednesday, 27 November 2024, where he was joined by friends and family. Don thus joins the ranks of the academic community within the band.
Read more »Forever stalker
Joe Lynn Turner has a couple of collaboration tracks out.
Read more »A nightmare of epic proportions
Music Radar has a feature on how Whitesnake turned into a hair metal band, in the process nearly running itself into the ground. It is based on a 2021 DC’s interview with the Outlaw magazine. It was one of the biggest rock albums of the ’80s. Whitesnake’s 1987 – titled simply Whitesnake in America – […]
Read more »Jon turned it down, so…
Louder Sound reprints a Prog magazine short feature on the Butterfly Ball project, stemming from a 2018 interview with Roger Glover. In 1973, Alan Aldridge and William Plomer published a picture book titled The Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper’s Feast, based on a 19th-century poem of the same name by William Roscoe. On the surface, […]
Read more »Living the Blues
Saxophone player Terry Marshall (of the Marshall amplifiers fame) has released his first album Living the Blues on October 11, 2024, via Marshall Records. Besides working alongside his father Jim, Terry became an accomplished session player, but up until now never got around to recording under his own name. Nick Simper plays bass on the […]
Read more »The well dressed necklace
A jewellery artist Katya Arts presents the Steve Morse collection of unique handmade pieces crafted from sterling silver and guitar strings. I started making silver jewelry because I got inspired by a Deep Purple song, composed and played by guitarist Steve Morse. The first piece I made was a silver dreamcatcher with the inscription ”The […]
Read more »Like a kid in a candy store
Speaking of Thomas Blug, he recently spent a very Purple day, and here are the proceeds. Join us for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes experience as Thomas Blug spends a day with rock legends Deep Purple and Jefferson Starship in Luxembourg! Invited to watch the show from both the front row and side stage, Thomas takes us […]
Read more »The rest is not history
Ritchie Blackmore tells the story of how Deep Purple Mark 1 coalesced together, eventually morphing into Mark 2. That’s a lot of history in 3 minutes.
Read more »Plug in and go
Another one for the guitar gearheads. UK retailer Play Music Today met with Simon McBride on the recently concluded European tour, and he gave the rundown of his stage setup. Letting us know, in the process, that the Engl Artist Edition amp he plays these days is a lot more closely related to the Ritchie […]
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