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Making of the Butterfly Ball

Very interesting interviews with Roger Glover, Ronnie Dio, Eddie Hardin, Ray Fenwick, and Alan Aldridge (author of the book). This was filmed circa 1999 (a poster of a 1999 DP gig in Hamburg can be seen at one point).

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Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow and other things

The Rainbow Fanclan has a new interview with Graham Bonnet where he delves into some historical anecdotage:

- You recorded “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” before you were in Rainbow, so I assume it was your idea to do […]

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What It’s All About

Our own Roger checks in with his customary end-of-the-year message:

What’s it all about then? I’m sure you often wonder about that.

Well so do I.

There are several possible answers to that rather ambiguous and immense question. In no particular […]

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Roger’s sketch in charity auction

rg_no_surrender.jpgWhile in London on the UK tour, Roger Glover has found the time to draw a sketch and donate it to the No Surrender Charitable Trust to be auctioned off as a part of their Art of Music ‘09 program. The Ebay auction for the drawing has just started and will continute until December 7.

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The finger fell off…

This is an interview that Gillan and Glover did circa 1987 for the German TV. Make all you want out of it, but I’ve found it, ahem, entertaining ;)

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Made in Wales

Back in 2003 ITV1 Wales did a documentary on Roger Glover. Now, with it’s appearance on Youtube, all of us who missed it on TV and on the bootlegger’s grapevine, have a chance to see it.

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Graham Bonnet interview

Rockpages.gr has a rather interesting interview with Graham Bonnet. While undoubtedly it was prompted by his resurrection of Alcatrazz, a good half of the interview is about the Rainbow days.

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Rainbow in Wolfgang’s Vault

Wolfgang’s Vault has posted an entire recording of the much bootlegged radio broadcast of the 1981 Rainbow show at the Orpheum Theater in Boston, Mass. We are not sure how long it will stay there as previously Wolfgang’s Vault had to […]

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Dislocated in the Clouds

Gillan/Glover album Accidentally On Purpose remains one of the most unique works in the Purple family. Here are some video clips from that period.

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Made In Japan visuals and more DVD details

As previously reported exclusively by The Highway Star, seven rolls of 8mm film from Deep Purple’s 1972 concerts in Japan have come to light.

We also promised you a look at the film. Click on this photo to see a series […]

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