![[hand]](/hs-pics/portraits/hands/gillan4.jpg)
![[face]](/hs-pics/portraits/faces/airey3.jpg)
October this year saw both banjo players touring the Eastern part of the North American continent with their respective bands. Which gave some of us the opportunity to see Blackmore’s Night and Steve Morse Band within a matter of days.
Ten days ago I was in Chicago to see Blackmore’s Night with a couple of my friends. We drove 2,600 km (that’s 1,600 miles in medieval units) for that gig and to catch Steve Morse Band in Toronto on the way back next day. Was it worth it? Absolutely. On both counts. You see, lots […]
Read more »Last night at House of Blues, Ritchie Blackmore again showed Chicago why he is considered among the greatest guitar players on earth. Ritchie, Candice and the rest of the lords and ladies of Blackmore’s Night turned in a spectaular two and a half hour show whose duration was only limited by Chicago’s youth curfew. In […]
Read more »Hate to say this but the Blackmore’s Night show in Cleveland was one of the most boring shows I have ever seen. Candice seemed to lose her enthusiasm half way thru the show. If you have insomnia, this show would have cured it.RB was non-existent, very unenthusiastic playing. Could it be because it was the […]
Read more »Performance energy peaked in Dallas. It was clear that they gave it all for the final show of the North American Tour. No sound problems here. Good job Dallas, for feeding their energy. The set list changes included playing both Woman from Tokyo and Kiss Tomorrow Good-Bye. For the encore they played a killer Speed […]
Read more »25 August 2007 — The last stop of Deep Purple´s 2007 North American Tour. This is what I love so much about this band. They were on! Of course, I arrived 6-hours early (no chance of being late that way), talked to a couple of the HOB ladies, and asked them what of sight-seeing significance […]
Read more »Saturday night the boys of Deep Purple ended the U.S. leg of their 2007 “Rapture of the Deep” tour at the Dallas House of Blues. The venue was a smaller auditorium that held 1625 people. I’m not sure if it sold out, but it was hard to find an empty set in the house. Down […]
Read more »This was my first time seeing the lads on foreign soil and I was glad I did. Had my repro tour shirt on from 74 and got asked by loads of people if was actually there and confirmed yes at the Newcastle Odeon. Me and my mate Dave dropped the missuses and kids at downtown […]
Read more »See all of Daniele Purrone’s photos. House of blues in Atlantic City is quite a small place which is perfect for a great intimate atmosphere. Me and my friends had golden circle seats in the second row right in front of the stage. However, as soon as Purple hit the stage with Pictures of home […]
Read more »See all of Daniel Purrone’s photos. Always a thrill to see the band in my hometown of Atlantic City, and had a great time with my older brother warming up at the Bar at the HOB. Last Purple show we saw together was reunion tour in ’84. I’ve lost count but I believe this was […]
Read more »
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing