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Freight train and a bird on a wire
About a year ago Joe Bonamassa has posted an almost two hours long video of Black Country Communion live. In the spirit of better late than never, here it is.
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Running in and out
The desk of useless facts in our trainspotting department reports that at some point in time the stretch of the central street in Monteux called Grand Rue was renamed Avenue Claude-Nobs. Such that the building known as Le Petit Palais, that was the venue of the first Machine Head session — y’know, the one that […]
Read more »Cold spirits of ice
Here’s a bit of the trainspotting boogaloo. The property known as the Horizons in Stowe, Vermont, has been renovated into a posh second home and was a subject of an extended exposé in the Stowe Magazine, issue Winter-Spring 2025/2026. For all your interior decorating tips of the historic venue, kindly proceed to the online version […]
Read more »A mountain burned down…
In the last couple of weeks Ritchie Blackmore’s official YT channel has posted several short clips of Jon Lord reminiscing about Deep Purple’s selected albums and tracks. Most (all?) of these had been available before in one form or another. Here they are as a playlist, albeit in reverse chronological order — starting with Stormbringer […]
Read more »Too busy practicing, or thinking
Here is an interview with Ritchie Blackmore circa 1983, taken from an unidentified source. In this fascinating archival interview, legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore talks about his life and career, including his early beginnings, session work, forming and working with Deep Purple, the creation of his own band Rainbow, and his work with Ronnie James Dio. […]
Read more »Knocking off beers in the dressing room
Craig Goldy recalls his interactions with his guitar hero Ritchie Blackmore when Giuffria was opening for Deep Purple on the Perfect Strangers tour
Read more »Screener of the auras
This mini-documentary about the death of Randy Rhoads has an amusing Blackmore hearsay appearance, with his alleged premonition of the tragedy.
Read more »Disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed
Here’s another one of them YouTube vocal coaches, who have never heard Child in Time. She starts with a promise to dissect and analyze the vocal performance and explain how to safely replicate it at home. Predictably, it ends up with the fairy lady blowing her mind up against the wall. It’s fun to observe […]
Read more »A song about castles and crossbows
Meanwhile, Classic Rock reviews another family box set — Rainbow’s The Temple Of The King 1975-76: The tour rehearsal material, for all its historical value, is ruined by too much bass and distortion. But across six live discs – with just a little overlap with the band’s 1977 album On Stage – there is much […]
Read more »Everything in one place
Get Ready to Rock reviews the upcoming Ian Gillan Band box set Down The Road: The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story, now due out apparently at the end of March. Another wonderful package, two fold out card cases with a 7” booklet that is well annotated. Bonus artwork includes both UK and Japanese editions of […]
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