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On October 1st, 2012 The Highway Star had the opportunity to do an interview with Paul Mann. Being the conductor of the 1999 “Concerto For Group And Orchestra” performance and the subsequent DEEP PURPLE world tour, Paul became a close friend to Jon Lord. Being also heavily involved in the making of the brand new […]
Read more »Steve Morse has contributed to the new all-star jazz-rock/fusion album The Fusion Syndicate, available October 16, 2012 on Purple Pyramid Records. Other contributors to the album from the extended Purple family include Billy Cobham, Derek Sherinian, and Jerry Goodman. Brought together by multi-instumentalist and producer Billy Sherwood (Yes, CIRCA:), who has also put together the […]
Read more »Looks like Blackmore has recently granted one of his rare interviews to the Billboard, and bits and pieces of it continue to surface here and there. Here’s another quote, this time about the new Blackmore’s Night album: From my point of view, it’s the same old crap that we’ve been doing for a long time. […]
Read more »Billboard has a quote from Ritchie Blackmore regarding Deep Purple’s nomination into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame: Personally, I couldn’t care less. I would never go. I’m not really a fan of that stuff. Considering some of the people that are in the Hall of Fame, I’m not sure if it’s a good idea, so […]
Read more »Another interview with Glenn Hughes, from another French outfit, this one for RockNLive.org.
Read more »A very interesting interview with Jon Lord conducted back in 1999 comes from Australia. A lot of topics were touched that day, from the then new album Abandon, to the famous “Jon Lord sound”, to computers, and to the still budding Internet. C: If you were the same age you were when you started right […]
Read more »Messrs Coverdale and Aldrich continue talking and singing some blues (if you like Starkers in Tokyo, you gonna love this). (watch inside)
Read more »Glenn Hughes continues to promote the new Black Country Communion album and gave an interview to the French site TV Rock Live. He talks about BCC, David Coverdale saving him from his cocaine addiction, the late Jon Lord, and other things. (watch inside)
Read more »In this new interview with his drum stick company ProMark, Ian Paice talk about working on the new album, peculiars of working in the studio in general, and not seeing the wood for the trees in the first place.
Read more »In this interview conducted for the 30th anniversary of Deepest Purple, Jon Lord talks about tensions within the band that led to demise of Mk2 in 1973. (watch inside)
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