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Purple family remembers Jon
Jon Lord’s death has made waves around the world with many people, newspapers, TV channels and web sites paying their tribute. Here is what the the people close to him had to say (in no particular order).
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Jon’s last interview
A week before his death, Jon Lord gave an interview to Classic Rock Magazine’s Lee Marlow. The interview will appear in the next issue of the magazine. Meanwhile he gives a personal tribute to Jon online: They say that you should never meet your heroes; that they’ll only disappoint you with their egos and their […]
Read more »Dear Jon is Gone
Jon Lord has lost his battle with cancer. He passed away in the morning of Monday, July 16th, at The London Clinic. He has suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism. Please leave your condolences at JonLord.org.
Read more »JCSS remaster
The ‘original studio cast’ album of Jesus Christ Superstar (yes, the one with Gillan) is about to be released in remastered form in the UK on Decca Broadway label. Release date has been set for July 16. It is a straight copy of the original album, no bonus material.
Read more »“No plans for a new album” from Coverdale
David Coverdale posted to his message board on what he’s been up to: At this time there are no plans for a new studio album of new material… we are busily mixing & editing a ‘live’ album & a separate in concert DVD from the ‘Forevermore’ world tour, plus mixing an special expanded editions of […]
Read more »News from Nashville
Steve Morse has posted a message in his blog: Hi, everybody. I’m in Nashville with Deep Purple. We’ve been all over the place with this album project, writing, writing, rehearsing, changing…………finally, we’re working with Bob Ezrin, our producer. There were some scheduling delays, but finally everybody is in the same room making the final changes […]
Read more »A Hart Life paperback edition
A Hart Life, the book of Colin Hart’s memoirs first published in Japanese and, finally, last year in English, will now see another edition, this time in paperback, in US and Australia. According to Wymer Publishing, publication date is set for July 30th. Title: A Hart Life. The life story of Deep Purple and Rainbow’s […]
Read more »WhoCares album samples
WhoCares charity compilation release date has been pushed back to July 13. Meanwhile, their record label has posted teaser samples.
Read more »Russ Ballard on Rockpages
Rockpages has an interview with Russ Ballard — the man who wrote Since You’ve Been Gone and I Surrender, among many other tunes: Rockpages.gr: How about Rainbow…? Their biggest hits were two of your songs…did you have the chance to meet Ritchie Blackmore? Russ Ballard: I’ve never met Ritchie. Rockpages.gr: Have you talked on the […]
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