Steve Morse will hold a guitar clinic in Stuttgart, Germany this Saturday, November 8. The Clinic will be at the Liveclub Samba, Max-Eyth-Str. 54 (Industriegebiet Langes Gewand), Winnenden. Doors open at 15:00, clinic will start at 16:00. Free admission. The clinic is sponsored by Engl and Soundland. Call +49 711-510980-0 for more info. Thanks to […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-11-04
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Whitesnake has won the Album Of The Year for the Good To Be Bad at this year’s Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards. Here’s a picture of one very happy Mr. Coverdale collecting the prize. Other celebrated glitterati included Ozzy Osbourne (living legend award), Foo Fighters (band of the year), Paul Stanley (best showman), Airbourne […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-11-04
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Our very own undercover war correspondent reports with a despatch from the New Forest: In the 11th century on boggy marshland near the south coast of England, King William 1 created The New Forest. It came as quite a shock to the Boggy Marshans who’d been used to scraping a living on open ground. Rapidly […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-11-03
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In the cockpit of a Tu-134, the “Russian GPS”, playing gargantuan arenas and pondering finite moments of life — read all about it in the latest installment of Steve Morse’s Notes from the road.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-11-01
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Here’s something for you to dwell upon — Gillan discussing everything from the current financial crisis to monogamy in a recent interview for the Russian Internet TV station Nevsky Express.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-11-01
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Steve Morse sends another message from the road. Junkyard Wars, “ticofi”, and in memoriam of Klaus “Pyro” Porzia — read it on stevemorse.com.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-10-24
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Deep Purple started it’s tour of Ukraine and Russia. On October 12 in Dnepropetrovsk they were greeted at the local airport by two girls in traditional costumes, welcoming the band with an ornate loaf of bread and a capella folk songs. This turned into an unexpected jam when Steve Morse pulled out his guitar to […]
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Posted in 2008 Europe, News, Tour Reviews by Nick on 2008-10-23
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In his latest installment of Notes from the road Steve Morse talks about his pet peeve — air travel, reminisces on the last tour leg, and touches on the topic that stirred so much controversy in THS comments: Afterward, I was upset to learn that some bloggers had chosen to politicize, or criticise the band’s […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-10-21
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Crossword puzzles, Ritchie’s mother in law, and the Big Bang theory — what do they have in common? Read on. A very entertaining interview with Ian Gillan done by George Anasontzis.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-10-21
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Deep Purple’s appearance at The Sunflower Jam turned into a very different show, high on improvisation and special guests. Introduced by Yes’ Rick Wakeman, Deep Purple got under way with Pictures of Home and a pumping start. – That’s Johnny Lord!, exclaimed Ian Gillan after Hush with an extended solo from Jon Lord – and […]
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Posted in 2008 Europe, News by Rasmus Heide on 2008-10-08
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