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Archive for August, 2009



Doogie White to sing at Jon Lord concert

Ex-Rainbow singer Doogie White will handle male vocal duties at Jon Lord’s concert in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on September 1. JonLord.org confirms that Doogie White is standing in for Jon Lord’s usual singer, Steve Balsamo, who is unavailable for this concert. Kasia Laska will sing the female parts. Doogie White has released this statement: I have […]

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Jon Lord: I think I played it a bit better than that!

‘It isn’t me – so it isn’t the others.’ Jon Lord confirms that the socalled channel mixes of Hush recently uploaded to Youtube are fakes and do not feature Deep Purple. Jon Lord writes: ‘Just thought you’d like to know that it isn’t me – so it isn’t the others – on those Hush separate […]

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Whitesnake cancels US tour

Coverdale’s management has issued the following statement to the media: Unfortunately, last night at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, Denver, Whitesnake had to cut their performance short due to Mr Coverdale experiencing considerable pain in his vocal chords. He was immediately taken to a specialist for examination. The specialist discovered that David was suffering from severe […]

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Hush — in channels

Listen to just bass, just guitar or just organ, drums, and vocals on a studio recording of Hush. New on Youtube, three clips purporting to offer these instruments played by Deep Purple in separate channels.

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New DVD: Priceless content poorly presented

I bought my copy of the new Deep Purple DVD History, Hits and Highlights 3 weeks ago. This is my review. The title – odd as it sounds – has some justification after seeing it a couple of times. There is a great number of highlights indeed which easily justify this purchase – incredible live […]

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Signed guitar auctioned by Planet Rock

To celebrate the Sunflower Jam 2009, British radio station Planet Rock will be auctioning off an Epiphone Les Paul Special II guitar signed by the crème de la crème of rock royalty. The eBay auction begins on 10th August and ends 20th August – make sure that you head there on Monday 10 August to […]

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The Good Old Boys — Live at the DP Convention

The Good Old Boys’ live set performed at the Deep Purple convention in May 2008 is now out on CD, released on July 13 by Wymer Records. Axel Dauer shares his thoughts: The long time overdue release Dear Purple bunch, may I point your attention to this: finally, the Good Old Boys have released an […]

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Deep Purple rocked Istanbul

Can you forget a Deep Purple show which starting with snaring drums of Highway Star? No. No. No. Thousands of NO as Istanbul screamed last night. Venue opened at 20:00, lights off at 21:00 by the lovely seaside of Bosphorus, quite warm evening, with a considerable high humidity, the show started with a different intro […]

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Purple kids enjoy in Greece

Well, this is the 3rd time that I am in a DP show (all in Thessaloniki). But this was a special time because it was the first show for my kids, 11 and 13 yrs old. And their first time was a DP show!!! And they enjoyed it. And of cource they are right. It […]

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Glenn Hughes visits a Norwegian fjord

Glenn Hughes, Rock Tent, Karmoy, Haugesund, Norway. July 30 2009. Glenn Hughes from Trapeze, Deep Purple Mark III and IV, Black Sabbath and solo playing at the island Karmoy near my home town Haugesund (south west in Norway), its just great! When I’m thinking of Deep Purple Mark III, I’m thinking of the album “Burn” […]

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